• About Production

    Posted on January 20, 2010 by in Product

    About Production The production process has a number of very useful capabilities that manage the complexity of production and support accurate planning and scheduling processes. In general, the journey from input materials to finished goods follows a pattern or sequence, with plenty of variation possible. The production process is initiated by two demand streams: Sales [...]

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  • About Inventory

    Posted on January 20, 2010 by in Product

    About Inventory Use the Inventory module to control the steel products inventories (work in process inventory and finished goods inventory), consumable items inventories, and scrap inventory. Steel Products: may include merchandise steel products (purchased for resale which form is not altered prior to resale) and job-specific steel products that require further processing before completion and sale. [...]

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  • About Fabrication Modules

    Posted on January 20, 2010 by in Product

    About Fabrication Modules The core modules for Fabrication are BOM Items, Bill of Material, and Product Routing. This topic explains: BOM Structure BOM Items Bill of Materials Form Product Routing Form BOM Structure The BOM describes an unlimited structure of materials requirements and processing requirements that together make one unit of the required finished product. Materials can [...]

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  • About Costing

    Posted on January 20, 2010 by in Product

    There are two types of costing in SEMS: Product Costing (or Actual Costing), which is used for the costing of individual inventory items and is the cost that will be booked to the General Ledger. Standard Costing, which is used at the time of Sales Order entry to provide an estimated cost of a Sales [...]

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  • About Claims

    Posted on January 20, 2010 by in Product

    The Claims Module Use the Claims module to create and maintain customer claims issued by a customer and vendor claims issued against a third party and/or vendor. Use it to create and maintain credit memos and debit memos once a particular claim has been issued. When claims are disposed of, a disposition letter is sent to the [...]

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  • About Shipping

    Posted on January 6, 2010 by in Product

    About Shipping The Shipping Management application includes the functions that are required for managing shipments: create a load for shipment, add material to the load that has a Shipment Status of “Ready”, print the shipment documents maintain carriers and carrier freight rates, maintain customs brokers, and maintain customs duties. ship the load, relieving inventory of [...]

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  • About Sales Order Entry

    Posted on January 6, 2010 by in Product

    About Sales Order Entry Overview SEMS Sales order entry provides a powerful and flexible capability to record, manage and effect customer requirements. There are many set up options, defaults and preferences that impact the behaviour and enforced business rules within the Order Entry process. This guide is intended to provide a broad overview of the [...]

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  • SEMS Overview of Flow

    Posted on January 6, 2010 by in Product

    SEMS Overview of Flow SEMS is a management system for processing steel from initial quote through shipping and collection of payment. Some business rules regarding the process flow can be amended by site specific flag settings, however the standard process flow is: A sales order is created either as a quote (enquiry) or an order The [...]

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  • SEMS Componet Modules

    Posted on January 6, 2010 by in Product

    Compete on equal terms with industry leaders, use the tools they use Component module Inventory Manage Inventory to maximize value, customer satisfaction and ROI. SEMS provides the most comprehensive metals-industry specific inventory management capability. This focus and ability infuses every related business module and process. Gain the advantage of practical, advanced and comprehensive processes for [...]

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  • Steelman Software Solutions Company Brief

    Posted on January 5, 2010 by in News

    STEELMAN SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS STEELMAN Software Solutions Inc. (SSSI) a privately held company of Toronto, Ontario creator of the Steel Service Center Software. Our solution is based on the SSSI’s Steel Enterprise Management Systems® (SEMS®).  SSSI has been building leading technology solutions for the steel industry since 1994 by leveraging technological expertise and industry partnerships against [...]

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