Manufacturing supply chains are becoming increasingly complex, and we’ve seen in recent years how seemingly minor disruptions can have serious knock-on effects on a global scale. Delays, additional costs, and production bottlenecks caused by supply chain issues are all bad news for manufacturers, but some things can be done to mitigate these threats to business.
One of the most popular and effective ways to better manage your supply chain is by adopting a comprehensive ERP system in the company. SAP Business One’s reputation precedes it. It is well-respected worldwide and gives SMEs tools to gain better control over their supply chain. Manufacturers, however, often require additional tools to manage their more complex supply chain needs, and this is where CompuTec ProcessForce, or solution for advanced manufacturing, comes in. CompuTec ProcessForce makes it easier to manage your supply chain by:
1. Giving you maximum visibility of manufacturing activities
2. Helping you improve inventory management processes
3. Optimizing and automating procurement
4. Providing you with the information you need to assess supplier performance
5. Making it easier to plan and monitor production more effectively
To find out more, read our breakdown below.
1. Maximum visibility of manufacturing activities
With SAP Business One and CompuTec ProcessForce in place, all your data is connected and stored in a single database. You get a unified view of your whole business, which also means greater visibility into supply and demand, inventory flow through your business, and your processes.
This makes it easier to make informed decisions considering all the relevant factors. It’s also easier to identify areas for improvement and be proactive in optimizing your business processes.
All stakeholders also have access to the same data, and the entire system works in real-time. Everyone always has access to the latest information, improving internal communication and facilitating collaboration.
2. Better Inventory Management
With SAP Business One and CompuTec solutions, you can track materials, inventory, and orders in real time. This helps you ensure you have enough stock to meet demand without having to tie up your capital in a bloated warehouse in several ways.
You can categorize and organize inventory more efficiently and gain better insights into what is currently on hand and what has been consumed. Custom alerts can help you notify users when action should be taken, for example, if stock levels fall too low.
Tools such as Batch Traceability 360 help you track the batch lifecycle. This tool lets you see the relationships between batches, monitor their consumption, and more in a user-friendly, intuitive interface.
CompuTec ProcessForce Batch Traceability 360
CompuTec also offers further integrated solutions that extend and enhance CompuTec ProcessForce’s capabilities. With the help of CompuTec PDC (Plant Data Capture), you can track materials as they are used in the production process in real time. With CompuTec WMS (Warehouse Management System), you have tools to optimize how goods are stored in the warehouse and streamline picking, packing, and dispatch processes.
3. Optimized procurement
To aid the procurement team, CompuTec ProcessForce comes with an MRP calculation engine specifically designed for advanced manufacturing industries. It helps your team ensure material availability, considering expected demand, thereby allowing you to maintain a lean inventory while minimizing the risk of running out of materials and letting your customers down.
The advanced MRP 2.5 calculation engine allows you to take factors such as vendor-specific lead times and shipping methods, batch status and expiry dates and unlimited simultaneous bill of materials variants into consideration in your calculations.
CompuTec ProcessForce MRP 2.5
4. Manage and evaluate suppliers more effectively
SAP Business One and CompuTec ProcessForce make it easier to track supplier performance via records and reports. You can check who reliably fulfils their contractual obligations regarding timings, quantities, and quality at the click of a button so that you can identify issues and remove weaker links from the supply chain.
In addition to the above factors, the Supplier Scorecard report also pulls data from CompuTec ProcessForce’s Quality Control module so that you know which suppliers deliver goods that meet your quality standards, which suppliers sometimes fall short, and how often they do so.
CompuTec ProcessForce Supplier Scorecard
5. Better planned and monitored production activities
You can’t control what happens in other businesses, but reducing disruptions in your business makes your supply chain more inherently robust.
CompuTec ProcessForce includes tools to create and manage your production schedule and ensure your goods are ready on time. You can quickly identify and resolve bottlenecks, and the system will be agile enough to cope with unexpected plan changes.
CompuTec ProcessForce also includes a Plant Maintenance module and a mobile app for the maintenance team to aid asset management and maintenance. By keeping your resources in good working order using systematic procedures with the help of your ERP system, you not only minimize the chances of unplanned downtime, but you should also save on total maintenance costs.
CompuTec ProcessForce Plant Maintenance
If you would like to learn more about how CompuTec ProcessForce can support your manufacturing business, please get in touch with us at your convenience using our live chat, by emailing info@computec.pl, or by telephone at +48 68 38 188 00. Full technical descriptions of our solutions can be found on our Documentation Center.
