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- Supply Chain
- Who it's for
- Discrete manufacturers
Discrete manufacturers
Manufacturers plan finished goods from a forecast, buy components and raw materials to that plan, and make sub-assemblies and finished goods in-house. Late or rejected materials stop lines, so incoming inspection and supplier performance matter as much as price.
How Supply Chain is set up for you
Plan to production
MRP turns the locked forecast into purchase orders for components and production orders for made items.
Incoming quality
Components are inspected to the quality plan and rejects raise nonconformances and corrective actions with the supplier.
Supplier scorecards
On-time, in-full and quality acceptance decide supplier tier and approval levels.
Manufacturers plan finished goods from a forecast, buy components and raw materials to that plan, and make sub-assemblies and finished goods in-house. Late or rejected materials stop lines, so incoming inspection and supplier performance matter as much as price.
Pilot one plant warehouse and its top components for one quarter. Load products, item masters, suppliers with tiers and contracts, and opening stock. Lock a forecast, run MRP, raise and approve orders, and receive and inspect every delivery. Compare supplier on-time and quality results with your current records before adding further warehouses.
[Plan the rollout](/supply-chain-suite/implementation), [review relevant modules](/supply-chain-suite#modules), and [compare the source data](/supply-chain-suite/data-model).
Features to start with
Quality
Inspect against quality plans, record nonconformances with a disposition and run corrective and preventive actions to closure.
Products and production
Keep the product catalog, item master attributes, categories and units of measure, and run production orders for made-in-house items.
Procurement
Raise purchase orders from replenishment, approve them by supplier tier and value, track acknowledgment and manage contracts and scorecards.
Roles on the team
- Demand Planner
- Builds forecast versions, runs MRP and reviews and actions replenishment suggestions.
- Buyer
- Raises and follows purchase orders, vendor splits and supplier contracts, and matches supplier invoices.
- Procurement Manager
- Approves purchase orders by supplier tier and value, approves invoice variances and reviews supplier performance.
- Warehouse Operator
- Receives goods into bins, records stock movements, counts stock and picks and packs shipments.
- Quality Manager
- Maintains quality plans, records inspections, raises nonconformances and runs corrective and preventive actions and returns inspection.
Set up Supply Chain your way.
Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.