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SagePFW Process Manufacturing
Unlike the majority of manufacturing software, Windows-based, Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing is the only software of its kind that was developed from
the ground up to address the unique challenges of process manufacturing.
Not only does it speak the language of process manufacturing, Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing has been specially designed to help managers get the
insights they need to maximize productivity and efficiency, and
enhance overall performance.
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing features a robust and seamless
suite of applications that provide the most comprehensive process
manufacturing solution available for mid-market companies. Capabilities
include material requirements planning (MRP) purchasing, inventory,
lab analysis, formulating, costing, production, quality control,
government
compliance, sales order entry, bills of lading and a full range
of integrated financial applications.
The Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing team is committed to the
process manufacturing industry. With their unmatched expertise in
this market, our designers anticipate our clients' changing needs
and are continually creating innovative software solutions that
keep us on the forefront of the industry.
Every day, hundreds of process manufacturers around the world,
rely on the power and performance of Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing for the competitive
edge they need to succeed. Download
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing
FEATURES
Sage PFW Purchasing Pro
The powerful automation features of the Purchasing module vastly
improve efficiency and enhance information flow of various purchase
processes.
Accrued Receipts and Calculations of Landed Costs Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing allows you to accrue and post received purchase orders (including
lot tracked POs). While the on-hand quantity is immediately reflected,
the liability won't be until the actual cost is determined. An accrued
receipt is tracked by PO number plus Backorder Level, so multiple
accruals can occur against the same purchase order.
Lot Tracking
When you select purchase orders for receipt
that include items you have flagged in Materials/ Inventory for
lot tracking, you'll assign it lot numbers, bin numbers, or SSCCs.
These numbers can be used to restrict the availability of lots in
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing Production module. Since all lot profiles are automatically
recorded in production history, information is always available
when you need it.
Orders Management
Back orders and recurring purchase orders
can be automatically scheduled. "Blanket" orders can be
generated for the quantity and delivery date you specify. Item units
of measure, order quantities and prices can all be automatically
converted in any unit specified. The Lead Time Utility automatically
updates your Materials/Inventory lead time data, based on the actual
lead times from your purchase history files. The Vendor/Item Lead
Time Utility updates the lead times quoted to vendors based upon
the actual lead times from your purchasing history files. When you
generate "return shipment" purchase orders to vendors,
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing Purchasing automatically deducts the item and quantity
from your inventory.
Shipping
A special drop shipment feature allows you to
ship goods directly from a vendor to your customer. Download
Sage PFW Purchasing Pro Brochure
Sage PFW MSDS/Compliance
Powerful Customization
While the MSDS/Compliance module provides several standard, predefined
MSDS master formats including ANSI and U.S. Government standards
plus Canadian English and Canadian French, it is also designed to
allow you the greatest flexibility to meet your specific needs.
Should regulations change, or your state or locality have special
reporting requirements, you can easily modify one of the master
formats or create a totally custom format. Details such as hazardous
material ratings, manufacturer's name and address, reportable components,
occupational exposure limits, SARA information, product physical
characteristics, and assorted standardized blocks of text can all
be optionally included based on the specific product for which the
MSDS is being printed. Material percentages can be listed exactly,
rounded to any accuracy, expressed as ranges, or any combination
of the above. In addition, any number of occupational exposure limits
per component can be included. To support your presence in the global
marketplace, the MSDS may also be printed in various languages.
Powerful customization maximizes efficiency and puts you in control
of MSDS management.
Streamlined Automation
The MSDS are generated automatically per your scheduling specifications
and any changes you make to your formulations are instantly incorporated.
Formula physical properties, such as density, specific gravity,
percent
volatile, Volatile Organic Content (VOC), boiling range, flash point,
and upper and lower explosive limits are automatically calculated
and printed in the specified location on the MSDS. Warnings and
other standard text that are used on most of your MSDS can be set
up as boilerplate paragraphs. These paragraphs can be keyed to certain
materials, formulas or whole classes of materials or formulas, so
that the appropriate boilerplate paragraphs are automatically matched
and included on the corresponding MSDS. You can further expand your
custom calculations capabilities by pairing this module with BatchMaster's
Laboratory module. Either way, you'll capitalize on the streamlined
efficiency of MSDS compliance. Download
Sage PFW MSDS/Compliance Brochure
Sage PFW Materials Requirement Planning
Insightful Reports
Two powerful reports (MRP Detailed Report and MRP Report) provide
the essential insight you need for more strategic material requirements
planning.
Powerful Forecasting
MRP powerful "what-if" scenario capabilities empower you
to analyze the impact of proposed production schedules and material
costs. You can change the date or size of scheduled production orders
to determine how those changes would impact material requirements
and costs over time. MRP helps you make decisions with the insight
that will help you lock in your competitive edge.
Master Production Schedule
MRP offers various powerful and easy to use scheduling options to
help ensure that your master production schedule is current. For
instance, production orders may be scheduled based upon current
customer orders and/or inventory levels, thus accommodating both
"make to order" and "make to stock" procedures.
