Factory Control Systems

ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning

Our Enterprise Resource Planning systems (FCS ERP) are proven to increase company performance and customer satisfaction.

Key features you will benefit from using FCS ERP

• Define the way each product is really built.
• Realistic production and delivery times.
• Explicit sales order requirements impacting supply chain activities.
• Powerful management and accounting info.

Origin Of FCS ERP

Starting in 1995 Factory Control Systems offered Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems.

As technologies evolved and consumers demanded further integration of their business with management systems, in the late 1990's FCS progressed it's systems to manufacturing resource planning (MRPII).

Continuing its strategy for innovation, FCS then moved onto also develop Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). ERP enables businesses to fully manage every aspect of modern day manufacturing. This includes cutting-edge technologies such as wireless barcode scanning directly managing production, personnel, stock and reject control. Integration with CAD and CAM, E-commerce - automated orders to suppliers, together with Customer relationship management (CRM).

Who are our ERP Systems for?

Our systems have been developed specifically for the furniture industry. With optional modules our ERP systems can cater for manufacturers of:

Office Furniture
Suitable for business that produce highly customizable furniture. This System is capable of offering millions of permutations on carcase colour, edging color, metalwork, handles etc. Create parametric bills so that custom size cabinets are cost and produced accurately. Specific modules in this system include Bill Of Materials and Costing.

Living & Dining Furniture
Suitable for cabinet manufactures includes features for setting up options for door hading, different handles, cabinet finish, mirrors to be included. Lacquer calculator. Specific modules in this system include Bill Of Materials, Costing and Stock inventory control.

Custom Bespoke Joinery
Suitable for Joinery and component manufacturers. Make to order with full traceibility throughout the business. Information on each line within an order cascades to relevant documents components and sub-components down to the raw materials as required.

Bedding / Upholstery
Suitable for bedding manufacturer companies. This system enables you to choose options for tick, label, thread, label foam, backing, handles, vents, spring, frame, zip, and link etc. with information cascading to all relevant areas of manufacture and purchase. Specific modules in this system include Bills of materials, costing, stock / inventory control, sales orders processing, purchase order processing, works order processing and MRP II.

Restaurant / Shopfitting
Suitable for Restaurant manufacturers and Shopfitting companies. System includes abilities to Create items and bills on the fly as you prepare quotation to produce project costing and margin reports, materials and resources.

Hospital / Laboratory / School
Specialist Furniture Management System for Hospital, Laboratory and Schools. System Includes full MRP explosion for the full order book or an individual Project No. management of the shop floor personnel and processes. Stock and inventory control, Capacity and distribution planning along with detailed costing and time & attendance, plus the associated reports and data for all your sales and factory performance monitoring. Specific modules in this system include Works Orders Processing, MRP II, Stock inventory control, Capacity Planning, Distribution Planning, Costing, Sales Orders Processing, Factory Performance Monitoring.

Kitchen / Bathroom
Suitable for Kitchen Manufacturers. This system enables you to customize size of units using parametric features in bills. Pass additional comments to all components of a bill for custom manufacturing. Supports information for controlling site fitting, planning and scheduling builders, plumbers, electricians and fitters. Specific modules in this system include Bill Of Materials, Costing and Stock inventory control.

Available Modules

Available modules include Bills of Material, Scheduling, Capacity, Cost Management, Manufacturing Process, Manufacturing Flow, Inventory, Order Entry, Purchasing, Product Configuration, Supply Chain Planning, Supplier Scheduling, Inspection of goods, General Ledger, Cash Management, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Costing, Billing, Time and Attendance and Activity Management.

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