Industries

BOM Management

Handling multiple bill of material, revision, change and compliance management

With mbas user can choose multiple BOM for an item at the time of planning and productions

Efficient Capacity Planning

Failure in efficiently planning machines and production of multiple items

mbas offers planning & production as per RCCP, CRP requirements

Vendor Management

Cost optimization, complex vendor eco systems.

Defined functionality for vendor management for purchase and production.

Design Change

Continuous design change

Mbas follows engineering change order (ECO) process that outlines the proposed change, lists of products, parts that would be affected and approvals of the individuals who would be impacted with implementing the change.

Optimizing production lead time

Not being aware of the production lead time of each product

mbas offers efficient tools to run planning and scheduling for each product, with automated production lead time it help users to thoroughly analyze every step of the production process, refine inefficient steps and remove unnecessary steps in the process

Die Management

Challenges in manually monitoring the life of a die

mbas automates the process of monitoring the life of a die, this equips the users to better manage dies and significantly improves the quality of the produced items.

Process parameter tracking

laborious paper based parameter (temperature, pressure, etc) tracking which is prone to errors

Wherever and whenever required mbas prompts for process parameters and saves all the data. In case a quality issue arises it verifies standard to actual parameters and alerts users on the deviation.

Optimum Capacity utilization

Time consuming capacity and load calculation

With mbas users have the flexibility to plan the production and provide capacity conditions for optimum utilization.

Every chemical combination with different specifications becomes a product or and SKU

Lack of recipe management

mbas offers recipe management taking potency factor into account.

with mbas users have the flexibility to issue items with different concentration factors if the required concentration is not available.

mbas offers recipe management taking potency factor into account.

with mbas users have the flexibility to issue items with different concentration factors if the required concentration is not available.

Different packages of the same product

Lack of awareness on product specifications

With mbas users can maintain separate recipes for production and Packaging

Efficient Inventory Management for shorter shelf life

Improper administration of warehouses

Poor inventory valuation method

mbas offers:

Accurate inventory visibility

Multi-level warehouse structure

Inventory Issues based on FIFO strategy

Lot traceability and recall management system

Lack of lot recall system

Lack of metrics & tools that aid in decision making

mbas offers flexible reports, one of which is a LOT recall report which identifies lots of raw materials for a specific finish good

Optimizing production lead time

Not being aware of the production lead time of each product

mbas offers efficient tools to run planning and scheduling for each product, with automated production lead time it help users to thoroughly analyze every step of the production process, refine inefficient steps and remove unnecessary steps in the process

Reduction in production cost

Higher production costs because of Rework on the components/outputs being produced

mbas tracks each and every components involved and operations performed. it captures and draws a comparison on the actual cost of production to the of the estimated cost.

Inventory reconciliation

Laborious, often error prone stock reconciliation process

Mbas offers easy inventory management with clear visibility of stocks. To avoid reporting loss of stock at the end of the financial year mbas offers flexibility in setting up the counting frequency.

Handling quality and traceability data

Manual interaction exist

mbas offers Effective lot tracking & serial number tracking to differentiate the produced lots.

Improve customer satisfaction

Offer best price and quotes, maintain long term contracts and agreements, Offer incentives against their performance, Improve customer service & responsiveness, Available-to-Promise and order confirmations, Drop shipments –delivery from vendor to customer directly

Manage purchase lead times for materials like furniture, cement, wood, furniture

Proper selection of vendors through periodic evaluation on performance, Centralized\decentralized\semi-centralized purchasing, Long term contracts and agreements after negotiations. Demand consolidation and optimization with flexible drop shipments.

Manage incentives and rebates

Flexible quota definition, Flexible incentive and rebates disbursements

profitability goals

Increase profits from trading business by determining competitive prices for your products while integrating the logistics and financial aspects.

Available to promise

Proper order confirmation, Order Scheduling in Sales Order, Available-to-promise.

Exchange information with Manufacturers / Suppliers and customers

Collaboration between manufactures, supplier and customer, Web-based Solution –Access Internet anywhere, anytime. Vendor log-in to view publish quotes, view orders and speed up shipments. Customer log-in to float RFQs and view quotation, place orders and view stock and order status

Inventory management

Accurate inventory visibility, Efficient Warehouse Management supporting multi-level W/H structure, Configurable item properties, Inventory Replenishment Planning –Order Methods, Order Qty etc. Seamless integration across different functions and business processes.

Effective Decision Making related to Critical issues

Real-time update of accounts and other key processes on invoicing, returns etc., Analytics with built-in KPIs to monitor real-time performance on multiple dimensions, Consolidation –multi-company, multi location scenarios

Control credit limit

Flexible credit limit controls on customer, customer type, customer group and region wise.

