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PBS Manufacturing Series

Inventory Management

Product Definition

Master Scheduling & MRP

Customer Order Processing Purchase Order Processing Capacity Planning

Shop Floor Control Manufacturing Job Costing

Options & Interfaces

Manufacturing Series FAQ

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Check Reconciliation

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Passport Business Solutions^™Manufacturing Series.

The PBS Manufacturing Series is a fully integrated manufacturing and distribution software solution that fits the needs of most small to mid-sized manufacturers. It provides the smaller company with the tools they need to save time and money through better planning, scheduling, cost tracking and improved order management. In addition, the PBS Manufacturing Series provides excellent data visibility allowing you to see your information the way you need to see it. Windows, UNIX, and LINUX versions are available to suit the demands of any business.

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Data Visibility can improve your access to real-time information.
Reducing Inventory will save time by planning material to demand.
Tracking Costs will let you get a handle on costs to improve profitability.
Shop Floor Scheduling can quickly generate a schedule to automate your operation.
Order Processing will accelerate orders into production to speed up delivery.

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Inventory Management | Learn More
Helps you maintain accurate inventory control, and pricing information about purchased and manufactured items. This package contains many extra features such as purchase order item tracking and shop order materials requirement planning (MRP) that allow implementation of some MRP order control before installing more fully featured packages for those functions. Inventory Management can optionally interface with PBS General Ledger. Some of the many features offered by Inventory Management are:

Detail item tracking data of shop orders, shop order material requirements, and purchase orders.
On-line posting of inventory transactions to automatically update on hand balances, open order balances, and component requirements.
Multiple location storage.
Stock status reporting, usage history, open order and shortage lists.

Product Definition | Learn More
Allows creation and maintenance of Bills of Material, Work Centers, and manufacturing Routings. Estimated or standard product costs may be automatically calculated from this information. This package interfaces with several of the other packages. Highlights include:

Single level, indented, and summarized bills, of material.
Component where used lists.
Date effectivity and full bill of material history.
Component fit lead time, low level coding.

Master Scheduling and MRP | Learn More
Provides planning functions for sales, production, and material requirements. It interfaces with Inventory Management, Product Definition, Customer Order Processing, and Purchase Order Processing. Highlights include:

Sales forecasting and Master Schedule generation.
Flexible methods for generating Master Schedule requirements.
User defined planning periods.
Timephased Master Schedules exploded into net material requirements at all bill of material levels.

Custom Order Processing | Learn More
Can streamline your order management cycle and improve customer service and satisfaction. You can easily enter sales orders, maintain accurate records, advise customers of order status and item availability, and issue invoices promptly. Sales Analysis and history features provide a valuable tool for management. Customer Order Processing interfaces with many other packages and PBS Accounts Receivable. Features include:

Complete automation of the order entry function.
Extensive inquiry and look-up facilities for stock status, orders, prices, customer credit, and product data.
Document printing options for invoices, order acknowledgements, packing lists, shipping labels, and product certifications.
Coordination of partial shipments, split delivery schedules, original order quantity tracking and "shipped to date quantity" tracking.

Purchase Order Processing | Learn More
Expands the purchase order tracking features of Inventory Management into a complete system for procurement management. Purchase Order Processing interfaces with Inventory Management, Manufacturing Job Costing and PBS Accounts Payable. Some of the many features include:

PO entry, maintenance, tracking, and printing.
Receiving and quality defects reporting.
PO invoice processing.
Maintenance and tracking of vendor sources and item price quotations.

Capacity Planning | Learn More
Allows manufacturers to plan optimal production based on requirements and plant capacity. Production bottlenecks and backload problems are identified before they occur. Loading at critical work centers can be planned and simulated. Capacity Planning is a powerful tool for better scheduling, routing, and manpower planning. Important features include:

Rough cut capacity planning using "bills of resources" .
Conversions of open and planned manufacturing orders to machine and labor resource loads.
Reporting timephased resource loads vs. planned work center capacities.
Labor hour requirements optionally converted to timephased dollar budgets.

Shop Floor Control | Learn More
Gives production management accurate and timely information on jobs, work-in-process, and production activity. It allows detail planning and scheduling, and highlights shop floor problems as they occur. This package interfaces with Inventory Management, Product Definition, and optionally with Master Scheduling and MRP, Manufacturing Job Costing, and PBS Payroll. Important features of Shop Floor Control include:

Printing of shop order paperwork.
Job and employee production reporting by operation.
Reporting of manufacturing resource utilization and efficiency.
Bar coding data collection options for shop activity and production reporting functions.

Manufacturing Job Costing | Learn More
Functions include job cost estimating and actual cost reporting, and quoting. This package interfaces with Inventory Management and optionally with Product Definition, Customer Order Processing, Purchase Order Processing, Shop Floor Control, PBS Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll. Some of its many features include:

Job quotation and cost estimate building.
Optional use of Bills of Material and Routings.
Entry of job orders with final cost estimate.
Processing of actual job quantities and costs.

Options and Interfaces | Learn More

The PBS Manufacturing Series software may be integrated with the PBS financial packages. This integration minimizes duplicate data, and maximizes your investment by helping you gain control of your entire business.
One of the most common forms of customization requested is reports. Everyone has a way they wish to see their information and often that's unique to the individual company. ODBC^™ will allow you to have direct, read-only access to your data files from any program with the ability to read ODBC files. What's this mean to you? You can use tools like Access, Excel, Crystal Reports and any other ODBC compliant application to view the information in your database. Write custom reports, add external applications unique for your company using Access, integrate with your UPS shipping system and much more. The time these drivers can save you makes this a worthwhile addition to any installation.
PBS offers options for assigning and tracking of lot/serial numbers for selected items. A detailed history of transactions is maintained for easy tracking of controlled items.
PBS is now providing EDI solutions for manufacturers. Customer orders can be received, and acknowledged using the EDI interface. This option will drastically increase the efficiency of your order entry process. Other areas of EDI are currently under development.
PBS allows the printing of bar coded documents. Bar code scanning can improve the accuracy and efficiency of transactions reporting.