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News Release from: Thomas Micro Systems | Subject: Baccus Manufacturing Control version 2.0 for SMEs
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 August 2004
ERP software designed for SMEs is
flexible
Flexible and easy-to-use software product brings the benefits of ERP to small and medium-sized manufacturers and suits make-to-order, make-to-stock, job shop or assembly operations.
Thomas Micro Systems has announced the availability of Baccus Manufacturing Control version 2.0 for SMEs Baccus brings the benefits of Enterprises Resource Planning to small and medium-sized manufacturers whilst maintaining the flexibility which businesses require in today's marketplace
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Flexible and easy to use, Baccus is equally suited to make-to-order, make-to-stock, job shop or assembly operations.
Baccus provides seamless integration of Stock Control, Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Assemblies/Bill of Materials, Quotations, Work Orders, Job Costing and Employee Time Entry.
For businesses which need a QA audit trail, Baccus can track part/material usage by batch and/or serial number through the entire manufacturing process from material receipt through to dispatch of finished products to customers.
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Baccus version 2.0 contains many enhancements to our previous release (1.1), most notably the addition of Job Costing and Employee Time Entry, and represents an affordable solution for companies wishing to organise and improve their businesses.
Baccus features: * Raise Purchase Orders based on Work/Sales Orders and stock levels.
* Track Purchase Order by delivery due dates.
* Unlimited levels of assembly/sub-assembly gives easy creation and modification of Bill of Materials.
* Control of stock levels.
* Track material and components by batch identifier and/or serial number through the entire manufacturing process to provide a QA audit trail.
* Quickly produce and track sales orders.
* Includes a simple-to-use Estimating/Quotation sub-system.
* Employee Time Entry books employee time against work orders.
* Job Costing shows planned versus actual costs and labour times.
* Intuitive web interface delivers an easy-to-use system with simple and robust networking capabilities.
* Runs on many different computing platforms (e.g, Windows, Linux, Solaris).
Potential customers are invited to take advantage of our fully working on-line demonstration.
We also offer a free, full evaluation programme hosted on one of our web servers which allows for a detailed and extended try-before-you-buy appraisal of the software.
Formed in 1986 and based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, Thomas Micro Systems Limited provides consultancy and software development resources to a wide range of industries and includes blue-chip companies such as Ford and IBM in its client portfolio as well as many smaller companies.
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