Inventory traceability

mbas uniquely builds, maintains and identifies serial numbers/LOT/batch number for products.

Inventory Visibility

Accurate inventory visibility, Efficient Warehouse Management supporting multi-level W/H structure, Configurable item properties, Inventory Replenishment Planning –Order Methods, Order Qty etc. Seamless integration across different functions and business processes.

Maintenance of consignment stock at

retailer’s location

Streamlined Consignment-OUT

Management

Promotions & Rebates

Flexible Schemes and Pricing definitions

Single Order consisting of items with

multiple specifications

mbas offers flexbility in creating and storing multiple specifications (dimensional ex: length, breadth etc) changes for the same item.

High Procurement costs

Mbas reduces procurement cost and lead time through streamlined purchasing and ensures on-time delivery from the vendors place through detailed schedules.

Improve operational efficiency And productivity

Challenges to maintain both product mix and product volume

Mbas optimizes planning by automatically calculating lead time based on routing details

Respond quickly to changing consumer and customer demands

No integrated plan to achieve business goals

Forecasts and plans for anticipated demand for products. SOP to integrate the entire department’s plan to achieve organizational goals.

Availability of right raw materials at right quantity and at a right time

Lack of ordering system in place

Mbas MRP alerts users regarding materials and the optimal quantity to be ordered

Order wise Costing

Lack of proper costing methodologies

mbas offers order based costing

Manage Products With Shorter Life Cycle

Lack of awareness on product life cycles. Poor focus on Value-Added Services.

Product management from creation to exclusion

SKU & Variants Management

Specific planning on seasonal items

Promotions planning & execution

Planning of prices, discounts and offers

Product performance and profitability analysis

Support custom packaging, product labeling etc as per customer requirements

Flexibility to add services with products

Efficient Inventory Management

Improper administration of warehouses.

Poor inventory planning.

Poor coordination amongst sales, purchase, & inventory processes.

Accurate inventory visibility

Multi-level warehouse structure

Configurable item properties (location, lot, serial no., expiry, bill of entry, etc)

Inventory Replenishment Planning –Order Methods, Order Qty etc

Seamless integration amongst different functions and business processes

Managing Purchase Lead Times

Lack of collaboration with vendors.

Improper planning.

Lack of control on vendor.

Proper selection of vendors through periodic evaluations on performance

Centralized\de-centralized\semi-centralized purchasing

Long term contracts and agreements after negotiations

Demand consolidation and optimization

Drop shipments

Differentiating business value adds

Lack of proper Point-of-Sale system.

Poor customer service.

Touch screen menus with graphical user interface, Microsoft OPOS compliant

Apply price, promotions, discounts and taxes to items

Flexible tender options -cash, credit card, debit card, cheques, gift coupons, meal vouchers, credit note, advance adjustments

POS device integration -cash drawer, pole display, magnetic stripe card reader, bar code, RFID

Loyalty program definition by capturing the gift cards, benefits, registration details and so on

Performance Optimization

Lack of proper system for real-time MIS & Analytics

Performance, operations and financial analytics

Profitability and productivity analytics

To ensure Compliance with Customs Laws & Regulations

Frequently changing Laws & Regulations

Lack of proper systems which help to execute processes in line with the regulations and laws

Item tracking with Bill of Entry details through the life cycle

Quota systems to map the regulations with the processes and ensure their abidance

Customs related smart reports

Batch management

With multiple batches thorough verification of a batch is a laborious process

Mbas batch management gives better control on lot, reverse tracking of lot. Batch posting and reversals -handle multiple batches

Inventory Optimization

Laborious inventory processes, tracking and traceability

mbas optimizes Lot, bin and serial number based tracking.

Inventory replenishment through re-order levels or manual requisitions

mbas supports multi-level warehouse structure by providing accurate inventory visibility

with mbas the warehouse structure can be modeled as per an organization’s requirement

Inventory Optimization

Optimize Inventory tracking

Optimize Inventory tracking Lot, bin and serial number tracking

Inventory replenishment through re-order levels or manual requisitions

Barcode ticketing (EAN standards with UPC symbologies) and scanning of items

Supports mullti-level warehouse structure by providing accurate inventory visibility

Warehouse structure can be modeled as per an organization’s requirement

Prescription verification of label to dispensed medication

Complete billing and account receivables

Billing process is not effectively.

Billing process enables flexible options like cash, credit or debit cards, coupons or gift vouchers to suit the retail-specific needs.

