Zeta Production Management

Assemblies

Specify multiple levels of assembly, each consisting of multiple components (i.e. sub-assemblies, raw materials, non-stock items).
Record phantom sub-assemblies (i.e. assemblies which are not actually held in stock).
Identify each component in an assembly by a sequence number.
Include components that are not stored as inventory items (for example, items purchased specially for production).
Include notes and instructions (comments) in the bill of material.
Record labour and overheads.
Record stage lead time, production stages, scrap and reject details and percentage weight-by-weight formulations.
Hold separate units of measure for stocking and issuing components.
Note the stage in days at which each component is needed in the manufacture of the assembly.
Record the drawing number for reference by engineering control.
Include text, notes and instructions for each component.
Record revision numbers and dates when changes are made to an assembly.

Family bill of materials (also known as Planning bills or Synthetics)

Use a generic product (or reference model) to build a family of products for planning and forecasting.
Define the proportion of alternative products that make up the generic product.

Alternatives and supersessions

Specify alternative components to be used if a specific component is unavailable.
Supersede one component with another.

Maintain bill of materials

Automatically calculate the weight of each assembly.
Perform full parts explosion and make where-used enquiries.
Carry out parts substitution, automatically updating components in multiple assemblies and updating details of alternatives and supersessions.

Trial kitting

Perform an instant trial kitting enquiry to establish stock availability for a specified number of assemblies and show maximum feasible production quantity.
Use trial kitting to explode an assembly to any level and to show alternatives and additional product information.
Enquire into predicted future stock levels from trial kitting.

Costs and revaluation

Revalue stock items.
Compare rolled-up estimated production costs with costs stored in the Inventory Control module.
Optionally, include the cost of rejects in the total production costs for each complete assembly.

Standard reports

Indented Explosions Report. List all items in a bill, expanding sub-assemblies.
Costed Bill of Materials Report. Calculate rolled-up production costs.
Where Used Report. List all places where a specified component or range of components are used.
Standard Cost Variances. List variances between the calculated and standard costs.
Costed Losses Report. Produce a rolled-up costed losses analysis showing the cost of manufacturing, scrap and rejects.
Remove all components that have been superseded prior to a specified cut-off date.