ERP in discrete manufacturing – What you need to know
Manufacturing businesses require ERP software to help them plan, execute, and control their production environments.
Discrete manufacturers particularly benefit from a great ERP, as these businesses produce distinct individual products often made from multiple smaller components or across complex, larger assembly lines.
It must be possible to disassemble these products into their original components, and each manufacturing process must be able to be started or stopped individually.
A discrete manufacturing ERP must therefore cater to this complex, unique form of manufacturing – connecting the shop floor with the rest of the business.
It must also provide real visibility across all manufacturing processes, allowing for streamlined workflows and better decision-making.
There are several additional functions specific to discrete manufacturing that an ERP must offer:
Control product design changes
Discrete manufacturers must continue to evolve their existing products, as well as create new products, to ensure they keep up with industry changes.
Their ERP solution must therefore have a change control function that streamlines and applies controls over design-to-market processes.
They also need tools that can record and track each new and modified component and process across areas like cost and approval.
Production control
Manufacturers must all be agile, flexible, and responsive – and a good ERP enables this.
Discrete manufacturers require even more versatility, however, to handle different types of production.
This includes units that are produced in low volume and have high complexity, as well as units that are produced in high volumes with low complexity.
Bill of materials
A bill of materials is necessary to ensure the correct materials are used across the business’ various manufacturing processes.
A discrete manufacturing ERP must therefore have a dedicated module that enables this, ensuring you have full visibility into cost management and quality control.
Process management
Your discrete manufacturing ERP must support easy management and visibility of key manufacturing processes.
This includes data relating to routing, work-in-progress jobs, full manufacturing lifecycle management, and inventory management.
This will ensure that you save money and streamline the entire manufacturing process – while having visibility of bottlenecks and opportunities for cost savings.
Quality control
A good discrete manufacturing ERP will have a dedicated quality control module.
This ensures that the manufacturer can track the quality of raw materials and manufactured products – reducing wastage and allowing the organisation to track the performance of its suppliers.
SYSPRO discrete manufacturing ERP
SYSPRO is a leader in the ERP industry and offers a world-class discrete manufacturing ERP.
This solution boasts all the aforementioned modules and features, making it ideal for your manufacturing business.
Click here to learn more about the SYSPRO discrete manufacturing ERP.
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