Business line-wise tracking of sales

Poor Order Management

Single Order Consisting of multiple specifications

Sales orders specific to business lines

Automatic creation of sales orders from master contract

Item Specification to sales order

Handling oil inventory

Maintenance of WIP of crude oils in refinery plants

With mbas users can maintain import and domestic raw material separately, with separate SKU’s for small packs

Mbas allows users to maintain WIP for crude oil separately

Optimizing production lead time

Not being aware of the production lead time for each product

mbas offers efficient  tools to run planning and scheduling for each product, with automated production lead time it help users to thoroughly analyze every step of the production process, refine inefficient steps and remove unnecessary steps in the process 

Maintain high level of customer satisfaction and improve Customer retention.

With mbas users can know best price and quotes, maintain long term contracts and agreements, offer incentives against their performance, Improve customer service & responsiveness, Available-to Promise and order confirmations, Drop shipments –delivery from vendor to customer directly

Manage service requests and revenues.

Handling proper complaints and installation with proper service routings. Reduce complaint lead time and finish the service request on time.

Manage incentives and rebates

Flexible quota defines, Flexible incentive and rebates disbursements

Manage shortened sales cycles and higher sales force productivity.

Product management from creation to exclusion, Specific planning on seasonal items, Promotions planning & execution, Planning of prices, discounts and offers, Flexibility to add services with products

Meeting Customer Demands viz., Low Price & Tight Delivery Schedules.

Proper order confirmation, Schedule Maintenance in Sales Order, Available to promise

Maintain proper inventory management

Accurate inventory visibility, Efficient Warehouse Management supporting multi-level W/H structure, Configurable item properties ,Inventory Replenishment Planning –Order Methods, Order Qty etc, Seamless integration amongst different functions and business processes

Managing Purchase Lead Times.

With mbas users can select vendors through periodic evaluations on performance. Centralized\de-centralized\semi-centralized purchasing, Long term contracts and agreements after negotiations Demand consolidation and optimization

Efficient Decision Making on Critical issues

Mbas on real-time basis updates accounts and other key processes on invoicing, returns etc., Analytics with built-in KPIs to monitor real-time performance on multiple dimensions, Consolidation –multi-company, multi-location scenarios

Returns handling

Mbas offers Flexible Sales return advice with replacement, rework and refund facility

Maintaining production quality

Missing consistent quality checks.

Quality inspection

Difficulty in trouble shooting

Mbas offers Incoming quality checks for raw materials, Quality checks for sub-contractors production and Stage wise checks during production

Optimizing production lead time

Not being aware of the production lead time for each product

mbas offers efficient tools to run planning and scheduling for each product, with automated production lead time it help users to thoroughly analyze every step of the production process, refine inefficient steps and remove unnecessary steps in the process 

Efficient inventory management

No clear visibility on raw materials

Inefficient order methodologies for items

Stock at subcontractor level is unknown

With mbas users can efficiently maintain shop floor items, variant specific stock details, can have a clear visibility of subcontractors stock and maintain ROL’s for items.

Order wise scrap calculation

No proper mechanism to record production- scrap on the shop floor

On daily production entry scrap also need to be given for order Wise scrap generation qty

Inventory Management

Non availability of integrated inventory data 

mbas using MPS and MRP tools gives a complete inventory view to the users all of which can be flexibility accessed using inventory reports.

Sub Contracting operation and its tracking

Tough to track subcontractors stock

Cost of material lying with the sub contractor

mbas will provide the subcontracting operation status, and vendor end inventory record in a moment

Order Costing

Inaccurate and time consuming costing

With mbas users manage item costing along with production

Expired products traceability

With mbas users can track and trace expiry of each and every item

Optimizing Delivery Lead Time

With mbas users can do Proper selection of vendors through periodic evaluations on performance, can maintain long terms contracts & agreements and do drop Shipments

Quality management

mbas offers quality checks for items at every stage 

adhering to standards and ensuring compliance

Managing Product Variants

With mbas different variants for a product can be created

with easier tracking of each item variant

Inventory Management

With mbas users can maintain:

inventory control over multiple locations

Expiry dates for perishable stock

Different grades for inventory stock

Manage Products with shorter life cycle

Mbas offers:

Product management from creation to exclusion ,Seasonal Items Promotion and Pricing and discounts

Logistics management

Mbas offers

Fleet tracking, Unit Commissioning, Preventive maintenance and managing goods while transit

Optimizing production lead time

Not being aware of the production lead time of each product

mbas offers efficient tools to run planning and scheduling for each product, with automated production lead time it help users to thoroughly analyze every step of the production process, refine inefficient steps and remove unnecessary steps in the process 

Inventory management

Inventory management is tough due to continuous production

mbas helps to get the inventory status at any time expenses planning help to procure the material on the required time to fulfill the requirement

with mbas know the status of inventory anytime

Process Parameter tracking

laborious paper based parameter (temperature, pressure, etc) tracking which is prone to errors

Wherever and whenever required mbas prompts for process parameters and saves all the data.

