MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT
To reduce costs through more efficient operation, iQuest can help you achieve greater profits with better planning and control. Integrated and ready to use, iQuest offers advanced tools, including MRP, scheduling, and shop floor control.
iQuest features a powerful bill of material engine, which provides the great flexibility to manage complex product configurations. It has tools that are helpful to the engineering, sales and accounting users.
Multiple Versions
For each assembly, iQuest allows you to have different bills of material for different reasons. You can tailor the product to the local market conditions. You may also have a version for design testing, and others for production.
Complete Product Costing
At each level of the assembly, iQuest rolls up the product cost which includes material,
labor, and overhead (both material & labor). Labor cost includes fixed (e.g. setup)
and variable steps. Besides the accounting cost (FIFO, LIFO, average, and standard),
the cost roll-
Buy/Make/Kit B.O.M
You can use the B.O.M. to estimate the costs, and outsource the production; design
a standard product or make to order; or set up a B.O.M. for kit-
Engineering Changes
Changes in components can be easily scheduled with iQuest. The system will implement the changes for you upon the effective date.
Routing Step, Work Center
Both routing step and work center are optional setup to support labor cost tracking, production scheduling, and shop floor control. Companies not interested in routing can freely bypass this feature.
Outside Operation
iQuest B.O.M. incorporates outside processes, like heat treating, plating, or steam cleaning, so you have better control on both cost and time estimates.
WORK ORDER
iQuest helps you manage both stock and custom work orders effectively. For labor-
Custom or Stock Order
With the MRP option, iQuest generates automatic make-
Order Changes
You can change the work orders without affecting the standard B.O.M., and vice versa.
This flexibility is ideal for the same-
Lean Production
Complete work order in one easy step. iQuest helps you implement lean manufacturing and Kanban practice.
Outside Operation
Need to send materials for outside processing? iQuest tracks the items that you send out and add the processing costs to the finished product. You can also include these steps in your scheduling consideration.
Back Flush
Actual versus standard material and labor usage data is kept for multiple purposes. Inventory is properly back flushed. Product cost is rolled up with actual usage. Material history is updated to support future forecast and MRP. Production variance reports are available to aid your analysis.
Reject/Scrap
Production rejects can be put back to stock for rework or refurbishment. iQuest tracks the material and labor costs for the finished product and the reject automatically.
Production Schedule
iQuest will plan your work orders against the work center capacity. The master schedule gives you a bird’s eye view so you can shuffle the work orders to achieve the best production plan.
Advanced Features
Special options are available to track serial number and lot control in work order. For users who like to visualize scheduling changes, advanced graphical scheduler will be a helpful option.
