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Solutions - Manufacturing ERP

Manufacturing ERP for
production, stock and cost control

BOMs, production planning, shop-floor operations, inventory and costing in one system - so you know what to make, what it consumed and what it actually cost.

Multi-level BOMsDiscrete, process and job workSubcontracting trackedCosting from actuals
Multi
Level BOMs
WIP
Tracked Automatically
Job
Cards On The Floor
Actual
Cost Per Unit
The Problem

What costs factories
money every week

These leak profit quietly and make scaling painful.

Raw material mismatch

A line stops for one missing component while other material sits unused, because purchase and production work off different information.

No production visibility

Management learns what is in progress or delayed by walking the floor or making phone calls.

Wrong product costing

Actual cost per unit is unknown, so pricing is guesswork and margin erodes order by order.

Untracked job work and scrap

Material at a subcontractor and rejected output are not accounted for, which compounds every cycle.

Missed delivery dates

Promises are made without a schedule linked to sales orders and capacity.

BOM version confusion

Recipes live in paper, Excel and email, so the floor sometimes builds to the wrong specification.

How It Helps

What ERPNext
brings to the floor

Control at every stage, from raw material to dispatch.

Planned production

Production plans built from sales orders, forecasts and stock levels, so urgent purchases become the exception.

Live shop-floor status

Work orders and job cards update as operators log them, visible from any device.

Accurate product costing

Material consumed, labour from job cards, machine time and overhead roll into a real cost per unit.

Controlled material flow

Raw material to work in progress to finished goods, tracked by stock entries linked to work orders.

Subcontracting under control

Every quantity sent out and received back is recorded, with the processing cost in the valuation.

Quality at every stage

Inspection at receipt, in process and before dispatch, with readings kept per batch or lot.

Manufacturing Models

Configured for how
you actually produce

ERPNext adapts to the production model rather than forcing one on you.

Discrete

Assembled products with multi-level BOMs and operation-level tracking - machinery, auto parts, electronics.

Process

Batch or continuous production with formulas, yield and full batch traceability - chemicals, food, pharma.

Job work & make-to-order

Material sent to processors, or production triggered by a customer order with job-wise costing.

What we configure

The manufacturing side of ERPNext, set up for your plant.

  • Multi-level BOMs with versions and alternates
  • Production plans and material requests
  • Work orders, workstations and job cards
  • Subcontracting and job-work flows
  • Quality inspection templates and readings
  • Batch, serial and expiry traceability
  • Scrap, rework and yield tracking
  • Costing from material, labour and overhead
Comparison

ERPNext manufacturing
vs spreadsheets

What changes when production runs on one system.

What mattersERPNext manufacturingSpreadsheets and registers
Material planningGenerated from orders and stockReactive, based on memory
CostingActuals per work orderEstimated, often stale
WIPTracked by stock entriesInvisible between stages
TraceabilityBatch and serial historyPaper logs, if any
SubcontractingVendor stock stays on your booksTracked in a notebook
Questions

Manufacturing ERP
FAQs

Yes. BOMs nest through sub-assemblies with alternates, scrap and versioning, and exploded costing rolls the cost up through every level.
Yes. There is a dedicated flow for material sent to a job worker and finished goods received back, with the processing cost and quality checks recorded.
From raw material consumed at actual rates, labour booked on job cards, machine and overhead costs, and scrap recovery - giving a true cost per finished unit.
Yes. Batch production, batch and lot tracking, yield management, quality checkpoints and expiry dates support chemical, pharmaceutical and food production.
Yes. Material moves from stores to WIP to finished goods through stock entries linked to the work order, so WIP is visible without a manual register.
Yes. Material consumption, finished goods receipt, scrap and overhead post to the correct ledgers as production happens.
A manufacturing implementation typically runs 8-16 weeks depending on BOM complexity, work centres and integrations. Simpler plants can go live in about 6 weeks.
Free Consultation

Ready to control
your factory floor?

Tell us what you manufacture. We'll map one BOM and show how planning and costing work on it.

  • We map a real BOM with you
  • Costing compared to your actuals
  • Rollout line by line

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