The shift from Made in China to Created in China presents new challenges for domestic electronic manufacturing companies. On one hand, the advantages of inexpensive labor, raw materials, and industrial land are diminishing, with a clear trend of industrial relocation. On the other hand, technological innovation is reshuffling the deck for electronic manufacturers. Strengthening product innovation and R&D, leveraging information systems to standardize operations, and steadily moving towards intelligent manufacturing are the choices for the current transformation and upgrading of electronic manufacturing companies.
FT Software's ERP solution for the electronics high-tech industry leverages over a decade of best business practices serving high-tech electronics enterprises, catering to the work needs of managers at various levels and departments, enhancing daily work efficiency and scientific management decisions. It assists electronic manufacturing companies in establishing an integrated management system from sales to production, from business to finance, innovating services, reducing costs, and improving production capacity.
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FT Software's high-tech electronics industry solutions, based on FT ERP, FT Software's business team's value-added solutions for the high-tech electronics industry.
1. Sales Forecast Management
Flexible sales forecasting methods allow the Fantian Electronics high-tech ERP solution to tailor multiple flexible sales forecasts based on various departments, sales reps, different vehicle manufacturers, sales channels, regions, countries, workshops, warehouses, and products. Users can entirely decide the level of detail in the forecasts, whether rough or precise, according to actual needs.
The proposal also offers MRP and LRP solutions to address challenges in forecasting production and order-based production. MRP takes into account sales forecasts, received orders, issued purchase orders, substitute materials, safety stock, work-in-progress inventory, and loss factors, providing material preparation recommendations and directly issuing them as purchase orders to facilitate early procurement of long lead-time materials. Once an order is received, LRP calculations are then performed to develop production plans and procurement plans for short lead-time materials.
2. ECN Engineering Change Notice
The Fangtian Electronics Manufacturing ECN Design Change (BOM Change) Module offers the functionality to modify material usage in the BOM (including replacements, additions, deletions; or changes in material quantities, wastage), as well as supplier changes, process modifications, etc. It also logs BOM version numbers for future traceability and reference.
Sales involve configuring solutions. When selecting the BOM, components are expanded based on the BOM date. Any changes to the BOM after the configuration solution is established require a new solution to be created, which is very labor-intensive during repeated orders. When the components in the BOM table change, the corresponding configuration solution automatically updates, synchronizing the BOM with the solution, reducing the workload of repetitive configuration entries, improving efficiency, and optimizing the configuration.
3. Production Planning Management
Electronics industry solutions offer three-tiered plans (Master Production Schedule (MPS), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Rough-Capacity Requirements Planning (RCCP) to effectively tackle the challenges of production scheduling and material procurement through optimized parameter settings.
Based on various MRP-related information such as BOM (Bill of Materials), scrap rates, substitute materials, expiration dates of materials in the BOM, purchase lead times, inspection times, small purchase quantities, and packaging quantities, along with demand information (orders, sales forecasts, etc.) and supply information (pending purchase orders, incomplete work orders, etc.), an automatic production schedule and procurement plan are generated. Additionally, users can set flags for urgent procurement or production documents to facilitate special handling by management.
Offer BOM version management functionality for cost accounting and production material handling. Due to the diversity and rapid upgrade of electronic industry products, BOMs possess a high degree of uncertainty. Fangtian's electronic industry solutions provide configurable BOMs suitable for various complex BOM applications, maintenance, and management.
4. Square Sky + MES Manufacturing Execution System
Enhance workshop operation planning, allocate personnel and working hours reasonably, provide timely and accurate production feedback, ensure transparency of production data and progress, and simultaneously increase the completion rate of production plans and product delivery dates.
Track the entire production process from raw material production to finished product inventory using barcode technology, capturing all events that occur during production in real-time, ensuring complete transparency of the entire workshop.
Ensure clarity and transparency throughout the production process, quickly identify the root cause of quality issues, implement targeted measures to resolve quality bottlenecks, achieve product quality traceability, and reduce quality costs.
Real-time record and monitor production processes and the completion of processing tasks, staff efficiency, labor productivity, equipment utilization, product pass rate, waste rate, and other conditions. Utilize the system's comprehensive statistical information query function to promptly identify issues during the execution process and make improvements.
5. Maintenance Traceability, Batch and Serial Number Management
Serial number and batch tracking management, the Fantian Electronic Industry Solution offers serial number management and batch tracking features required for product traceability, combined with the sales and service modules to manage after-sales services for products. This addresses the urgent needs of electronic manufacturers for after-sales services and combating counterfeit products.
Serial numbers and batch codes are integrated throughout the entire business chain of electronic products, from raw material procurement to finished goods, via barcode labels. Quality inspection results are recorded using barcodes, allowing the system to trace results at any time, thereby enhancing work efficiency.
For sold products, the Fangtian electronic industry solution offers serial number management in maintenance management. When a product encounters issues, detailed maintenance records can be kept, and the original production status and materials used for the product can be traced. This also allows for locating the same batch products of the product, as well as their sales or inventory status.
6. Scrap/Leftover/Idle Stock Management
During the R&D phase, potential obsolescence can be preemptively alerted. One method is to generate a forecasted obsolescence material list when product design changes; another is to identify unused inventory materials in all BOMs for the manager to assess obsolescence.
During the planning phase, the system provides MRP/LRP to meet production needs with minimal materials or short lead times.
During the execution phase, the system offers a feature to query substitute materials, making it convenient to find substitute material information when the main materials are insufficient.
Post-event analysis revealed that the inventory management system provides various reports to indicate materials that have become obsolete, such as the Material Condition Forecast Sheet, Obsolete Material List, and Batch Number Expiration Control Sheet, etc. In cases where a customer cancels or alters an order, the system's order procurement status tracking can quickly identify the corresponding purchase order, facilitating procurement personnel in taking action.
7. Detailed cost accounting
FT Electronics Industry ERP Solution breaks down costs into: material cost, labor cost, manufacturing expenses, and processing fees. The cost calculation method uses both batch and stage-by-stage methods, offering flexible settings for labor and expense allocation to accommodate various complex situations. It provides clear data support for all costs generated by each business process, freeing finance personnel from time-consuming manual operations like data collection and cost allocation. This enables them to deliver cost information to managers faster and more accurately, enhancing the company's management decision-making level.
Leveraging the flexible data reports and business analytics suite of Fangtian ERP, companies can visualize production cost data. With the reports, they can effectively control cost and gross margin analysis, and obtain real-time insights into the inputs and outputs of each task.
8. Smart Warehouse Management
Innovative integration of barcode labels with RFID technology, intelligent devices throughout the entire logistics process, achieving data-driven and intelligent control of products.
Establishing application scenarios for automated equipment such as three-dimensional shelves and storage racks, utilizing technologies like the mother-child vehicle system, four-way shuttle technology, multi-level shuttle technology, ground four-way light and heavy AGV technology, goods-to-person picking systems, WMS (Warehouse Management System) software, and WCS (Warehouse Control System) systems to achieve the solution: "Shelves + Robots = Automated Warehouse Material System."
9. The integration of smart and intelligent manufacturing scenarios
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FT Electronics' ERP industry integrated solution helps businesses build a digital workshop, providing a comprehensive digital enterprise solution from design to production, from procurement to warehousing, and from sales to finance.
