| Features that
help your company |
Examples from
SIM*plicity |
Discussion and
Features |
| Customer Orders
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Order Entry Overview
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<<< Please read this
introductory overview first.
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| Customer Details: shipping information,
history, etc. |
The utmost in options
and feature controls. Automatic pricing with more than 400
variables (size, color, add-on's etc.) Simple to set-up
and easy to use. More than an "Order Configurator":
these variables interact with dynamic (parametric) bills of
materials to create complete manufacturing documentation.
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| Item Details |
Options to enter and
display product information.
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| Order Entry Tools |
Because we
automatically transfer all pricing variables and "engineering
limits" to Order Entry, SIM*plicity eliminates the
typical delay for orders to first go to Engineering and Pricing
prior to Order Entry.
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| Batch Order Entry |
Input Customer Order
details directly from Excel.
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| Order-Project
Costing |
Display actual costs
during Order Entry or during "material takeoff"
-Quotations.
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Order Progress (status)
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Graphics display with
real-time visibility of all in-process orders. |
| Product Entry
Instructions |
Guidance to the
operator in entering complex items .
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| New Product Entry |
Add new customers and
products on the fly.
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| Zip and Postal Code
Tutorial |
Factors in entering
address data for uniformity and to ensure automatic freight
calculation
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| Sales
Discounts and Commissions |
Information on entering
discounts and sales commissions.
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| SPEED-UP |
Tips to increase
order entry productivity.
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| Invoice Details -
Setting Variables
Order Entry Display
Variables
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Variables for printing
(and exporting to accounting software) invoices
Order Entry variables for display and printing
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| Deposits and Payments |
Record and display
deposits and partial payments
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| MRP2/ERP Planning and Shop Floor
Control |
Advance Plan
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Customer and factory (internal) orders
create inventory and labor demand for specific days.
SIM*plicity schedules individual machines within each work
station/cell and generates material requisitions.
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Workstation Control
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Planners can control and balance
workload at every machine. |
| Production
Planner/Scheduler |
Shifting production (date or workcenter)
automatically updates all related processes. Graphics displays
with drill-down" information effectively links Planning to Shop
Floor Control. |
| MRP2/ERP Tutorial |
Workstation
Control allows supervisors to fine tune schedules and report
production.
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| Purchasing and Inventory
Control |
Requisition/Purchasing
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New
orders automatically updates long-term material plans. Shop
floor control module interacts with purchasing to automatically
flag needs that won't be met and adjusts schedules
accordingly.
Buy-out items
are purchased as soon as customer order is
processed - including automatic pricing of options and
features.
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| Inventory
Details |
Knowing the materials "on hand"
and what they cost is not enough! SIM*plicity calculates the
exact date needed, where it should be stored and details of its
physical characteristics.
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| Vendor
Information |
Access complete
contact information on vendors and their employees.
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| Purchasing
Messages
Inventory
Adjustments
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Adding Standard
and Text Messages to an individual item Requisition or to an
entire Purchase Order
Tools to record
and adjust physical invnetories.
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| Accounting and Cost
Control |
Product
Cost Summary
Options & Features
Overview
Order/Project Costing
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Know the true cost of every
item that you build!
Automatically calculate the
cost of "work -in-process" inventory.
Instantly estimate the complete
cost of every Order and Quotation. Change an option or feature
and the cost is automatically updated!
Please also read ABC Cost Control
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| Product
Engineering |
Bill of Material Flow
Chart
Dynamic Bills of Material
Static Bill
Display
Glossary
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Bills of
Materials are the core of true manufacturing systems.
They link together customer orders, manufacturing instructions
with material and labor requirements.
Dynamic (parametric) Bills of Material are used
for entire families of products eliminating the need at most
companies for 90% of individual Bills of Material. However,
Static (Conventional) Bills of Material are still valuable and
our system incorporates them with a full range of Options and
Features
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| Plan and Perform |
Project
Takeoff
Project and/or Product
Estimate
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Estimate and control complex
projects. |
| Sales Management
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Sales by Customer and Product
Line
Marketing Program
Formats
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Cost of Goods
Sold report for every order. Volume and margin reports for each
sales rep.
For each customer select default discount
programs, special product discounts and choose from multiple
selling companies (OEM, etc.)
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| SUPPORT |
Getting Started
FAQ's - SIM*plicity
Support
Why Systems
Fail
Favorite
Story
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Training, customization and 24/7 real-time
support by the developers of this software. A
commitment to excellence - today, tomorrow and for the past 30
years. |
