Inventory management and work order control is a real challenge when you have assemblies and components. Not only do you have to keep track of the items that come in and out of your business, but you have to keep track of them as they flow in and out of assemblies. SouthWare®s Assembly Work Orders module integrates with SouthWares Inventory/Sales Series to give you a complete sales and inventory management system. With Assembly Work Orders youll be confident that youre keeping good records of the flow of inventory within your business.
Create, track, post, and analyze work orders that document all your assembly activity.
Take an order from a customer via Order Entry and interactively create a work order to produce his customized shipment.
You can select optional components that increase the selling price. When its ready to ship you can then optionally print the details of the customers assembly bill of materials on his picking ticket and invoice.
Check the availability of each component on an assembly and then reserve stock or substitute, backorder, purchase, or sub-assemble needed items.
Put component parts back into inventory when you break down an item.
Generate work orders for make-to-stock items.
Make sure the costs of your assemblies reflect the actual cost of the components, including variable and fixed costs.
Post work orders as they are finished or even partially post made-to-date quantities.
Pre-define all your standard bills of material for faster and more accurate processing.