Material Manager Overview
The Inventory Management provides a real time tracking of all part movements. A recorded history of each
movement is retained for future analysis. Within the inventory activity is the password that allows access from
various parts of Maxx ERP where major data may be changed. As Inventory Management is the major element
of any business, the processes are very detailed.
The Purchasing Order Process provides the processes necessary to generate the purchases for the company and
the tools for tracking those purchases. Purchases for Inventory, supplies and special job material purchases made
are generated. Information as to what is required to be purchased may come from a variety of sources throughout
the system. The movement of items until received provides the Purchasing Department needed tools to maintain
inventory at efficient levels.
The Bills of Materials provides the tools necessary to manage an unlimited Bill Structure. The Bill of Material
Routing contains all time and cost related to labor, machine and outside processing. By fully utilizing the tools
provided you can reduce or eliminate excess obsolete inventory, product shortages, poor product quality and
erroneous product costing... just to name a few.
- Physical counting
- Lot/serial/Bin control
- Extensive inquiry and drill down capability
- Optional memo fields
- Four costing methods: Standard, Last Actual, Average, Build-Up
- Separate costing for Material, Material Burden, Labor, Labor Burden and Outside Processing
- Quality Control module for all purchased and manufactured items
- Process stock and non-stock items
- Unlimited Purchased Parts Buy Card and Specifications
- Extensive notes and comments
- Purchase order Requisition system tied to MRP Computer Planned Orders process
- Full integration with Financials and Production
- Reports offer export to excel and email
- Captures Purchase Price Variance
- Comprehensive Cost Build-Up system based on BOM structures and component costing
- Provides on-line explosions and where-used inquiries
- Optional BOM effective dating
- Unlimited routing steps and instructions
- Bar Code integration
