In today’s rapidly changing business world, efficiency and operational flexibility are key drivers of success. Unfortunately, many companies are locked into traditional systems and fragmented data that damage the business and stifle growth.
The good news is that there’s a powerful solution – SYSPRO Bill of Materials (BOM). This robust system acts as the central nervous system of your manufacturing operations, integrating seamlessly with your existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. By implementing SYSPRO BOM, you can break down data silos, streamline operations, and uncover new business possibilities.
Why choose SYSPRO?
SYSPRO is a cutting-edge Enterprise Resource Planning system designed to help businesses of all sizes succeed. restoring their fullest potential. Founded in 1978, SYSPRO has been around for more than 45 years and helped countless businesses reach their success.
Every business is unique, and SYSPRO understands that one-size-fits-all solutions don’t work. Regardless of your business’s size and structure, we know you are different. That’s why we offer customizable systems compatible with your demands and, typically, sector requirements. SYSPRO adapts to your processes. You could be a small market player or a giant among many well-established corporations. No matter who you are, you do not have to change.
Our system grows with your business. Supported by modular architecture, start with a core setup and acquire additional components when necessary. You can also select a preferred deployment model. We confidentialize installations, implementations, and hybrids. We offer on-premise, cloud, and hybrid options, giving you complete control.
With SYSPRO, you’ll gain a real-time, 360-degree view of your entire operation. Our legendary customer support team is dedicated to your success. We offer comprehensive training, ongoing support, and a global network of experienced partners.
What is the SYSPRO Bill of Materials and how does it work?
The SYSPRO BOM module is crafted to provide your organization with comprehensive control over product structures. This module ensures that engineering, production, purchasing, and order processing departments all operate with uniform information.
The Bill of Materials is intricately defined by the manufacturing process, encompassing various elements such as work centers, labor, tools, dies, inserts, fixtures, raw materials, packaging, scrap rates, setup times, yields, and equipment.
By leveraging the Bill of Materials, you can accurately anticipate costs against which actual production costs can be monitored. The system also offers what-if costing capabilities, allowing for hypothetical cost scenarios to be explored. Additionally, it facilitates the calculation of cumulative and manufacturing lead times for an item and enables the updating of relevant fields against the stock item.
This comprehensive bill serves as the cornerstone for material and capacity planning, shop floor control, and costing. With the Bill of Materials system, you can establish quantity or percentage relationships between assemblies (final product), subassemblies (bulk batches), and components (raw materials) across up to 15 levels. Moreover, each component can be assigned to a selected operation in the parent routing.
The routing modeling feature enables you to customize the product’s routing to accommodate varying batch sizes, milestone operations, progressive scrap, and dynamic elapsed times. This includes incorporating information on tooling, operator skill levels, operation instructions, and testing requirements into the routing process.
What are the advantages of the SYSPRO Bill of Materials?
To build the bill, you start by defining your components and quantities. This includes the product structure and you’ll list all the raw materials, sub-assemblies, and even packaging materials required. Each component is assigned a specific quantity needed to produce one unit of the finished product.
Why the 15 levels? SYSPRO BOM gives you depth, allowing you to create bills with several levels. This is crucial for complex products with intricate sub-assemblies within sub-assemblies.. You can link each component in the BOM to a specific operation within the corresponding production routing. This provides a clear picture of how each component integrates into the manufacturing process.
SYSPRO BOM goes beyond just listing components. You can create planning bills that specify estimated quantities or even percentage-based bills for situations where material usage fluctuates. Not all components directly appear in the finished product. Phantom bills allow you to define virtual items representing processes or labor required during production.
The module keeps track of different versions of your bills, allowing you to revert to previous iterations if needed. It also tracks revisions made to the BOM, ensuring everyone has access to the latest information. By incorporating component costs and production overheads, SYSPRO BOM helps calculate the accurate cost of producing each finished item. This empowers you to set competitive prices and optimize profitability.
One critical advantage with this module is that it integrates seamlessly with the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) module. Based on production schedules and BOM data, MRP generates automatic purchase orders for required materials, ensuring you have the right inventory at the right time.
With a clear understanding of component requirements, SYSPRO BOM helps identify potential bottlenecks and optimize production processes. This leads to shorter lead times and faster product delivery.
Additional benefits of using the SYSPRO ERP software
- Seamless integration and efficiency
Unstructured data and conventional systems are out of style. From production and customer relationship management to finance and inventory management, SYSPRO provides smooth integration across every aspect of your company. By combining all of your data into one, centralized platform, SYSPRO allows you to have real-time visibility and management over your whole operation.
Using SYSPRO to streamline your operations will help you get rid of manual processes, cut down on errors, and boost productivity all over your company. You may focus on strategic goals and growth-oriented activities by freeing up time and resources with automated workflows and optimized processes.
- Enhanced visibility, flexibility and scalability
With SYSPRO’s robust reporting and analytics tools, you can see your business like never before. You can track important performance indicators, spot patterns, and make accurate decisions to move your company ahead with configurable dashboards and real-time data.
When all of your data is housed on a single platform, departmental communication is unimpeded. This guarantees that everyone is in agreement, improves teamwork, and closes communication gaps. Enhanced departmental visibility facilitates proactive problem-solving and improved decision-making across your entire business.
SYSPRO is scalable and adaptable to fit your specific demands and goals, regardless of your size—whether you run a small company or a huge enterprise. SYSPRO can grow and change with your company thanks to its modular design and feature-rich features, giving you the resources and capabilities you need to be successful at all times.
You can begin with the essential features you require right now, such as inventory control and financials, thanks to our modular architecture. You can easily add other modules, such advanced production planning or CRM, as your company grows to meet your changing needs. This guarantees that you only pay for what you require and gives you the adaptability to meet changing needs.
SYSPRO provides a range of deployment choices to match your budget and unique IT setup. To have complete control over your data, opt for on-premise implementation; alternatively, take advantage of our cloud-based solutions’ scalability. We can provide hybrid solutions that incorporate both of their advantages. Whichever option you select, SYSPRO’s infrastructure grows to meet your expanding user base and data volumes.
- Customer-centric approach
Our goal at SYSPRO is to lead our clients to success. We’re here to walk with you at every stage with a committed support team and a customer-centric attitude. We are dedicated to your success, from implementation and training to continuous support and upgrades.
We do more than just providing software. SYSPRO has a staff of industry experts who are aware of the particular difficulties you encounter in your line of work. This knowledge is translated into solutions—not just generic functionalities—that are tailored to your unique demands. As a dependable companion on your path to operational excellence, we grow to be an extension of your team.
We prioritize intuitive design and a clean interface, ensuring everyone in your organization, from executives to shop floor personnel, can leverage the system’s full potential. This user-centric approach minimizes training time and maximizes adoption rates, empowering your entire team to work smarter, not harder.
We’re committed to being your long-term partner in business transformation. We offer industry best practices and continuous product updates to ensure your SYSPRO solution remains at the forefront of technological innovation.
Take the next step
Don’t let siloed systems hold your business back. Take the next step towards success with SYSPRO and our Bill of Materials module. Contact us today to learn more about how SYSPRO can help streamline your operations, drive growth, and gain a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced business environment. Our knowledgeable representatives are here to answer your questions and guide you through the entire process. Discuss your specific goals and explore how SYSPRO can be customized to meet your unique requirements.
With SYSPRO by your side, the possibilities are endless.
Marius Wessels, the Professional Services Manager for SYSPRO Africa, leads the delivery of support, consulting, and user enablement services to channel partners and customers in sub-Saharan Africa. He has a background in Industrial Engineering and over 15 years of experience as an ERP implementation consultant and project manager.