In case a quality issue arises it verifies standard to actual parameters and alerts users on the deviation.

Optimum Capacity utilization

On normal scenario capacity and load calculation is time consuming job

mbas production have facility to plan the production and provide the capacity condition for optimum utilization

Supply Chain In Efficiency

High Procurement Lead Time

Poor Order Management

Mbas offers Better Order Management Techniques

Shorten Purchase requisition to order lead time

Provides full supply chain visibility

Optimizing production lead time

Not being aware of the production lead time of each product

mbas offers efficient tools to run planning and scheduling for each product, with automated production lead time it help users to thoroughly analyze every step of the production process, refine inefficient steps and remove unnecessary steps in the process 

Efficient inventory management

No clear visibility on raw materials

No specific ordering methodology for items.

Unknown subcontractor stock

Mbas offers

Lot identification & serial number applicability

With mbas users can maintain variant specific stock details, subcontractor stock details, ROL’s for items

Key information such as financial and production details

Lack of proper integration between Manufacturing and Head Office

Mismatch of information generated by production plants sent to the corporate office

mbas MIS, helps top management to get key information from its plants on a daily basis

Lack of visibility of the shop floor load

Lack of computerized system to see the load

Work center load graphs and reports for better analysis of the load at shop floor any time and without any delays to assist in faster decision making

Little flexibility in scheduling – not allowing to determine where potential problem existed and to create corrective solutions on the production line before slowdowns occurs

No system to identify bottleneck resources

Not able to reschedule the remaining work

With mbas Planning Module can check the load on bottleneck resources and can Reschedule process to arrive at the revised dates of production

missed Delivery dates because of lack of inventory control

Poor Supply Chain Planning

With mbas Managers have the most current inventory available so that they can set the most competitive pricing that ensures profitability as well

Inaccurate demand forecasting

Lack of Demand Visibility from the Retailers

Mbas offers:

Demand forecasting at the lower/lowest organizational entities, consolidated demand at the various hierarchy of the distribution.

Poor Cash Flow

Cash blocked in non-planned stock piled. 

Poor Credit Management.

Poor procurement planning

With mbas users can maintain appropriate inventory levels, through Replenishment Planning, Procurement planning based on Demand Forecasting

Helps keeping strict credit monitoring and control, for individual customers and customer types/groups. Credit monitoring and control is also available for the Sales Region.

Efficient procurement planning ensuring minimum level of the desired stock. Thus reducing the capital blocked in the excessive inventory.

Capital Trapped in Buffer Inventory

Buffering inventory in anticipation of the customer demand.

Inability to manage the drop-ships from vendor to the customers.

Improper Inventory Planning.

mbas ERP supports the direct drop-shipment from the vendor’s location to the customer, emanating the transit storage at the organization warehouses. This makes the cash flow faster and reduces the Inventory carrying costs.

Effective Inventory planning, with proper replenishment strategies (ROL, Min/Max, Ordering Methodologies viz.) reduces the inventory carrying cost and ordering costs.

Back Ordering process helps users to directly route actual demands for immediate sourcing, hence reduces inventory pilling.

Optimizing production lead time

Not being aware of the production lead time of each product

mbas offers efficient tools to run planning and scheduling for each product, with automated production lead time it help users to thoroughly analyze every step of the production process, refine inefficient steps and remove unnecessary steps in the process 

Efficient inventory management

No clear visibility on raw materials

Inefficient order methodologies for items

Stock at subcontractor level is unknown

With mbas users can efficiently maintain shop floor items, variant specific stock details, can have a clear visibility of subcontractors stock and maintain ROL’s for items.

Balancing supply &

demand

No Integrated plan to achieve

Business Goals

With mbas users can forecast and plan for anticipated end products.

Identifying critical

resources

Planning not based on bottleneck

Process

RCCP (rough cut capacity planning) to identify the bottleneck resources and Plan accordingly will identify the bottleneck process

Tracking production

lot

Inaccurate methods to track the produced lot which in turn reduced the product quality

mbas offers Effective lot tracking & serial number tracking to differentiate the produced lots.

