How SAP Business One ERP boosts all five manufacturing processes
ERP systems are the cornerstone of modern manufacturing companies, and the right one will help you enhance productivity and streamline your operations.
SAP Business One is a leading ERP solution that helps manufacturing businesses achieve this across all five main manufacturing processes – discrete, repetitive, job shop, continuous process, and batch process manufacturing.
This ensures that every manufacturing business can benefit from implement SAP Business One ERP.
We detail how this ERP solution works across all five processes, below.
1. Discrete manufacturing
Discrete manufacturing focuses on distinct items like cars, furniture, and electronics.
These items are typically assembled in a linear sequence that has clearly-defined start and end points.
SAP Business One helps manufacturers working on this form of production through robust Bill of Materials management, ensuring that all components and sub-assemblies are tracked and managed accurately.
This is supplemented by inventory management, which ensures that all materials are available in the right quantities and at the right times.
SAP Business One also helps business manage their production ordering, and offers several features that ensure each product meets the required specifications and standards.
2. Repetitive manufacturing
Repetitive manufacturing involves continuously producing many of the same product, or a small set of products, over an extended period.
SAP Business One helps your manufacturing business standardise its key processes to ensure consistent quality and increased efficiency.
It also helps you plan your production processes in advance to ensure a smooth and continuous manufacturing workflow.
Other major benefits include giving you total control and visibility over your shop floor, as well as making it easier to manage your costs.
3. Job shop manufacturing
Job shop manufacturing comprises the production of small batches of custom items – meaning each job is unique.
These manufacturing businesses require strong project management and customer relationship management – both of which are facilitated seamlessly by SAP Business One.
The solution also helps these businesses build highly customisable workflows that can be adapted to the unique requirements of each job.
It even allows for granular resource allocation and management, ensuring that each job has the right tools and personnel to be executed optimally.
4. Continuous process manufacturing
Continuous process manufacturing requires goods to be produced without interruption.
This most commonly applies to chemicals, food and beverage products, and oil and gas products.
Alongside core manufacturing ERP features like real-time monitoring, equipment maintenance management, and process automation, this form of manufacturing also benefits from SAP Business One’s batch tracking features, which ensures traceability and compliance with regulatory standards.
5. Batch process manufacturing
Batch process manufacturing is similar to continuous process manufacturing, but is focused on specific quantities of production, rather than continuous manufacturing.
The SAP Business One ERP offers extensive scalability and compliance features which are critical to this form of manufacturing, and also make it easy to manage your batches and recipes.
This is ideal for pharmaceutical companies, chemical companies, and food and beverage makers.
Contact SEIDOR today to learn more about the SAP Business One ERP.
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