From quotation, sales, procurement to production. Ideally, you want to work as efficiently as possible, and digitization can help with that.
The Foundation
Let's start with the foundation: an ERP system. Only using accounting software is too limited for a manufacturing company. Besides back-office functionalities, manufacturing companies need more features, such as inventory management, project management, production orders, and bill of materials.
Your ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) should become the backbone of your manufacturing company. Here are a few options:
Exact Online Manufacturing
Whether you're a starting manufacturing company or ready for the next step, Exact's forward-looking ERP software offers a single solution for production processes, production planning, order, inventory, relationship management, and accounting for any manufacturing company. Exact Online has the ability to integrate with 300+ other software systems.
AFAS
Inventory, procurement, sales, order management, accounting, CRM, and HRM are all integrated into one ERP system for manufacturing and industrial companies. In the Order Management section, the production process is managed, from compositions to inventory reservations.
King Business Software
If you want to combine different items in King into a set (composite item) or process them into a new product, then King's production administration is the ideal solution. You document the production in recipes, and you produce your own items, fully integrated with your inventory management.
Isah Business Software
Isah ERP contains all the functionality to manage customer order-driven processes. From the first customer contact to the financial settlement: Isah ERP ensures that your processes run more efficiently. The result is higher returns through lower costs, increased efficiency, and higher delivery reliability. This way, you also meet the requirements that Smart Industry sets in the supply chain.
Ridder IQ
Ridder iQ automates and digitizes all business processes for customer order-driven manufacturing industries. With this ERP system, manufacturing companies work efficiently, flawlessly, and cost-effectively. Ridder also offers several industry-specific modules, making the system perfectly suited to specific manufacturing companies.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central streamlines all business processes, allowing you to make smarter decisions as a manufacturing company. Microsoft's complete solution is designed for small and medium-sized businesses.
Production apps to work even more productively and smarter
Despite having the foundation, there are still many great applications that can advance your manufacturing company. This specific software often focuses on one core process within your production and can be easily integrated with your ERP. This is also known as the 'Best of Breed' approach. By integrating multiple software solutions, your company meets all requirements. Here are some production solutions, each focusing on one specific core process:
vPlan - Online planningssoftware
Scheduling is a crucial process for manufacturing companies. Stop planning awkwardly in Excel and paper work orders.
With vPlan, machines that are idle or employees who don't know what to do are a thing of the past. You ensure that the work that needs to be done is done in a logical and optimal sequence.
Set up your schedule based on your own production process. Determine which processing steps need to be scheduled. Connect your employees, machines, and other resources and determine which information needs to be available. Plan your operations and get immediate insight into the capacity and lead times of your resources. Clearly see who is responsible for which order, from employees to machines.
Share and communicate your work with vPlan Go quickly and easily to the shop floor. Provide the right information and registration on the shop floor.
vPlan's software is easy to integrate with ERP systems.
Elfsquad - Product configurator
With Elfsquad's product configurator, you can automate your pre-production. There are more and more choices in products, and customers want more customization. Elfsquad makes assembling modularly constructed products such as machines, bodywork, complete production lines, and many other products no more than a routine. The product configurator can be integrated with your ERP software, so, for example, sales orders or production orders with bill of materials are automatically created.
Optiply - Warehouse Management
Inventory optimization through data-driven purchasing. Increase product availability, reduce inventory costs, and purchase more efficiently; those are the big benefits of Optiply.
Sendcloud - Shipping platform
As a manufacturing company, you often ship products to your customers. If you don't have your own transport or carrier, you can easily send your products via the Sendcloud platform. Select your favorite carrier and ship worldwide. With Sendcloud, you provide your customers with a good shipping experience through automatic emails and Track & Trace pages with your own branding.
AutoCAD - CAD software
With AutoCAD, from the internationally operating Autodesk, you get a total solution for your CAD drawings. With the software, you create accurate drawings in 2D or 3D. Sketch, edit, and design models. The integration between AutoCAD and your ERP can ensure that items are automatically created or updated.
