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News Release from: K3 Business Technology Group | Subject: SYSPRO ERP's Progressive Scrap functionality
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 April 2008
K3's ERP manages materials and
components
The K3 Business Technology Group said that its SYSPRO ERP's Progressive Scrap functionality captures a percentage and/or a quantity of scrap for each manufacturing operation.
K3 Business Technology Group claimed that SYSPRO ERP's Progressive Scrap functionality enables rigorous management of manufacturing materials and components to be carried out The ERP helps companies improve production efficiency to compete with foreign and domestic manufacturers
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 23 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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* Progressive Scrap functionality - the Progressive Scrap functionality captures a percentage and/or a quantity of scrap for each manufacturing operation.
The required 'quantity to make' for the job can then be adjusted accordingly.
SYSPRO shows the calculated 'gross to make' and ensures that the 'net to make' matches the original quantity required.
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Consequently, the exact amount of material is known and can be allocated precisely to each manufacturing operation.
It makes component planning more accurate, said K3 to manufacturingtalk.
For example, if a gross quantity of 200 items is required then this total is entered against the job.
If the process has two operations and the first operation has a scrap percentage of 50% the net quantity going into the second operation will be 100.
The material allocations linked to this operation would be issued accordingly, allowing for the 50% scrap produced by the first operation.
If the second operation had no scrap factor, the net quantity against the job would be 100.
If the user wanted to produce 200 pieces it could choose to enter a net quantity of 200 and the system would calculate that a gross quantity of 400 was required.
Managing director of the K3 Business Technology Group, Howard Joseph, said: "In today's highly competitive manufacturing market it is extremely important to remove all unnecessary costs from every stage of the production process.
The Progressive Scrap functionality built into SYSPRO should prove extremely useful to manufacturers who require tighter control of materials and components".
He added: "Customers are able to use this functionality to eliminate any guess work in component planning and reduce production costs by eradicating over allocations".
* About K3 Business Technology Group - K3 Business Technology Group employs 90 people at its Manchester, UK, head office and its branches throughout the UK and Ireland.
The company offers the following solutions.
* Enterprise resource planning (ERP).
* Customer relationship management.
* Advanced planning and scheduling.
* Warehouse management.
* Human resources.
* e-business.
SYSPRO is used by some 12,000 sites across the world.
K3 Business Technology Group is part of K3 Business Technology PLC which is a global leader in providing next-generation enterprise software for businesses in the retail, manufacturing and distribution sectors.
With more than 3,000 customer installations in over 30 countries, K3 is recognised as a safe, innovative and reliable provider of world-class solutions, backed by world-class service.
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