Manufacturing

BORA Manufacture Management is the ERP solution for production. You use it to plan, manage and report production in detail, and capacity, labour and cost stay under control.

Manufacturing

The system works with discrete production as well as continuous processes, for example in the food and chemical industries. The path from the customer order to the receipt of finished goods is closed in one cycle. Capacity stands idle less, and the cost comes out accurate.

How BORA Manufacture is built

Product specification (Bill of Materials, BOM)

Accurate production starts with an accurate description of the product:

  • products are described with BOMs that can have any number of levels of raw materials, semi-finished goods and materials;
  • the technological cards hold the order of operations, their times, the machine settings and the skills people need;
  • planned prices are set for finished goods, and the planned cost of the orders is calculated in advance.

Material and capacity planning (MRP and CRP)

Demand is matched with what the factory can really do:

  • customer orders from the CRM module are combined automatically into production orders;
  • the system works out what is missing (MRP) and covers it from stock, with an internal production request or with a purchase order to a supplier;
  • a working calendar (CRP) is created for machines, production lines and workstations, and the schedule shows the load and the free capacity in time and value;
  • material coverage is analysed by supplier, and the delivery schedule is linked to releasing orders into production.

Shift report and production reporting

Data from the shop floor enters the system quickly and without needless typing:

  • the shift report is one document at the end of the shift, where many production orders are reported at once;
  • the raw materials used are issued from the warehouses, and finished and semi-finished goods are received straight away into their batches;
  • the product register shows the batch numbers, the shelf-life status and where each batch was used.

Labour reporting and piecework

Labour and pay by standard rates are tracked in the same system:

  • daily labour reports are entered on individual or team work cards, by team, crew or operator;
  • each operation has a rate, and the pay is calculated automatically from the quantity actually produced;
  • the piecework reports by order, team and employee by month go straight to the payroll / HR module for individual salaries.

Frequently asked questions about production management

How does the software help prevent delays on orders?

Before production starts, BORA Manufacture Management checks the stock in the warehouse, the orders to suppliers and the machine capacity. If something is missing or a workstation will be overloaded, the system warns the dispatcher and recalculates the schedule.

What is the difference between discrete and continuous production in the software?

In discrete production, assembling parts for example, the software counts pieces and tracks serial numbers. In continuous production, juices or mixtures for example, it works with recipes by weight or volume, accounts for technological waste and tracks the batches and shelf lives of the raw materials.

Can the software calculate production workers’ pay automatically?

Yes. In the technological card every operation has a rate, so the system knows what it costs to make one piece. The worker or the team leader enters the quantity completed on the work card, and the piecework pay is calculated by itself. At the end of the month it goes to the payroll module.

What is the advantage of the shift report in BORA Manufacture Management?

Instead of dozens of separate documents, the shift supervisor fills in one screen. It holds the materials used, the rejects and the operations completed by the whole team for the day. The automatic processes cut the time spent on administration on the shop floor.