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- Automotive ERP
- Who it's for
- Parts assembly and supply teams
Parts assembly and supply teams
A parts business that assembles stock before shipment needs buying, production and customer fulfillment to agree on the available quantity. Inventory distinguishes quantity on hand from allocated quantity. Planned orders separate Work proposals from Purchase proposals, and work orders record the assembly quantity still in progress. Begin with an assembly whose bought component, operation sequence and finished quantity can be checked by the planner and supervisor together. Keep the customer delivery date visible when reviewing a late supply action.
How Automotive ERP is set up for you
Keep bought supply attached to demand
Requisitions explain the quantity, need date and estimated value. Buyer converts approved requests to purchase orders without creating another commitment when conversion is replayed.
Protect acceptance at receipt
Goods receipts can wait for incoming inspection while Quality Inspector checks incoming material. An unaccepted receipt must not be treated as unrestricted stock for assembly.
Explain partial fulfillment
Each delivery links a shipment to its sales order and warehouse. The shipping action records the eligible finished quantity once and creates customer invoices for that delivery scope.
Reconcile the remaining balance
Accountant compares invoice amount outstanding with confirmed cash receipts and applied amount. A partial application must remain visible rather than becoming an unexplained Paid invoice.
A parts business that assembles stock before shipment needs buying, production and customer fulfillment to agree on the available quantity. Inventory distinguishes quantity on hand from allocated quantity. Planned orders separate Work proposals from Purchase proposals, and work orders record the assembly quantity still in progress. Begin with an assembly whose bought component, operation sequence and finished quantity can be checked by the planner and supervisor together. Keep the customer delivery date visible when reviewing a late supply action.
Choose a repeated assembly with a bought component, an approved customer order and a partial shipment. Include a late supplier receipt and an invoice mismatch. Production Planner owns the shortage action, Buyer owns the purchasing correction and Accountant owns the matching explanation. Retry the receipt and shipment commands during rehearsal; inventory and invoicing must retain the original effects. Keep carrier, scanner and banking feeds as named connections to configure after their source identities and confirmation rules are agreed.
[Follow purchasing](/erp-for-automotive/processes/purchase-request-to-payment) and [customer fulfillment](/erp-for-automotive/processes/customer-order-to-cash).
Features to start with
Purchasing and receiving
Carry an approved buying request through receipt, invoice match and payment authorization.
Sales and fulfillment
Ship eligible finished parts and keep delivery, invoice and cash evidence connected.
Shop floor
Record material consumption and completed production intervals against released work.
Roles on the team
- Shop Floor Supervisor
- Runs the floor - assigns operators, posts production, handles holds.
- Approver
- Makes assigned purchasing and control decisions independently of the person who requested or prepared them.
- Production Planner
- Owns MRP, work-order release, scheduling, and BOM/Routing maintenance.
- Buyer
- Manages procurement of raw materials and components.
- Quality Inspector
- Performs inspections and dispositions non-conforming material.
- Plant Administrator
- Maintains every app table (read, create, update; no delete) and opens every page. The platform Admin role remains the full administrator.
- Accountant
- Owns the general ledger, payables, and receivables for manufacturing transactions.
- Operator
- Executes assigned production operations; separately assigned receiving and stock-handling permissions cover warehouse work.
Set up Automotive ERP your way.
Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.