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Fitrix is a fully integrated suite of industrial-strength, highly scalable ERP software applications that any small or mid-sized business can afford		The following Advanced Manufacturing modules are available or will be available later in 2009. Please click any of the module names below for details: Standard Costing Actual Costing Master Scheduling Material Requirements Planning Production Scheduling Labor Processing Capacity Requirements Planning Standard Costing Standard Costing defines the expected costs to produce or purchase items. It uses the Bill of Material and Standard Routing to compute unit costs for an item. Standard Costing also supports the definition of multiple standard costs. Features/Function Highlights Cost Type Maintenance Multiple cost definitions for a company Multiple historical or simulated costs Item Cost Maintenance Multiple cost definitions for each item Multiple costed bills of material Multiple costed routing Full detail for components Full detail for routing Work Center Cost Maintenance Multiple labor and overhead rates for each work center Cost Method Maintenance User-Defined control over automatic rollup Allows manual entry of cost elements, with no rollup Cost Rollup All items may be rolled up Previous errors only can be rolled up Ranges of items may be rolled up Specific items can be rolled up Single level or indented bill of material rollup Any cost type may be rolled up Cost methods control rollup Detailed rollup report available Cost Transfer Costs for all items in a cost type can be transferred to another cost type Current costs can be used to create a new year frozen standard Simulated costs can be used to create a new current standard Selective items can be transferred Inquiries Current cost details Comparison of multiple cost types: Summary, Component Detail, Routing Detail Reports Current cost details Comparison of multiple cost types by: Summary, Component Detail, Routing Detail Actual Costing Actual Costing analyzes actual production costs for an item and compares them to one or more standard costs. Cost variances are presented in summary format, by order, item, or product. Detail variances are presented by component and routing step. Features/Function Highlights Item Variance History Compares actual cost to beginning of year standard by accounting period and year. Variances displayed in summary by: Material, Labor, Setup, Overhead, Outside process Variances displayed in detail by Material usage, Material cost, Setup usage, Setup rate, Setup quantity, Labor usage, Labor rate, Overhead usage, Overhead rate, Outside process usage, Outside process rate, Production scrap Product Variance History Same summary/detail as item variance history Display cost comparisons and variances by item product code Order Variance Detail Report Compares actual versus standard costs by production order Compare actual costs to multiple standard costs Costs can be analyzed by Order summary, Component details, Routing details Variances by component include Material usage & Material cost Variances by routing step include Setup usage, Setup rate, Setup quantity, Labor usage, Labor rate, Overhead usage, Overhead rate, Outside process usage, Outside process rate, Production scrap Order Variance Summary Report Print by item Print by product Comparison to multiple cost types General Ledger Interface Posts summarized order variances to General Ledger Run on demand Master Scheduling Master Scheduling is the primary driver to plan and schedule production to support external demand for products. It facilitates detailed entry of production forecasts and uses these forecasts, along with sales order demand, to generate a Master Production schedule. Rough-cut capacity planning is also available, to analyze commitments placed on critical production resources. Features/Function Highlights Planning Parameters Sets defaults for MPS generation runs Period Intervals Define how the future is to be divided into time periods Multiple period intervals may be defined Used to display time-phased materials activity Resource Master Defines critical resources used in production Identifies bottleneck areas which should be controlled Bill of Resources List of resources and units needed for master-scheduled items May be manually entered May be automatically generated by analyzing Indented bill of material, Indented routing Maintain Master Schedule Supports manual entry of firm planned orders Generated planned orders can be firmed or confirmed Allows changes in dates and/or quantities for generated planned orders Master Schedule Generation Nets forecast and sales orders to on-hand and on-order Generates planned orders via order policy codes Forecast Maintenance Allows entry of item forecasts by warehouse Items can be assigned to groups to inherit forecast characteristics Forecasts entered by quantity or amount Forecast by week, bi-week, month, quarter, year Forecast may be propagated over a given time frame Allows forecasts to be ‘layered’ for multiple forecasts in the same period Available-To-Promise Displays time phased availability Indicates first period in which a required quantity is available Supports Zoom to display details of periodic requirements Rough-Cut Capacity Inquiry Compares capacity and load in user-defined period intervals Over or under-load displayed graphically for easy exception analysis Details of load displayed with Zoom option Reports Master schedule Rough-cut capacity Bill of resource Resource where-used Material Requirements Planning Material Requirements Planning uses the Master Schedule to ensure the production and purchase activities adequately meet the forecast and demand requirements. It uses planned orders from Master Scheduling, as well as requirements from forecast and demand from sales orders to generate planned orders for production and purchasing. Orders are reviewed and released to Production Order Processing. Features/Function Highlights Planning Parameters Set defaults for each MRP generation Forecast Group Maintenance Allows grouping of