Engineering change

management

Improper change management that may lead to poor customer satisfaction

mbas offers ECR and ECO to keep track of all the engineering changes

End to end supply chain collaboration

Lack of proper systems that would extend your business processes with that of the customers\suppliers\partners. Too much dependency on manual\ conventional methods of communication. Lack of clarity on customer expectations

Web-based Solution Access on Internet anywhere, anytime

Vendor log-in to view RFQs and publish quotes, view orders and speed up shipments

Customer log-in to float RFQs and view quotation, place orders and view stock and order status

EDI to connect with customer\vendor business processes

Zero dependency on paper work Collaborative planning with vendors and customers for efficient distribution

Manage Products with Shorter Life Cycles

Lack of awareness on product life cycles. Poor focus on Value-Added Services.

Mbas offers:

Product management from creation to exclusion

Specific planning on seasonal items Promotions planning execution Planning of prices, discounts and offers Product performance and profitability analysis

Support custom packaging, product labeling etc as per customer requirements Flexibility to add services with products

Efficient inventory management

No clear visibility on raw materials

Inefficient order methodologies for items

Stock at subcontractor level is unknown

With mbas users can efficiently maintain shop floor items, variant specific stock details, can have a clear visibility of subcontractors stock and maintain ROLs for items.

Managing Purchase Lead Times

Lack of collaboration with vendors. Improper planning.

Lack of control on vendor.

Proper selection of vendors through periodic evaluations on performance Centralized\de-centralized\semi-centralized purchasing

Long term contracts and agreements after negotiations

Demand consolidation and optimization Drop shipments

Work center loading

Ex: furnace)

Standard times not maintained

Capacity factor for items unknown

Dates are not calculated based on bottle neck machine capacity

Furnace kind of machines maintained as dense WC

Work center load as well capacity occupied is known

Planning streamlined for bottle neck machine

Maintenance for critical equipments

Maintenance only on break downs

No planning for spare parts

No information of time taken for maintenance

Machine maintenance history

Schedules of preventive and predictive maintenance

MTBF information

Spare parts planning

Efficient inventory management

No clear visibility on raw materials

Inefficient order methodologies for items

Stock at subcontractor level is unknown

With mbas users can efficiently maintain shop floor items, variant specific stock details, can have a clear visibility of subcontractors stock and maintain ROL’s for items.

Production cost calculation

Unknown RM consumption

Labor information not tracked

Sub-contractor stock is not known

With mbas users can map overheads for work centers, capture consumption of raw materials in SFR.

With mbas users can achieve Labor and overhead reporting, Sub-contracting service cost information.

Total cost of production calculated while settling production order for the machinery produced

Need is greater than capacity

Poor planning and lack of tools to identify idle resources.

Mbas offers users with better planning , Reconciliation of Order & Realization of Production Order, Optimize operations ,meticulous planning and through work center Load graphs –where in idle resources can be checked

Optimizing production lead time

Not being aware of the production lead time of each product

mbas offers efficient tools to run planning and scheduling for each product, with automated production lead time it help users to thoroughly analyze every step of the production process, refine inefficient steps and remove unnecessary steps in the process 

Efficient inventory management

No clear visibility on raw materials

Inefficient order methodologies for items

Stock at subcontractor level is unknown

With mbas users can efficiently maintain shop floor items, variant specific stock details, can have a clear visibility of subcontractors stock and maintain ROL’s for items.

Forecasting

Lack of accuracy, increased time consumption, higher probability of errors

Mbas provides the actual data in short span of time and user can correct forecast with the help of smoothening factors in last periods

Foreign currency handling

Difficulty in maintaining multi currency transactions

mbas support multiple currency transactions so there is no need to put extra effort to managing these

Export Process

High level of complexity in handling high volume export

mbas export integration helps to reduce the documentation time, record information in standard forms thereby avoiding duplication of work

Inventory Management

Increased time consumption, poor data integration, higher probability of errors

mbas through MPS and MRP tool gives a complete picture of the inventory to the planner at any time with the help of inventory reports

Excess/redundant stock or stock shortages

mbas offers –

Real-time stock status

Stock aging report

Expected deliveries from suppliers

Pending/Open sales orders

Fluctuating customer demand

mbas Available-To-Promise feature provides the required quantities for a future date

Managing numerous SKUs

mbas offers provision to -

 Define SKU/variants and track stock at SKU level

Create sales order at SKU level

Uncertain cash flow due to poor credit management

mbas Credit Management feature allows tracking pending receivables and payables

Managing consignment stock at retailer’s location

mbas Consignment-OUT Management feature allows maintenance and tracking of consignment stock

