Job shops tend to have unique workflows and practices. Unlike high-volume continuous production processes, which endlessly churn out identical products, the job shop produces custom editions in limited quantities. Jobs may be similar, but in many cases, no two are exactly the same. Job shops are thus challenging to manage. However, when managers can monitor production orders, schedules, and material plans as well as access approvals from anywhere, they can streamline processes, reduce costs and minimize gaps in production. This is a matter of software.
Coordinate Activities
Effective job shop software coordinates activities for the entire business as well as labor, machines and inventory. It has to be able to manage the entire business with complete, real-time information for its operations. The software should meet schedules by responding to demand while optimizing inventory and resources. It needs to track material and labor costs, which enables managers to plan and standardize production costs to the actual costs of production. The software should adapt as the business grows.
Meet Schedules
Scheduling is definitely a major challenge in the job shop. Addressing scheduling problems, however, requires looking at the organization as a whole. It’s as much about resources and people as it is about pure scheduling. An effective job shop software program should allow shops to meet schedules by responding to demand while optimizing inventory and resources. Job shop software should also ideally achieve effective cost control while assuring product availability to meet demands—automatically replenishing raw materials and ensuring that replenishments are correct to meet demands without costly errors.
Track Costs
Tracking labor materials and costs is essential for any job shop software. Companies need to be able to compare the estimates, planned and standard costs of production to the actual costs of production to manage employee and machine resources to save time and money. The software should provide tools that assure product availability to meet demand.
Job Shop Manufacturing for Acumatica
Acumatica Job Shop Manufacturing Software meets these requirements. It is an easy-to-use solution for job shops that offers a complete, multisite manufacturing control and planning system. The solution handles the full range of job shop work scenarios, including make-to-order, make-to-stock and engineer-to-order. It facilitates the project centric approach to running a job shop, along with repetitive and batch manufacturing.
Integrate with other modules in the Acumatica suite connects job shop product management with financial management, distribution management, project accounting and customer relationship management. This way, production management is an efficient part of the greater whole. These integrations make it easier to manage the job shop as a profitable business.
ASC’s Job Shop module offers an easy-to-use solution for job shops and manufacturers who require a production system without full MRPII. It supports work orders, bills of material (BOMs) and serialization, along with lot control, labor collection and replenishment. Other capabilities include kit labeling, job costing and reporting. The software is compatible with light equipment modules for warranty and asset tracking and manages manufacturing through a low cost solution.
ASC has designed our job shop software to eliminate duplicated data entities for items available and purchase orders. The solution provides ERP controls for manufacturing operations within a single database, providing tools to assure product availability to meet demand. Employees can also use phones and tablets to capture material issues, move transactions and labor with Acumatica’s mobile app and scanning.
To learn more about how Acumatica’s Job Shop Manufacturing Software can help your job shop management, contact us for a demo and free consultation. Don’t wait any longer. Our Acumatica ISV solutions can save you serious time and money. Use the link below to schedule a free consultation, or give us a call at (858) 755-9200.