Enterprise-Wide Distribution Software and Solutions - Manufacturing

Whether involved in manufacturing products or assembling kits, the ability to provide the types of products customers need - when and where they need them - is key to a consumer goods distributor's success. AppriseŽ Distribution manufacturing offers fully integrated manufacturing capabilities - including kitting and work order management - designed to specifically meet the needs of distributors. Gain improved control over manufacturing and kitting operations to minimize costs and maximize sales and warehouse efficiencies. Meet customer requirements with streamlined operations and improved flexibility.

Key Benefits

• Rule-based environment lets distributors predefine products in fixed or configuration kits, enabling sales to efficiently and accurately process orders to customer requirements
• Gain warehouse and labor productivity improvements by picking kit items concurrently during the warehouse picking process
• Effectively meet specific customer demands with build-to-order work order management
• Utilize integrated forecasting to create build-to-stock work orders to prepare for product demand
• Group and allocate work orders by designated assembly lines to maximize production efficiencies
• Varied costing methods, including standard, average, LIFO, FIFO, lot, serial, and landed, give real-time information to effectively track, manage, and reduce costs
• Comprehensive labor, overhead, and fixed and variable expense allocation provides maximum cost management insight and control
• Multiple level bills of material provide deep visibility into all of the materials and components that make up finished products and kits
• Utilize back flush bins to streamline the inputs for work orders and kits and gain assembly efficiencies
• Optimize the use of backordered materials by allocating them to work orders based on definable business rules that enhance sales and revenue potential
• Leverage disassembly work orders to streamline product returns and restocking
• Maximize operational performance through integration with outside manufacturing operations