- Linked to user-defined pricing rules
- Discontinued and superseding product defined
- Tracking by weight or pieces or by other measure such as linear feet, square feet etc.
- Product shapes are user-defined with up to 10 user-defined dimensions
- Shapes can be defined with a set of dimensions
- Multiple allowable size ranges for any product to validate order entry
- Multiple allowable standards and grades
- Any number of standardization systems such as ASTM, AISI plus internal and customer-specific standards
- Each standardization system can include any number of user-defined standards
- Products can be further described using user-defined properties with a customizable list of allowed values
- Product definition includes: the parent product, the shape of the product, a list of standards that are supported for the product, a list of grades that are supported within each standard, a list of properties (other than shape attributes), a status flag
- Automatic specification of possible input and output products for each production process – avoids mismatch of material and work center
- Automated advanced product search to find the best materials for a process
- Automated interface to nesting software to combine orders for most efficient laser burning
- Scanned bar code identification of materials to quickly identify actual input to a work center
- Automatic substitution of general inventory allocation based on Inventory Code to allocation of a specific tagged input item.
- Work orders are generated based on Sales Order requirements in a fully integrated process between order entry and production. A hold in Order entry immediately holds the production order.
- Work orders contain multiple production steps which are allocated to separate production orders
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As a vertical ERP for Steel SEMS deploys quickly and configures easily whether greenfield, brown field or even an international joint venture.
