BatchMaster Manufacturing for SAP Business One

BatchMaster Manufacturing for SAP Business One, developed for the Australian manufacturing industry, provides a number of formula management capabilities, including:

• Formula comparison
• Version control for tracking formula changes
• Rollback to regain the saved/previous version of formula
• Sizing formula by weight or volume
• Material substitution by weight or volume percentage, availability of a material, etc.
• In-process quality checks for better formula management
• Formula analysis with various available cost options
• Support multilevel formulas
• Intermediate expansion to replace the intermediate or by-product involved within the formula

The Bill of Material (BOM) depicts a detailed and hierarchical view of the finished product, beginning with the raw materials used and progressing through intermediate materials, packaging materials, and so on. It connects the formula to the completed goods or intermediates, and lets you define routing. It has the following features as well:.

• Comprehensive Bill Of Material functionality
• Encloses top level BOM item
• Flexibility to define Fill Level in desired unit of measurement
• Routing functionality for flawless production process
• Serve multiple packaging options
• Bill of material report to classify the top assembly items, assembly types, and status of the BOM components associated with the formulas
• Cater your needs for both Process (Formula BOM) and Discrete (Assembly BOM) Manufacturing
• Dispatches full view of the BOM hierarchy
• Single BOM allocation with multiple formulas

The module aids you in safely converting your formulas into more effective and preferred versions. It has a range of features, including interactive research of physical properties of formulas, and a number of additional features, such as:

• Keep the specifications of your intermediates current according to the formulations using the Intermediate Property Rollup Utility
• Conveniently compare several formulas and products side-by-side from same screen using the Comparative Properties Analysis
• Create completely new physical properties based on combination of material specification and operators available using the Physical Property Formula option
• Overcome the hassles of creating a new formula from scratch using the Physical Property Analysis option
• Reduce the time and efforts invested on R&D of new formulas

BatchMaster Manufacturing for SAP Business One improves compliance efficiency for manufacturing organizations with the following functions, allowing them to proactively comply with FDA and GMP requirements.

• Supports Data Ownership Authorization
• Generates Nutritional Label/Nutritional Information Panel using different serving sizes and unit of measures
• Generation of Ingredient Statement, quantity and percentage wise
• Reports for
  • FDA Audit
  • Quality Control History
  • Lot Tracking
  • Transaction
  • Lot Explosion
• Embedded forward and backward lot-traceability feature
• Generates Lot Recall Letter
• Facilitates Lot strength to calculate potency of the product
• Attach Standard Operating Procedures.
• Closed loop process that maintains FDA 21CFR Part 11, cGMP, Bioterrorism Act etc.

The production module provides a set of comprehensive capabilities that simplify the entire process from start to finish. It works well with operations and provides quick access to real-time data, allowing it to handle a wide range of processes, including mixing, filling, and assembling components. Other distinguishing features include:

• Expedite production scheduling and generate real-time information faster than ever before using the Production Scheduling Dashboard
• Streamlined batch sizing, improves accuracy of inventory and costing functions immensely
• Resolve the common process manufacturing necessity of producing a batch and its low-level intermediates in a single operation, using the Super Batch functionality
• Acquire running totals of your finished goods and by-products yielded and consumed
• Get your costs and inventory updated in real-time with the closure of your batch

The completely integrated Lot Traceability function in BatchMaster Manufacturing for SAP Business One precisely tracks forward and backward movement of raw materials, intermediates, and finished goods through the entire supply chain. Producers are better positioned to meet all compliance requirements and remain audit-ready as a result.

• Manage any recall situation within fraction of time
• Diminish response times to potential complications, which can eventually certify brand security
• Confirm the transparency all over the value chain, from ingredients to consumer goods
• 360 degree view into a product lot’s activity
• Ensure each lot remains distinct in subsequent operations
• Wide-ranging lot traceability with container level tracing of source supplies

Produces Safety Data Sheets that are fully compliant with government reporting standards automatically. The MSDS module gives you complete control over the SDS formats you use and how you keep them up to date, as well as the ability to create custom templates that describe the components and their sequence of appearance. Its one-of-a-kind design allows you to tailor it to your own needs.

• Define and associate safety information for inventory items, formulas, customer order, production order etc.
• Achieve Hazard Communication Standard, Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III compliance
• Preserve Occupational Exposure Limits per component using the Material Safety and CAS Number screens
• Indicate which ingredients are to be listed on your SDS based on Material Hazard Type in number of ways
• Use the built-In USA format to generate your SDS or create your own templates as required
• Generate schedules for group of SDS to organize their generation
• Create a bunch of SDS boilerplates that are to be printed on an SDS by using Supplementary File
• Track SDS printing dates for item and customer combination

Increase the organization’s quality assurance. We provide accurate quality-focused solutions to help you achieve optimal quality control at every stage of your organization, from sourcing raw materials to manufacturing intermediates/finished goods, and inspecting final goods before shipping them to customers.

This completely integrated quality control system maintains track of pass/fail statistics based on an unlimited number of user-defined criteria, and helps you accept or reject products based on inspection results.

