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Why PBS Manufacturing?


Software companies providing larger ERP systems have tried to "back down" into smaller manufacturing companies. Unfortunately, the design approach used for these mid-market applications doesn’t typically lend itself well to the smaller manufacturer.
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PBS Manufacturing - Designed specifically for small to medium-sized manufacturers...


Better planning. Better scheduling. Cost tracking. Improved order management. PBS Manufacturing is fully integrated manufacturing software that offers many of the sophisticated features and functions of more expensive products for an affordable price. Designed with the needs of the small to medium-sized manufacturer in mind, PBS Manufacturing offers flexible settings and options to allow users to set it up to meet their specific needs. We offer plenty of hands-on training to help ensure your success.

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Product data sheets below. 

Inventory Management
Helps you maintain accurate inventory control and pricing information about purchased and manufactured items. This package contains many extra features such as basic shop order scheduling and shop order material requirements planning (MRP) that allow implementation of some MRP order control and shop floor scheduling before installing the more fully featured packages for those functions.
Product Definition
Provides the tools to create Bills of Material, Work Centers, and manufacturing Routings, which are used for automating tasks like cost estimating, scheduling and material planning.
Customer Order Processing
Helps 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.
Product Purchasing
Provides you with a complete system for procurement management. Track and control purchases from your vendors to support a Just In Time schedule.
Master Scheduling and MRP
Provides a simple but powerful tool for automation of sales, production, and material requirements planning. It’s perfect for companies in need of forecast planning or who produce complex products with numerous material requirements.
Capacity Planning
Assists in developing optimal production plans that are based on your 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.
Shop Floor Control
Gives accurate and timely information on jobs, work-in-process, and production activity for production management. It allows detail planning and scheduling, and highlights shop floor problems as they occur. It also provides the tools you need to collect labor in real-time using bar coded shop floor documents.
Manufacturing Job Costing
Allows you to track detailed actual costs on jobs and compares these to the original estimates. Data is collected and reported in real-time allowing you to manage costs at any point in the manufacturing process, maximizing profitability.
PBS Manufacturing Basic Bundle
The Basic Bundle is a cost effective solution for small manufacturing companies whose business system needs are very simple, or for companies who are working on a tight budget. This configuration allows you to take control of your manufacturing operations by providing you with the basic tools you need to get started. You can enter and maintain sales orders, purchase orders, and even shop or-ders. Basic material planning tools and simple shop order schedules are alsavailable, allowing you to automate your operations.
PBS Manufacturing Planning Bundle
The Planning Bundle is designed for companies who are more focused on material requirements and capacity planning and less concerned with labor reporting and job costing. It is particularly appropriate for companies who manufacture more complex products with many components, companies with repetitive products and a high sales volume, and those companies who need to accommodate seasonal demand or build to sales forecasts.
PBS Manufacturing Control Master Bundle
The Control Master Bundle is a great solution for companies who are more concerned about the shop floor scheduling and job costing aspects of their business, and have either very simple or nonexistent material planning needs. Preferred by the make to order manufacturer or the job shop, the Control Master Bundle can also be very useful in the make to stock environment by providing im-proved shop and product cost management.
Options and Interfaces
PBS Manufacturing may be integrated with PBS Financial modules. This minimizes duplicate data and maximizes your investment by helping you gain control of your entire business operation. Learn more about our additional options: ODBC interface, Thin Client, Lot & Serial Control, and EDI, and others.
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