Respond quickly to changing customer demand

No integrated plan to achieve goals

Inaccurate forecast

Mbas offers –

o SOP to integrate plans

o Demand Planning & Forecasting

Reduction in production lead time

No input output control

Improper management of orders

No control on shop activities

Not maintaining standard times

Mbas offers –

o Automatic lead time calculation based on routing

o Capacity calculation based on finite or infinite capacity

o Scheduling option for forward and backward

o Production order rescheduling

Efficient inventory management

No tracking of stock of raw materials

No order methodologies for items

Subcontractor stocks not known

Mbas offers –

o Maintenance of shop floor items

o Maintenance of stock details (variant specific )

o Maintenance of subcontractor stock details

o Maintenance of ROL’s for items

Improper inventory visibility throughout the supply chain

Mbas offers –

Multi-level warehouse structure

Configurable item properties (location, lot, serial no., expiry etc)

High inventory build-up due to inaccurate order scheduling

Mbas offers –

Proper order confirmation

Order scheduling in sales order

Available-To-Promise feature

Maintaining high customer satisfaction levels

Mbas provides provision to -

Offer best price and quotes

Maintain long term contracts and agreements

Improve customer service & responsiveness

Drop shipments

Manage sales quotas definitions and incentive disbursements

Mbas offers –

Flexible quota definition

Flexible incentive and rebates disbursements

Sales Returns Management

Mbas offers flexible sales return advice with replacement, rework and refund facility

Customers requiring different packaging for the same item

Lack of awareness on product specifications

With mbas users can maintain separate recipes for production and Packaging

Managing items with different concentration levels

Lack of proper recipe management

mbas offers recipe management taking potency factor into account.

with mbas users have the flexibility to issue items with different concentration factors if the required concentration is not available

Efficient inventory management for shorter shelf life

Improper administration of warehouses

Poor inventory valuation methods

Accurate inventory visibility

Multi-level warehouse structure

Inventory issues based on FIFO strategy

Handling customer complaints

Lack of integration between departments

Lack of lot recall system

Lack of metrics & tools that aid in decision making

mbas offers flexible reports, one of which is a LOT recall report which identifies lots of raw materials for a specific finish good

Real-time update of accounts and other key processes like invoicing, returns etc

Meeting Customer Demands viz., Low Price & Tight Delivery Schedules

Lack of control on operation and costs

Poor production planning

Available-to-Promise and order confirmations

Accurate data for manufacturing decisions through planning on machine utilization, online WIP components costing

Product group level

forecasting

Lack of accuracy, increased time consumption, higher probability of errors

mbas planning is equipped with production item wise/ item group wise planning and forecasting

Capacity Leveling

Proper capacity calculations is not possible

mbas supports capacity leveling, forward and backward scheduling for smooth production

Product costing

Difficulty in manual cost calculation

mbas has full fledged costing module which calculate direct cost, labor cost and overhead cost automatically

Batch information tracking

Limitation in tracking batch information of raw materials and finished goods

mbas support batch information with traceability in inventory, production, quality and sales

Collaboration for proper planning and distribution

Collaboration with customers and suppliers on planning, distribution and purchasing. Evaluation of vendors and suppliers.

Enhance delivery capabilities

Mbas offers planning for procurement and distribution, checks on delivery dates and time, demand classification and consolidation

Timely replenishment of inventory

mbas supports on time delivery of goods, tracking of goods and replacement of goods

Competitive pricing strategies for products

Mbas supports different pricing strategies and defining contractual prices

Managing of consignment stock

Mbas offers vendor managed inventory, efficient replenishment and proper tracking of inventory

Net Sales Requirement for an item

Closing Stock at different locations

Lack of proper integration between different Sales depot

Lack of integrated data thereby not giving a concrete information

Available-To-Promise (ATP) and order confirmations

Centralized Planning for different sales depots

Item measure feature to give the exact stock irrespective of pack size

Finished Goods transfer with multiple packing sizes and hence difficulty in batch tracking

Improper administration of item measures at location level

Poor lot/batch recall methods

Accurate planning & production of finished goods (lot wise) as per packaging recipe

Lot recall report showing the lot of raw materials used

Handling Customer complaints

Goods received at factory without PO number

Lack of Lot recall system

Lack of integration between Purchase and Inventory department

mbas offers

flexible reports, one of which is a LOT recall report which identifies lots of raw materials for a specific finish good

GRN with respect to PO only

Huge volume of invoices, its reconciliation with deliveries

Lack of integration between finance and inventory departments

Updating of accounts payable and receivables in finance as per materials received or sold

