Basics

An affordable,  complete order processing and inventory control system for cabinet, furniture,  fixture and millwork manufacturing. Basics reduces the need to create bills of material so  your system can be up and running in days rather than months!  For a limited time Basics is free to small companies - Follow this link for details.

ü      A central database of Windows networked business information  to support customer service (quotations through shipping), marketing, and material management  functions (purchasing, inventory control, etc.).  It provides day-to-day documentation and control plus the necessary reports to guide management.

ü       Modular system that is always the right-size for your company. When you are ready you can add other SIM*plicity functions such as production planning. 

ü      Not just for woodwork companies!  Basics is being used to manufacture upholstered furniture as well as plastic and metal products. And, it has successfully mixed all these materials and processes in the same factory.

ü      Supports “Mixed-Mode Manufacturing. Every item is a production order no matter how customized. By Order Entry handling almost all customization and pricing it eliminates the days of delay while an order is detoured through engineering.

ü      Provides open doorways to standard accounting and product engineering programs.  Basics exports accounts payable and receivable data to stand alone or networked accounting programs.   Plan and Perform module reads and prices cut-lists and can output them to optimizing programs.

ü      All standard items are automatically priced including adjustments for options and features. Pricing reflects item and order discounts established for each customer.

ü      The costs of custom products costs are rapidly estimated by Plan and Perform. It avoids “surprises” by using the actual costs that you are paying for material, labor and departmental overhead. Accuracy of your estimates can be compared and validated against production reporting of labor and material.

ü      Security ensured by individual user passwords tied to right-to-know access. Although all data can be exported by Basics it cannot be “browsed” from other programs. Additional security is  provided by full audit trails of inventory transactions and  customer order changes.

Basics Summary

Order Entry Automatic Tools

·         Price special and customized products by selecting from available fabrics, laminates, hardware, etc. These materials may have designated grades which can modify the unit price by a set amount or percentage.

·         Modify standard products by size changes, add-ons, special machining etc., with the option of upcharges.  SIM*plicity templates for each product line  guide the order entry clerk through  “options and features”.

·         Discount structure for each customer including both item and total invoice discounts.

·         Calculate sales tax and freight (rate and carrier) by zip code.

·         Schedule delivery date of new orders by checking  factory workload by delivery date during order entry.

·         Quote and acknowledge by fax.

·         Convert quotations to orders with one keystroke

·         Display at any time complete customer and product histories.

·         Sales rep capabilities include split commissions  and detailed sales reports. 

·         All order processing documents - Acknowledgments, Packing Slips, Bills of Lading, barcoded Labels and Invoices.  Invoice data is transferred  to A/R.  (We support most  accounting programs.)

·      Factory documents including Work Orders, Packing and Shipping Schedules.

Purchasing and Inventory Control

·         Purchase materials (inventoried and special items -with unlimited text description).

·         Budget and track purchases  including an Audit trail of all material receipts and usage.

·         Display complete details and status of all prior orders.

·         Paperless (on-line) receiving function includes  automatic creation of  back-orders.

·          Restrict buying to approved vendors and off-site deliveries to specific locations.

  ·        Physical Inventory and Cycle Counts: prepares worksheets, values inventory  and updates records.

·         Transfer receiving data to Accounts Payable.  

Plan and Perform Estimating and Shop Floor Control

 ·         Estimate products and projects using labor time, inventoried materials and outside expenses.

·       Record and display actual production costs by item, department and by order/project.

·         Compare actual to estimated costs for individual items.

·       Import and cost-out cut-lists. Export cut- list data for optimizing  

(Note: Shop Floor Control  and Plan and Perform features may vary according to your application)

Like all SIM*plicity systems Basics is available  with full training and support.  Non-networked systems are available without on-site training. They include one month of unlimited support by phone and email and two additional months of email support.  

 SIM*plicity Basics will grow with your company as additional industry specific  features to support manufacturing are built in. Activating some of these is as simple as turning a switch others require additional training but all are reasonably priced and charges primarily reflect training time and installation costs.  

Need anything more?  Just ask!  All SIM*plicity systems are fully customized to meet your needs. For more than twenty five years Feldman Engineering has helped manufacturing  companies - worldwide .  This is our software: we develop, install and support it to meet each users specific requirements.