With built-in scheduling formulas, MRP automatically reads your
Order Entry files (if you have BatchMasterPFW's Order Entry module)
as well as your inventory location files. If there are open work
orders, or you have set minimum inventory requirements, MRP will
schedule the most efficient production orders to fill them. Download
Sage PFW Materials Requirements Planning Brochure
Sage PFW Inventory Pro
Costing Control
Knowledge is power and the valuable costing insight that you'll
get from Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing Inventory will help you take control
and maximize profits. Average, standard, LIFO and FIFO costing,
batch costing, formula costing, fixed and variable costs for both
labor and overhead are easily managed. You can also enter your starting
costs at the same time that you enter and set your items, including
base price, standard cost, market cost, carrying cost and reorder
cost.
Precision Inventory and Lot Tracking
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing can manage item specific information such as status,
class, specifications and quality control data. It allows nearly
unlimited user-defined physical properties on every raw material
including those relevant to food or chemical ingredients (such as
may be required to generate material Safety Data Sheets or Nutrition
Facts labels). You can also track user-defined quality control test
and target values for each inventory item and automatically maintain
the results by lot number.
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing precision inventory and lot tracking saves you
money by reducing the costs of overstocking and waste, and prevents
expensive production delays caused by inventory shortages.
You can track inventory by virtually any specification, including
on hand, on order, committed to sales, committed to production,
minimum, maximum, reorder points, class, lead time, vendors, base
price, and last, average, standard costs and item status. Inventory
items purchased with a lot number can be tracked by lot through
production and into finished goods. Each batch can be tracked based
on actual material, container, labor and overhead usage. Complete
lot tracking of all inventory items includes material and product
expiration dates, quarantine dates, quality control status, SSCCs
and lot strength factor. Download
Sage PFW Materials/Inventory Pro Brochure
Sage PFW Formulas
Flexible Formulas
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing Formulas is designed for maximum flexibility and
functionality. Your formulas can include an unlimited number of
raw and intermediate materials, manufacturing instructions, lab
or overhead costs and quality control data. Loss factors can be
assigned to the formula as a whole, and/or to individual materials,
to account for various losses during manufacturing. Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing equips your lab personnel with both the time and the critical data
they need to focus their talents on the aspects of product development
that are most likely to become your new profit centers. Download Sage PFW Formulas Brochure
Sage PFW Order Entry Pro
Easy Entry
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing Order Entry helps you get sales into and through
the system as accurately and efficiently as possible. Based on the
user-defined specifications, the sales order features can have automated
capabilities, which make for speedy, accurate entries. In addition,
when you enter a sales order, you can switch between weight and
volume for raw materials and for finished goods to any other unit
of measure that you have defined in Materials/Inventory and attached
to an item. Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing automatically assigns each sales order
a status so you always know where the order is in the sales cycle.
Download Sage PFW Order Entry Pro
Brochure
Sage PFW Production
Powerful Automation
Scheduling
Keep production on track by automatically scheduling batches based
on customer orders posted in Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing Order Entry module,
on minimum stock levels, or any scheduling parameter that you define.
Lot Tracking
Lot tracking has never been easier or more efficient. Automatically
track raw materials and finished goods lot numbers, bin numbers,
and serial ship container codes (SSCCs) through the production cycle.
Utilize multiple lot numbers for single material requirement. Refer
to the comprehensive lot number tracking history when you need to
determine which raw material lots were used in which of your products,
and
where they were shipped. The Material Lot Number Explosion report
and Finished Goods Lot Explosion report, which allows you to trace
lots from either end of the production cycle, provide more detailed
analysis of lot activities. Download
Sage PFW Production Brochure
Sage PFW Costing
Flexible Utilities
Flexible utilities enhance analysis capabilities. The Formula Loss
Adjustment option allows you to fine-tune your formula loss factors
for greater accuracy and less waste. It also updates your formula
loss factors based on the historical losses found in the Production
History data file. Every time you perform Product Cost Analysis,
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing calculates product costs based on the top-level formula.
Each raw material in the formula is analyzed by last, average or
standard cost data from its Materials/Inventory Item Location (INLOC)
record. If you make intermediate (pre-mix) formulas, they will be
analyzed by their INLOC cost data, just like any other ingredient,
regardless of any changes, which may have occurred to the intermediate
formula(s), or the cost of their ingredients. Update Finished Good
Costs Utility calculates the last, average, and standard costs of
your finished goods and updates their Inventory cost data.
Download Sage PFW Costing Brochure
Sage PFW Laboratory
Powerful Properties Analyses
Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing's Laboratory module calculates the physical properties of your formulas, based on the physical properties of the ingredients that you have defined in the Materials/Inventory module. You can change the quantity of an ingredient, or add a new ingredient, and immediately gauge its impact on the formulas. You can also enter target values for desired physical properties, and calculate the changes required in material quantities to meet those target values. The most salient feature of Sage PFW with Process Manufacturing's Laboratory module is its ability to perform an instant analysis of any "what-if" scenario for any physical property that you define for any of your formulas. Comparative properties analysis between two or three formulas are also a snap. Extensive analyses capabilities empower your lab technicians with valuable formulation insights. Download Sage PFW Laboratory Brochure
.For more information visit Sage Software Corporation (the makers of Platinum for Windows and BatchMaster PFW) at www.sagesoftware.com.
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