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Features Guide

FEATURES
GUIDE

Everything you need to know about DBA Manufacturing

MRP & Scheduling is our Specialty!

In our 14 years experience designing manufacturing software, we've learned a great deal about what works and what doesn't work when it comes to MRP and job scheduling in the small business environment.

Our next-generation system blends MRP and job scheduling in a simple design that gives you powerful functionality without the complexity that makes ERP systems so difficult to use.

Key Features

  • Delivery date estimator
  • Shop calendar defines workdays and holidays
  • Work center settings: total hours/day, job hours/day, queue days, buffer days
  • Item settings: reorder level, min order, lead days, job days, make/purchase to order
  • 12-months usage inquiry helps establish reorder levels
  • Delivery history inquiry helps establish lead days settings
  • Manual job days setting for items without routings
  • 12-month rolling forecast table with forecast exclusion window
  • Planned job generation from sales order lines
  • Planned job generation for make-to-order subassemblies
  • Variable planning period by item based on lead days and job days
  • Planned job generation based on net demand within planning period
  • Multi-level planned job generation with job scheduling at each level
  • Job start dates backward scheduled from required dates
  • Planned PO generation based on net demand within planning period
  • Review flag for late jobs / PO's
  • Drill-down inquiry with available quantity projection
  • Planned job / PO conversion to actual jobs and PO's
  • PO generation directly from jobs for purchase-to-order items and services
  • Work center and machine scheduling with daily dispatch list
  • Queue days calculation for bottleneck work centers
  • Job scheduling grid with requirements drill-down
  • Planning worksheets by item, BOM, job
  • Reports: Master Job Schedule, Job Outputs Schedule, Work Center Schedule, Machine Schedule, Subcontract WC Schedule

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