When an order arrives, the system reads the BOM, sees what's missing, builds a supplier-by-supplier purchase list. The "find steel now!" panic calls, the Saturday supplier wake-ups — all over.
Production halts mid-job — out of material. Saturday afternoon you're trying to wake up a supplier, the price is brutal.
You overbuy "just in case." Cash is parked in the warehouse, material ages.
Three suppliers, three different prices. You compare manually. Who raised prices last month? Nobody remembers.
Customer wants delivery in 2 weeks. Material lead time is 10 days. Can you commit? Nobody knows.
Order arrives — the system reads BOMs, checks your stock, builds the shortage list. One click to approve and send to suppliers.
Each supplier's price history, lead time, quality complaints — all in the system. For a new buy, the system flags the best fit.
For a new order — material lead time + production time + shipping = realistic delivery date. You commit, you deliver.
Define a critical level for each material. The system alerts as you approach it — purchase orders go out on time.
Supplier prices stay current in the system. When steel goes up, your BOM costs update automatically — your sales prices don't bleed margin.
Purchase orders (POs) live in the system — emailed to suppliers, tracked on arrival, matched against invoices.
The order enters the system — which product, how many, when to deliver.
The system reads the BOM — what's needed for this product, how much.
Compares against your current stock — what's short, by how much.
Builds a supplier list for the shortfalls, shows prices, flags the best.
Your approved orders email out to suppliers; arrivals are tracked in the system.
* Observations from our pilot shops — a description of what the system surfaces, not a measured gain rate. What actually changes depends on how accurate your BOMs are, your supplier lead times and how consistently stock movements are entered.
MRP is not part of the single-module packages; material planning starts with Standard.
Smart MRP — order-driven requirement explosion, critical stock alerts, supplier comparison, automatic POs and delivery-date estimation; Pro adds AI-assisted job sequencing.
Pro + IoT — seasonal forecasting fed by sensor data, smart purchase recommendations.
Your BOMs, material list, suppliers — bring them, we'll draft a setup plan tailored to your shop.
MRP calculates which material is needed, how much, and when. MES answers "what's happening on the floor now"; MRP answers "what will we need next". They work together.
Yes. You set a minimum stock level for each item; when stock drops to that level, the system drafts a purchase order and notifies the buyer. You don't run out.
BOM definition is a table: for one finished product, how many of each subassembly, how many meters of each sheet, how many kg of which fastener. Define once; every incoming order gets calculated automatically.
Yes. Each supplier has a defined average lead time (e.g. 7 days, 14 days). The system back-calculates: "You need to order this material by this date."