• Well defined QC functionality to receive, produce and ship products that meet customer and compliance requirements
• QC test and sample definition plus ability to determine the target values, control limits and maximum allowable defects
• Accomplish the QC sampling process with Pass/Fail results, Alphanumeric as well as Numeric values
• Immediate and counteractive action, like destruction, return etc., can be taken against the items that fail QC Inspection
• Track the faulty materials and consign them for return to vendor, scrap, or rework.
• Supports the tracking of production quality, expiry date, shelf life period, and lot controlled products.
• Reporting the QC results for Raw Material, Intermediate and Finished Good Item.

The Costing module in BatchMaster Manufacturing allows you to choose the most reliable, accurate, and lucrative price for your items. Examine the costs of the formula and the completed product from numerous angles, and at various levels of detail.

To show how labour, overhead, materials, and packaging affect the total cost of the product, change them. Manipulate the quantity of any material to do a “what-if” study and assess the profitability of numerous scenarios based on various assumptions. See how the modification affects the costs right away.

• Collaboratively analyze costs associated with the manufactured products
• Establish gross margin based on costs and selling price
• Revise formula loss factors to accomplish better accuracy
• Calculate Sales Price and Standard Cost based on the cost of ingredients
• Re-valuate actual cost of the finished good or intermediate inventory

To minimize overburdening situations, identify production contractions based on predicted deliveries, and allocate resources appropriately. The Production Scheduling Board is an all-in-one solution that simplifies production scheduling. You may monitor and analyse production floor stocks and resources using a dynamic graphical user interface that clearly displays batches with various statuses using separate colour codes.

• Reschedule the batches just by dragging them to the preferred schedule date, on the Schedule Calendar grid
• Define tasks that needs to be executed apart from the routine production jobs
• Interactive month, week and day views provide flexibility to swiftly organize the batches accordingly
• Quickly list the batches and illustrate their relationship to one another using the Gantt Chart View
• Zoom-in the Schedule Calendar Grid of the Production Schedule screen and get details of the process cell attached to the existing Batches/Orders/Task
• Regulate planning and scheduling of activities on the shop floor

You may utilize your skills to flawlessly plan and control the production process using the Routing module. In the production process, specify the order in which work centres are used. Quick Labor Entry can be used to create a list of staff and machine details, as well as their preparation and processing times. When it comes to categorizing manufacturing routes, the routing module is an excellent place to start.

• Designate shifts available by weekdays in which the selected employee will be working
• Define and generate schedules for a range of employees for selected working days
• Plan and manage resources by interpreting the schedule of a given work centre over a week’s span using the Work Centre Capacity Utilization option
• Add routing to a particular BOM just by implementing very easy setup options.
• Cope with item routings by means of the Routing tab present on the Batch Ticket form
• Firmly retain completion time and quantities related to production batch by means of various routing facilities

BMM for SAP Business One enables multi-site manufacturers to manage their bins. All business operations, including as sales, purchasing, and production, are managed at the bin level rather than at the warehouse level. This feature guarantees that merchandise is handled with care before being placed in the bag. For any inventory transaction, you can see a real-time display of products in stock. You’ll be able to keep track of inventory more quickly and precisely if you keep it in multiple bins.

• Track inventory bin wise, item wise, warehouse wise, lot wise or container wise
• Support multi-location inventory feature to organize your warehouse or multiple warehouses
• Get an instant view of various bin transactions, such as Container, Bin Number, Issue/Receipt Quantity, etc.
• Handle non-tracked inventory with ease at bin level
• Manage various Storage Conditions for bins and items
• Warnings for older lots and duplicate lots
• Expired lots calculation for issue transactions

By identifying what to order, when to order, how much to order, and when to plan an order’s delivery, BatchMaster’s MRP module aids production managers in scheduling and placing orders for dependent demand items, as well as ensuring a flow of materials required for production.

• Ensure material availability and increase planning stability
• View production bottlenecks at a glance with interactive graphical vision
• Reconcile the customer requirements with plant capacity, material availability, and vendor capabilities
• Support in evaluating the effects of schedule changes in short run
• Perform scheduling on single or range of items and warehouses
• Spontaneously create Purchase Order for the re-sale type of item
• High stock levels and reduces storage costs
• Last minute rescheduling and efficient allocation of resources
• Planning Time Fence to protect the master plan from spontaneous changes
• Adjust dates of planned orders that falls within the planning time fence

Set a timeline for creating things, sourcing supplies, and adding value to the production process as soon as possible. BatchMaster can help you create and maintain an effective manufacturing plan based on sales forecasts, purchase and production orders, inventory statuses, and work orders with comprehensive bill of materials. Its implementation ensures that production materials are available and that products are ready for shipment. By considering the BOM and time phasing supplies with the indicated average lead times, BatchMaster MRP assists you in determining material requirements.

• Streamline the production operations and minimize unplanned interruptions to improve performance
• Confidently sustain with the lowest possible material and product level in stock
• Generates purchase orders from net demand relative to reorder levels
• Aligns existing jobs with changes to required dates
• Supports the top, bottom and smart level explosion
• Supports to meet the delivery schedule, purchase activities and plan orders
• Avoiding the delay in material procurement, production and decision making
• Cost of excessive inventory can be reduced
• Cost of excessive inventory can be reduced