Functionality
Progress Plus contains an integrated set of modules relating to each business function. These include:
Estimating
- Logging and tracking of enquiries
- Multiple prices and quantities per item.
- Allows variable % mark-ups per customer
- Multiple quotation addresses
- Converts successful quotes into sales orders
- Records customer quotation history and monitors sales performance
Sales Orders
- Multi-currency orders
- Multiple delivery addresses
- Allows allocation from stock
- Suggests Works Order requirements
- Produces proforma invoices
- Credit checking on order entry
- Reports by sales rep, customer, area, customer type
Works Orders
- Automatically produces job cards immediately the sales order has been entered
- Suggests Purchase Order requirements
- Highlights materials outstanding
- Shows where the job is in production
- Excellent enquiry facilities on job history and performance
- Instant Work in Progress Plus valuation
- Records unplanned material issues & unplanned labour as well as planned work
- Outstanding order reports by customer, date, status, qtys etc.
Purchase Orders / Enquiries / Invoice Matching
- Multi-currency orders
- Allows entry of Text orders and Sub-contract orders as well as Part Number order
- Purchase Orders can be linked to Works Order with automatic posting of costs
- Monitors late deliveries
- Monitors supplier performance
- Generates purchase price enquiries to multiple suppliers
- Supplier Invoice Matching controls invoice approval & invoices on hold
- Outstanding order reports by supplier, date, status, qtys etc.
Job Costing
- Compares Actual cost against Planned Cost
- Highlights jobs that make or lose money
- Detailed analysis of material, labour & subcontract costs
- Labour & Machine productivity reports
- Lost time analysis
Inventory / Stock Control
- Full bill of materials
- Fast entry of operation times and subcontract operations
- Revision control of drawing nos./part nos.
- Allows stock allocation for Sales Orders and Works Orders
- Automatic stock valuation by category e.g. finished parts, raw material, consumables
- Batch traceability
- Batch adjustment receipt and production returns facilities
- Stock write-off and Supplier return facilities
- Multi location stock.
- Stock movement analysis
- Full part number transaction history
Delivery Recording
- Allows and controls deliveries of multiple orders on one note
- Generates Certificate of Conformity if required
- Highlights un-invoiced deliveries
- Delivery performance reports
Invoicing / Credit Notes
- Raises invoices against Delivery Notes
- Allows creation of Text Invoices and Credit Notes
- Allows entry of additional charges e.g. freight
- Can automatically update sales & nominal ledger in accounts package
- Unique financial control enquiry summarising instantaneously the financial position in every area of the company
Quality
- Non conformance database which links to work orders, PO's and material batches
- Drawing log controls drawing locations, copies and issue levels.
- Calibration database
- Contract Review
- Supplier Approval
Shop Floor Loading / Shop Floor Data Collection
- Load against Capacity details by Work Centre, Week Number etc.
- Work Centre work-to-lists
- Allows job data to be entered on shopfloor
- "Live" updates to Job Costing & Job Tracking
- Incorporates bar-coding
- Low cost terminals or touchscreens
Time & Attendance
- Produces Payroll reports
- Keeps employee holiday records
- Late and absence reports
E-Business / Web Interfacing
- Secure customer log-in to allow viewing of quotations, order status, stock levels etc.
- Secure supplier log-in to enter material prices, lead times etc.