Maintaining production quality

No proper quality checks

Difficulty in trouble shooting

Incoming quality checks for raw materials

Quality checks for sub-contractors production

Stage wise checks during production

Reduction in production lead time

No input output control

Improper management of orders

No control on shop floor activities

Automatic lead time calculation based on routing

Capacity calculation based on finite or infinite capacity

Scheduling option for forward and backward

Production order rescheduling

Efficient inventory Management

No tracking on stock on RM

No order methodologies for items

Subcontractor stock is unknown

Maintenance of shop floor items

Maintenance of stock details variant specific

Maintenance of subcontractor stock details

Maintenance of ROL’s for items

Order is greater than Capacity

Unable to identify idle resource

Poor planning

Better planning , Reconciliation of Order & Realization of production Order , Optimize operations , meticulous planning and through work center load graphs -idle resources can be checked

Optimum utilization of production resources, unable to capture cost of production details

No information on production orders

Not able to reschedule

Labor / over heads cost unknown

Optimum utilization of manufacturing resources

Monitors new product development

Detailed production cost calculations

Maintenance of QC results and pegging details

No incoming inspection

No procedure for in-house QC

No process to track SPC

No importance for scrap details

Test plans as per production process

History of deviation note

Process capability measurements

Reduction of scrap

Maintenance for Critical Equipments

Maintenance only on break downs

No planning for spare parts

No records of time taken for maintenance

Machine maintenance history

Schedules of preventive and predictive maintenance

MTBF information

Spare parts planning

Every plant has its own systems, platforms and processes

Lack of proper integration

between various plants

Mbas helps in Streamlining transaction

systems across plants thus resulting in

better quality

Delayed information reporting to corporate office

Too much time consumed in compiling data and analysis

mbas BI solutions helps in instant flow of

information to the top management without any delays with the latest updated data

Losing money because of constant purchasing oversights and no

reliable pricing structure

No updated system to analyze the pattern of the last purchases

No scientific methods followed like EOQ for purchasing resulting in more inventory

mbas helps in overall price reduction on

purchased items through better negotiations on the basis of Purchase Price

Variance report

To manage Item specifications with SKUs with the changing market demands

Unable to trace the ingredients lot numbers when customers complaints are coming

Poor Supply Chain Planning

Current system is unable to manage SKUs and specifications as an inherent property of the item

Unable to provide any corrective measures for the complaints

Mbas offers

Planning module to support Items with SKUs and specifications

Lot recall report for tracking the ingredients lot number to identify root cause

Optimum use of resources

Production planning takes long hours

mbas help planning of resources for optimum uses and exact scheduling

Production cost reduction

Production cost are not properly captured

Mbas offers end-to-end automation and integration with all departments

Inventory management

Poor inventory management

mbas through MPS and MRP tool gives a complete picture of the inventory to the planner at any time with the help of inventory reports

Recyclable Product management

Recycle product have to be managed separately thereby causing extra caution and time consumption

mbas has recyclable product tracking and proper inventory management so history can be generated at any time for recyclable product and can be used in manufacturing

Raw material planning (Mother Hallow)

RM with all dimensional variations details not available

Mechanical and chemical properties of items are not maintained

Stock details of raw materials with dimensional variations maintained

Stock valuation is carried out separately for dimensional variation items

Automatic raw material suggestion from the System based on size, mechanical and chemical properties

Work center loading ex. furnace

Standard times not maintained

Capacity factor for items not known

Dates are not calculated based on bottle neck machine capacity

Furnace kind of machines maintained as dense WC

Work center load and capacity occupied is known

Planning streamlined for bottle neck machine

Maintenance for Critical Equipments

Maintenance only on break downs

No planning for spare parts

No information of time taken for maintenance

Machine maintenance history

Schedules of preventive and predictive maintenance

MTBF information

Spare parts planning

Too much money spent to meet customer commitments

Lack of collaboration with customer

Inaccurate data

Available-To-Promise (ATP) and order confirmations

Sound planning to give accurate data

No clear visibility of inventory

Lack of net requirement planning

No EOQ/FOQ methods followed

Material Planning based upon Net requirement

Supports EOQ/FOQ practices to optimize inventory level

More storage required for inventory/WIP/finished goods

No control at shop floor for the items lying

Improper planning

Only required quantity is taken from the inventory for production, thus reducing waste at shop floor

Process orders as per planning to avoid excess material lying at WIP

Increased capacity required but unable to justify the new investment

No concrete long range planning in accordance with production resource

Resource Planning for longer periods in accordance with the production resources

Quality Checking

Too many specifications

Mbas offers better handling of quality related issues

Efficient Capacity Planning

Lack of Capacity Planning at every level

mbas support Resource Planning, RCCP and CRP effectively

Scrap Analysis

Not including scrap

Scrap factor can be defined at the Level of BOM as well as BOM item. Efficient Tracking of scrap

