Manufacturing Process Manager (M.P.M)
Problems with conventional WO systems
Too much paper work following product round the shop floor
Excessive admin when creating works orders
Why MPM is different
Works Orders / Sheets are centred on the raw material and the actual base level requirements rather than top level Products.
Each Product manufactured is provided a label which allows the product to be tracked and managed through the manufacturing process.
What Are MPM’s Advantages
●Programmers / Schedulers have an overall view of all requirements and their relation to the raw materials required.
●As the Programmers have a view of the total requirements they can reduce raw material waste by more efficiently using the space available on the raw material.
●MPM integrates directly with Sage 200 meaning that there is no double entry of stock, Bill Of materials, customers, sales order etc. in your accounting and manufacturing systems.
●Integration with the Wrightbus portal system means that users do not need to rebuild Wrightbus BOM’s in their manufacturing system as these can simply be imported. This process can be performed as a batch operation or for individual BOMs.
●Wrightbus decree that goods which they receive should have a label with certain information. MPM produces this label for you. Wrightbus have also stipulated that these labels should use Wrightbus’s descriptions and revision numbers. Due to the Wrightbus portal integration this is not a problem as these are simply imported into the users Sage 200 system.
●MPM shows buyers the total raw material required to satisfy all products being manufactured. This allows the buyer to ensure that manufacturing should always have sufficient material to get the job done.
●Programmers and manufacturing can see what needs to be actioned and what state any current requirement is in.
●All products on the shop floor can be easily identified and anyone can see the next process involved in the manufacture of that product.
●Store personnel can understand what material they are receiving and the purpose of its manufacture. Therefore allowing them to store, kit or despatch the product.
●MPM allows sage to present accurate current stocks. These stocks can be broken down into two distinct types ‘true stock’ (i.e. product not currently required for an order) and product awaiting kit/despatch
●With true stock control a scheduler can manufacture product where there is a true requirement NOT the products for which there is currently free stock.
●Provide your customer with true product delivery dates.
●Ensure you programmers are always manufacturing the correct revision of the product.