items with similar demand patterns Supports default forecast characteristics, such as monthly, bi-weekly, weekly forecasts, total forecast, or by time period, Forecast by amount, or quantity Item Forecast Maintenance Allows entry of forecasts for an item Assignment to a group to inherit group forecast characteristics Forecast entry by amount or quantity Total forecast for a range of dates, or forecast by Month, Week, Bi-week Supports generation of an entered forecast amount or quantity over a given period of time Allows forecasts to be ‘layered’ for multiple forecasts in the same time period Item Requirement Entry Manual entry of a requirement for an item and due date Period Intervals Define how the future is to be divided into time periods Multiple period intervals may be defined Used to display and print future materials activity by time period Firm Planned Orders User can ‘firm-up’ a planned order MRP generation will not re-plan a firm order MRP Generation Full generation Net change generation Simulation Separate generation for each planning warehouse Planning warehouse can use inventory from multiple stocking warehouses Detail multi-level pegging Include/exclude safety stock Include/exclude shrinkage factors Exclude specific inventory locations Order/Review/Release Review/release production orders Review/release purchase orders Create new purchase orders Add to existing purchase orders Combine planned orders to a single order Review/Accept Recommendations Analyze recommended changes to scheduled receipts, such as Defer, Expedite, Cancel Accept recommendations on-line, by item Inquiries Material requirements Reports Planning report Review/release report Order recommendation Production Scheduling Production Scheduling analyzes work-in-process for open production orders. Work lists can be displayed or printed to review current work to be done by team, machine, work center or department. Loads on each of these resources can also be compared to capacity to determine resource constraints. Features/Function Highlights Period Intervals Define how the future is to be divided into time periods Multiple period intervals may be defined Used to display and print future production activity by time period Capacity Maintenance Allows for non-standard override of daily capacity, by shift, for Work Center, Department, Teams, Machines Reschedule Operations Recalculates operation due dates when order due dates are changed Work List Inquiries and Reports Display the status of operations for open orders by resource. Types of operations include Active, Waiting, Arriving Resource types are Work Center, Department, Teams, Machines Capacity Inquiries Displays capacity and load for a given resource, with overload or under-load percentage Resources analyzed are Work Center, Department, Teams, Machines User-defined period intervals to view loads in a variety of formats Drill-down from period load to details of orders and operations Review alternates for an overloaded resource Reschedule Recommendations Report which highlights recommendations for changes in order due dates based on work remaining Labor Processing Labor Processing collects labor transactions for production orders. Labor is entered for both setup and run hours, and for direct and indirect hours. Order completion statistics are updated real-time. The hours and completion are analyzed for efficiency at multiple levels within the organization. Efficiency inquiries and reports show this performance in summary and detail formats. Features/Function Highlights Employee Maintenance Employees can belong to a Department, Team, Group, Job class Labor rates applied to orders by Regular time, Overtime, Premium time Shift Maintenance Multiple shifts per physical shift Early/late start time window Early/late stop time window Lunch extraction Break extraction Job Class Maintenance Standard rates used as alternate for labor costing Labor Type Maintenance User-defined labor transaction types Setup or run hours based Direct or indirect hours based Labor Transaction Entry Setup labor Run labor Indirect labor Start/stop time or elapsed time Completed and scrapped quantities User-defined percent complete On-line order update for hours and quantities Labor Efficiency Inquiries Efficiency by Team, Employee, Work center, Department, Item, Order Transactions analyzed by ranges of Resources, Transaction dates, Shifts Labor Transaction Reports Print by ranges of Department, Work center, Machine, Group, Team, Foreman, Employee, Order Labor Efficiency Reports Efficiency by Department, Employee, Order, Work center Capacity Requirements Planning Capacity Requirements Planning analyzes loads placed on production resources. It reviews standard routing information for planned and released production orders, to determine the resources needed to satisfy production requirements. Loads are measured against available capacity, in user-defined time intervals, to support exception analysis. Features/Function Highlights Period Intervals Define how the future is to be divided into time periods Multiple period intervals may be defined Used to display and print future production activity by time period Capacity Maintenance Allows for non-standard override of daily capacity, by shift, for Work Center, Department, Teams, Machines CRP Generation Generates planned order routings Typically run in conjunction with MRP generation Change Routing Allows changes to routing for each planned order Handy when shifting load to optimize capacity Capacity Inquiries Displays capacity and load for a given resource, with overload or under-load percentage Resources analyzed are Work Center, Department, Teams, Machines User-defined period intervals to view loads in a variety of formats Drill-down from period load to details of orders and operations Review alternates for an overloaded resource Capacity Reports Prints capacity and load for a given resource, with overload or under-load percentage Loads prints in graphical format for easy exception analysis Resources analyzed are Work Centers, Departments, Teams, Machines User-defined period intervals