Dimensions Manufacturing
Full control of your manufacturing operation
Dimensions Manufacturing software has been designed to give you full control and visibility of the entire production process – you will know, at any point in time, the status of any works orders that are in progress, and which works orders are next in line.
The manufacturing software solution has been designed with industry specific needs in mind. It combines excellent functionality with practical, easy-to-use tools that make the tasks of scheduling and controlling a production operation both easier and more efficient.
Dimensions Manufacturing software gives you flexibility. It powerfully assists you in creating the works orders you need, when you need them, taking into account alternative items, BoM variations and free WIP. The solution will calculate your commitments for you; in one easy-to-view screen, it will detail the precise situation of both your component stock and your finished goods.
Dimensions Manufacturing software will examine works orders that are in progress, sales orders that have stock allocated to them and purchase orders with goods awaiting delivery, and will collate the information at summary level. This summary will give you visibility of your entire operation, outlining the status of your stock levels and calculating exactly what free stock you have available to sell.
As with all Access modules, Dimensions Manufacturing software is fully integrated with the core financial ledgers provided by Access Accounts, and with all the key business modules. This means:
- you only need to enter information once and it will be available in any area of the system, significantly reducing wasted time and effort re-keying
- the information you view – the business critical information that you rely on – is always accurate and always up to date
In a busy manufacturing environment, your staff need to make critical decisions, often with limited time to do so. Dimensions Manufacturing software shares accurate, accessible information, in real-time, with the people who need it – making it easy for them to make the right decisions based on the whole picture.
Dimensions Manufacturing software makes it easy to control your entire operation. The Works Orders Creation Wizard enables accurate and efficient entry of works orders, guiding you through each stage of the production process.
Creating Works Orders
The Works Orders Creation Wizard within Dimensions Manufacturing software is a powerful facility that helps you create the works orders you really need for the right products, produced at the right time to meet sales requirements. By remembering the rules that you normally work to, the Works Orders Creation Wizard makes the process of setting production quantities and timing an easy and straightforward process. Whether building to fulfil a sales order or building for stock, the wizard guides you through the creation of works orders, increasing efficiency and minimising errors. Works orders can also be created ‘on the fly’ at the time of entering a sales order without using the creation wizard. Once you have selected your preferred method for creating a works order, the wizard will guide you through a series of options regarding stock and build quantities.
Merging Works Orders helps you to generate efficient and prioritised production runs. Dimensions Manufacturing software enables you to take any number of pre-production works orders for the same product, and merge them into a single works order to increase the efficiency of your production run and take advantage of economies of scale.
Managing Works Orders
Dimensions Manufacturing software makes it easy to manage your works orders so that you can always meet your customers’ deadlines. Controlling your stock of components is a fundamental part of the manufacturing process. Companies can sometimes fail to deliver whole orders on time because of the unavailability of a relatively low-cost component. This can seriously affect the commercial relationship between a manufacturer and its customers.
Dimensions Manufacturing software powerfully assists you in all of the following areas:
- Bill of material variations
- Allocating stock
- Issue/return of components
- Alternative items
- Request to purchase
- Sub-analysis
- Serial numbering of components and finished goods
Production and Post-production Control
Dimensions Manufacturing software makes the scheduling, tracking and controlling of production easy. Dimensions Manufacturing software helps you to ensure that your most important customers are made a priority in terms of both current stock holding and production priority. You can track the progress of each works order as it passes through the factory and accurately account for any wastage. Dimensions Manufacturing software powerfully assists you in all of the following areas:
- Controlling priorities – Ensure your best customers are satisfied first
- Factory routing – Enabling excellent visibility of job progression
- Tracking production stages – Clear visibility of your work in progress
- Stage progression – Pogressing a job through production stages ensuring up-to-date information at all times
- Production Status – ‘Work to’ lists show which stage of the build a works order has reached, and its progress to date
- Tracking wip and estimated cost – Track the cost of each order as it passes through your factory
- Writing off items – Easily account for any waste
- Under/over production – Keep track of discrepancies in production
- Profitability – Monitor your production profitability
- Documents – Completion and quality control certificates
- Backflushing – Accurately account for low-cost high-volume components
