Item Master
To define, create, approve and maintain item information
workflow to create items from defining engineering part numbers with specification to approving and converting to official item no.
define item specification with required documents and control item creation with the required info
add documents, pictures, dimension, approved vendors, knowledge base etc. on top of ERP item information
cover items not defined in ERP such as spare parts and customer’ items etc.
Item Matrix
To group all related item variants in matrix form to view and process at once
present overall picture of all related variance at once to reduce errors and processing time
configurable attribute names of variants such as style, color, size, capacity, horse-power, calories to better fit requirements
display and create item numbers for all variants in “Item Master”
attach to “eSO” to enter item variants and convert to individual item number in sales orders
attach to “ePO” to enter item variants and convert to individual item number in purchase orders
Product Configurator
To configure a product from a predefined variants
predefine all possible variants of a product attributes (such as brands, styles, colors, sizes) and its configurable elements such as accessories and major components
select a variant of the product attribute and its configurable component to configure the final product
configure a product in "iCube eSO" to sell and auto insert the item number to the sales order
auto create item number and its bill-of-material if the configuration requires selecting accessories or components
save time, effort and reduce error of maintaining each configuration in bill-of-material
Product Release
To manage product release to production with document and revision control
define the project plan and details, the specification, requirements, schedules, owners, approvers and tasks etc.
define the deliverable such as final design, specification, production procedures, bill-of-materials, product docs, QA reports, manuals and marketing inserts etc.
control released products and deliverable to comply with requirement
track rejects, revisions with full details, reasons, user and time stamp
integrate data with “Item Master”, “Bill-of-Material” and “Engineering Changes”
Bill of Materials
The tool to design multi-level BOMs and workflow to maintain and approve them with document and revision control
tool to design multi-level BOMs, allow to do multiple design and select the best option to release
workflow to route design for approval including external approvers such as customers and contractors
track rejects and revisions with full details such as reasons, causes, notes, user and time stamp
support discrete and process based manufacturing with recipe by process
Manufacturing Order
To create, approve and execute manufacturing orders by process from start to end
workflow to define, approve and produce finished goods and route materials through processes from start to end
transform materials from in to out of each process, track yields, defects, material usage, machines, labor and overhead and roll up cost
integrate with “Shop Floor Control” to track WIP activities and inventory transforms by process
integrate with “Production Scheduling” to allocate labor and machines by process
Production Scheduling
To allocate production resources to each manufacturing order process, track changes and log actual usage
annual calendar per work center with overview of historical and planned schedules
drag and drop schedule and changes to machines to assign equipment and labors
track schedule changes and compare original versus actual for performance
daily production plan to list orders by process with assigned resources
Shop Floor Control
To track WIP activities for materials, machines, labors and overhead by process
built-in inventory system for WIP with bin assigned to each work center
track inventory transforms within a work center, usage of labor and machine for setup, preparation and production
generate traveler with output and destination for next process to scan to receive
track materials, machine, labor, yields, failure and reasons per process
Material Planning
To identify material requirements and resolve constraints to meet master schedule
define master schedule with firm orders and forecast by item and production period
identify material requirements, constraints and recommend POs to cover shortages
auto replace shortages with available substitutes
back trace net requirements to gross, allow to do manual adjustment to come up different what-if scenarios for the best plan
Capacity Planning
To identity machine and tooling requirements and resolve constraints to meet master schedule
list required schedules and processing time for machines and tooling to meet plan
list constraints for work centers at each production period and deficit
list projected schedule that meet original plan
option to subcontract to catch up deficit
Subcontracting
To track manufacturing processes conducted by contractors
track material interaction between you and contractors
contractors to update status, progress and interactions of work online
handle billing with validation of work against charges and in PO
approved billings auto to create payable entries to ERP
Production Workforce
To manage labors, their work and determine labor cost by manufacturing process
maintain labor by position, skills, experience, performance and training
enable labor assignment in “production scheduling” and “Work Order”
track time attendance, work activities and performance
information fed to "Work order" to roll up labor cost
Engineering Changes
To initiate, approve and apply changes to designs and manufacturing processes
workflow to manage change of design from creation, approval to auto update changes to affected BOMs
apply to fixing faults or upgrades for affected products and list their changes in BOMs and manufacturing processes
approve the fixes and resolution to existing versions and new versions for the affected products
auto update changes in BOMs to all approved products
handle disposition and rework of inventory in stock and in work-in-process
auto notification to affected parties
Corrective Actions
To track product defects, corrections and disposition of inventory
workflow to manage defects from reporting, approval to resolution
cover design faults, product quality and manufacturing defects in house or by vendors
auto to generate engineering change orders to the affected products with the changes
tools to analyze causes of defects and the quality of resolution
eQA
To track design faults from creation to verification, resource allocation and completion
workflow to manage design bugs from reporting, approval to resolution
classify bugs to related products and manufacturing processes, and forward to predefined resources with adjustment
track fix and verification transactions, log rejects, reasons, issues, fixes, lead time, user and time stamp
classify bugs by defects, causes and resolution for analysis and improvement
Production Quote
To quote for build-to-orders from creation to approval and customer acceptance
workflow to manage quote for production from creation, approval to customer acceptance and converting to orders
view available materials and resources to project lead time, constraints and cost
provide quote and lead time up to three lot sizes based with same or different markup
convert accepted quotes to orders and allocate materials, machine and labor
Manufacturing Intelligence
To provide insights for design and manufacturing performance and what to improve
show defects and causes of affected products with estimated damages
show frequency of defects, the turnaround time for fixes, the quality of fixes etc. by product, vendor and manufacturing processes
list priority of improvement and link to “Corrective Action” for tracking
classify performance by grades for materials, vendors, design, QA and production processes and set up metrics as standard for measurement