Value-added services, kitting and assembly operations have never been more important for most companies. Softeon's AMS module uses a multi-level bill of materials to define the relevant items to be assembled or kitted and can also automatically generate purchase orders for raw materials. The advanced material requirement planning tool helps to analyze the requirements of finished goods. AMS allows for extensive planning and features thorough project or program planning, product costing, work order management and actual versus plan analysis.
AMS is used as part of both distribution and manufacturing processes:
Key features of the AMS module include:
- Project/program planning
- Bill of materials management
- Mulit-level Bill of Materials support
- Work order management
- Requirements planning
- Line production management
- Inventory control & replenishment
- Activity-based costing
- Actual vs. plan analysis
- Allocation of SKUs for assembly
- Purchase order generation for raw materials needed, either manually or automatically
- Unused SKUs (due to cancellation of work orders) are returned to the warehouse
- Defective SKUs can be returned to vendor
- De-kitting
