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Materials Management

The Materials Management functionality of Cubic ERP is delivered through three tightly integrated modules - Material Requirements Planning, Procurement Management and Inventory Management.

MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING

Cubic Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a full-featured material planning solution that supports production planning, material planning and purchasing. The application architecture of Cubic, particularly the normalized database and native SQL application layer, gives Cubic MRP exceptional speed and database integrity allowing it to run frequently and virtually real-time. Planners and buyers do not have to wait for an overnight batch MRP run to simulate schedule changes and evaluate the impact of recent scheduling actions. Just-in-Time suppliers and shop floor operations can see the effect of new firmed demand on a daily, hourly or even minute-by-minute basis.

Cubic MRP reduces planner workloads and increases speed and efficiency of material planning through a combination of features, including:

  • To-Order MRP - special features support material planning for specific projects, contracts and orders, including order-specific multi-level pegging and centralized procurement of common items

  • Online Planner Workbench - a robust online planner workbench makes it easy to browse, research and act upon MRP recommendations

  • Automated Message Processing - user-defined parameters trigger and control automated action on MRP recommendations

  • Many-to-Many Linkage and Allocation - a unique online supply/demand allocation feature enables planners to easily "peg" or link orders and on-hand inventory as well as create multi-level "families" of fully-pegged production and procurement orders

PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT (^ top ^)

Cubic Procurement Management is a feature-rich purchasing and procurement solution designed to meet the needs of a broad range of manufacturing environments. Through flexible, embedded workflow and tight integration with other Cubic modules, Cubic Procurement Management ensures timely availability of critical materials and reduces material acquisition and carrying costs.

Manufacturers need to procure a wide variety of materials and services including: stock components for use in production, MRO materials for maintenance operations, outside laboratory and manufacturing services, and pure expense items such as administrative supplies or leased storage space. The embedded workflow rules of Cubic Procurement Management guide inventory accounting, payables and "put-away" activities allowing purchasing and receiving personnel to do their jobs using a single, consistent user interface for manual data entry. Finally, in cases where a single job or project requires a combination of materials and services, Cubic Procurement Management can easily consolidate all types of procurement requirements on a single purchase order, even if materials and services are to be provided to various company locations.

Cubic Procurement Management delivers many additional features and functions, such as:

  • Requisition and Approval Workflow - flexible and customizable requisition, commitment and approval workflow process

  • Many-to-Many Order Linkage - online order linkage and allocations to support project and order-specific procurement without having to split purchase orders

  • Buyer Workbench - a powerful, one-stop workbench allowing buyers to browse firmed purchase orders and easily consolidate and release orders on a supplier-by-supplier basis

  • Vendor Performance Measurement - automatic capture and reporting of vendor performance metrics such as performance-to-schedule, administrative accuracy and conformance to quality specifications

  • External Object Management - allowing engineering drawings, customer contracts, special mark and pack instructions, or any other documentation to be linked to purchase orders for use by buyers and suppliers

  • Subcontracted Operations - specialized orders to facilitate procurement of subcontracted services and manufacturing operations

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT (^ top ^)

Cubic Inventory Management delivers comprehensive functionality and flexibility to fit the needs of any manufacturing enterprise. From highly controlled, high value or hazardous materials to floor stock and miscellaneous expense items, Cubic Inventory Management offers user-selectable options to implement the right level of material control. A comprehensive set of predefined inventory transactions simplifies workflow administration and creates a user-friendly interface requiring minimal manual input. In addition, real-time integration with the rest of Cubic ERP means real-time visibility of financial data, on-hand stock balances and detailed transaction history.

Cubic Inventory Management delivers a rich set of special features including:

  • Online Visibility - a robust set of online search and inquiry functions support: part search using engineering attributes, graphical visibility of supply and demand information, lot and serial tracking and detailed audit trails of inventory transaction history

  • Material Control for Expensed Items - the ability to easily track and control expensed items in inventory using normal inventory control processes

  • Installed Equipment Base - automatic population of the installed equipment database upon shipment of serialized products

  • Requisition Workflow for Material Issues - the option to initiate workflow-based requisition control over material issues from stores

  • Crating and Containerization - multi-level container packing and shipment with the ability to carry containers on the books as assets for location control and tracking

  • Serial and Lot Number Control - serial and/or lot number control rules are automatically enforced throughout all inventory control processes

  • Flexible Stores Security - security over a specific material location can be set at location level (i.e., an authorized employee can perform all transactions affecting inventory at that location) or at transaction level (i.e., certain employees are authorized for specific transactions)

  • Consignment Stock - consignment items can be received into inventory using normal purchase order receipt processing while the system automatically applies zero inventory cost upon receipt and generates payable liability upon issuance from stores

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