Implement Without Disruption 

• Start with a basic implementation and benefit immediately
• Expand functionality as your needs require
• Fine-tune the system while it's working and implement changes as your operations demand
• Continue planning from production orders or sales orders while implementing Materials Resource Planning (MRP) functionality
• Continue calculating and planning production times, based on lead times on the item card, while you implement capacity requirements planning (CRP) and routings
• No need to forecast all manufacturing scenarios during setup you can respond on the fly

Provide More Responsive Customer Service 

• Plan rush orders directly from the sales order
• Modify orders at any point in the production cycle
• Respond immediately to order inquiries with multidimensional tracking
• Determine which customers will be affected if you move a job
• Modify components and operations on-the-fly, even on released production orders
• Make last-minute changes with multiple planning options, tracking, and action messages

Improve Business Performance from Shop Floor to Bottom Line 

• Use reverse auctions to find the vendor with the best offer on given items or services
• Choose the most profitable production process—for example, plan product family orders that share the same routing
• Speed up orders by redefining setup, queue times, and capacity on-the-fly
• Monitor shop-floor progress job-by-job to spot inefficiencies