Design Change

No control on engineering change

mbas through ECO feature addresses any design change of products

Maintaining production quality

No proper quality checks. ¾Skipping the inspection process

Difficulty in trouble shooting

Incoming quality checks for raw materials

Quality checks for sub-contractors production

Stage wise checks during production

Installation & Commissioning

Reduction in production lead time

No input output control

Improper management of orders

No control on shop activities

Not maintaining standard times

Automatic lead time calculation based on routing

Capacity calculation based on finite or infinite capacity

Scheduling option for forward and backward

Production order rescheduling

Efficient inventory Management

No tracking on stock on raw materials

No order methodologies for items

Subcontractor stock is unknown

Maintenance of shop floor items

Maintenance of stock details variant specific

Maintenance of subcontractor stock details

Maintenance of ROL’s for items

Manage Products With Shorter Life Cycles

Lack of awareness on product life cycles. Poor focus on Value-Added Services.

Product management from purchasing to sales

SKU Variants Management

Specific planning on seasonal items Promotions planning executionPlanning of prices, discounts and offers Product performance and profitability analysis

Flexibility to add services with products

Efficient Inventory Management

Poor inventory planning. Poor coordination across sales, purchase, inventory processes.

Accurate inventory visibility Configurable item properties (lot, serial no.)

Inventory Planning As per Forecasting Seamless integration amongst different functions and business processes

Customer History Management

Lack of Historical data of customers

Efficient customer data management Promotion of new scheme though SMS/ Mails

Online customer order Management Customer data management for After sales service

Differentiate Business from Competition

Lack of Point-of-Sale system. Poor customer service.

Touch screen menus with graphical user interface, Microsoft OPOS compliant Apply price, promotions, discounts and taxes to items

Flexible tender options -cash, credit card, debit card, cheques, gift coupons, meal vouchers, credit note, advance adjustments

POS device integration -cash drawer, pole display, magnetic stripe card reader, bar code, RFID

Loyalty program definition by capturing the gift cards, benefits, registration details and so on

Performance Optimization

Lack of proper system for real-time MIS Analytics

Performance, operations and financial analytics

Profitability and productivity analytics

Demand Planning

Incorrect Sales Forecasting

Difficulty in Demand Consolidation

Efficient Sales Forecasting

Monitors new product development

Master Scheduling and MPS

Production and Resource Planning

Non Flexible Production Plan

Loading and unloading

Optimum utilization of manufacturing resources

Production Plan with Capacity Checks every level

Tracking of quality checks at each level

Process capability measurements

Improves work force productivity

Improves Sales

Integration

Non integrated IT approach

Providing Graphical user interface

Cross function integration with other modules/departments

Easy tracking of Man material and machine

Manufacturing and supply chain Integration

Identifying necessary tools including the next die and different die sizes

No tracking of tools and material

Unable to issue tools

Operation not streamlined

Inaccurate production cost calculations

Able to track tools and material for Production

Issues and receipt across the sub organization

Tracking of operations through status

Accurate Production cost calculations

Market demands with higher Customizations & Engineer To order Capabilities

Unable to meet market demands

Improve Manufacturing flexibility and Operational excellence

Streamline current operations

Speed design of simple, reliable machinery

Improve customer loyalty and retention

Maintenance of pressroom

Maintenance only on break downs

No planning for maintenance items

No information of time taken for maintenance

Schedules of preventive and predictive maintenance

Spare parts planning

Centralization of

Distributed network

Sudden changes in market

condition forcing the user to

find new distribution channel

thus creating problem in

increasing order-to-shipping

time

Centralized planning to consolidate the

demands at a single point for better demand and supply planning

Standardization of

business processes across various locations

Every plant has its own

Systems & platforms

Streamlined transaction systems across plants

Little flexibility in

scheduling

Huge volume of invoices,

its reconciliation with

deliveries

Not allowing to determine where potential problem existed and to create corrective solutions on the production line before slowdowns occurs

Lack of integration between Finance and other departments

RCCP and CRP helps in making visible the bottleneck resources which allows flexibility in Planning and scheduling

Real-time update of accounts and other key processes on invoicing, returns etc

Losing money due to constant purchasing oversights and no reliable pricing structure

Unable to select the suitable

quotation in terms of price,

payment terms, delivery terms

etc

Better analysis of the vendor through

Quotation evaluation and Quotation comparison