Acumatica Cloud ERP Manufacturing Edition - Make to Order Business Process

Make-to-order manufacturers do not begin production based solely on forecasts. Work starts when a customer places an order for a specific product, quantity or configuration. That creates a direct connection between sales demand, material planning, production activity and delivery.

Acumatica Manufacturing Edition helps businesses manage this process in one connected platform. Sales orders can drive production activity while teams maintain visibility into the materials, costs and schedules associated with each customer requirement.

Watch the video to see how a make-to-order transaction moves from a customer order through production and final shipment in Acumatica.

Connect Sales Orders to Production

The process begins when a make-to-order item is added to a sales order. The item can be marked for production, allowing users to create a related production order directly from the sales demand.

The connected process can include:

• Entering the customer sales order
• Creating the related production order
• Reviewing the bill of material and routing
• Confirming material availability
• Purchasing or producing required components
• Recording labor and production activity
• Completing the finished item
• Shipping the order to the customer

Linking the sales order and production order helps employees understand which customer requirement is driving the work.

Maintain Visibility Throughout Production

Once the production order is created, teams can review the materials, operations and resources required to manufacture the item. Planners gain visibility into potential shortages while purchasing teams can respond to material requirements.

Employees can record material usage, labor and completed quantities as work moves through production. This gives operations and accounting teams a clearer view of the order’s progress and actual manufacturing costs.

The finished item can then be received into inventory and allocated to the related sales order for shipment.

Create a More Controlled Workflow

Disconnected sales and manufacturing systems make it harder to track customer-specific work. Teams may rely on spreadsheets or manual updates to connect an order with the production activity required to fulfill it.

Acumatica brings these processes together, helping manufacturers reduce duplicate entry and improve coordination between sales, planning, purchasing and production.

Watch the video above to see the make-to-order process in action, then talk with 3Value about managing customer-driven manufacturing through Acumatica.