Key Features

Product Configurator

• Rules based solution for configure-to-order, make-to-order, assemble-to-order and engineer-to-order environments.
• Setup your own sequence of questions, screen layouts, color schemes. Attach drawings, specifications etc to the configured product.
• Setup pricing rules for dealers, end-users, option pricing. Setup discount rules based on customer types, item types etc.
• Utilize browser based interface to publish configurator to dealers and end-users.
• Create multi-level BOMs and routings automatically.

Genealogy and Traceability

• Swiftly trace the origin of a specific part/unit or an entire product batch located within the supply chain.
• Keep track of customer approved vendors for both material & outside processes for each item.
• Place purchase orders only to approved vendors based on work order requirements.
• Effectively track on-time delivery and quality performance of vendors.
• Get complete history of genealogy from vendor to manufacturing to customer.

Prototyping and Project Management

• Define and record important resources such as Man, Material and Machines.
• Create tasks, subtasks and assign to specific people. Manage due-dates, task deadlines, & milestones.
• Assign budget categories to individual tasks, tickets, purchases, and work orders.
• Collect time and expense against each ticket on a project. Specify billable or non-billable items and different bill rates for each service-type.
• Perform comprehensive analysis of project profitability based on actual costs collected from different business areas.
• Define purchased & manufactured items and link respective data to a project.

Engineering and Revision Control

• Maintain documentation and ECN for new products, prototypes and existing products.
• Revision tracking for finished products, BOM items and routing changes.
• Track revision numbers at every level of BOM.
• Link work-flow and design documents to BOMs, inventory, supply chain and customers.
• Use existing or new part and material numbers, link drawings and other documents.
• Import Bill of Materials from design software.

Lot Control and Serialization

• Maintain lot items using Barcode Scanner, Auto Inventory Transfer (Barcode) for easy & swift tracking.
• Attach material certifications to inbound material lots and track lots throughout the process.
• Maintain compliance requirements and provide auto-generated certificates of compliance.
• Get item specific serial or lot number control with serial number history for repairs and returns.
• Track warranty with the help of serial numbers.

Vendor Management

• Review supplier quality, on-time performance by various parameters like item numbers, item type & vendor.
• Gain insights from comprehensive metrics on supplier performance.
• Publish performance and dashboard data to users based on roles.
• Create and maintain purchase order including blankets, and outside assembly purchases.
• Create POS or blanket releases from MRP.
• Apply correct pricing from pricing files or last purchase data.
• Automate workflow by using approvals based on roles and spending limits.

BOM Costing

• Recalculation of finished product cost based on change of BOM or routings.
• Setup conditional rules to BOM calculations.
• Allows pricing, BOM and routing rules through Configurator Administration.