Custom Manufacturing

The ProfitKey system is a powerful, comprehensive management tool that will help users plan, schedule and control their shops. This course describes the basic approach used by ProfitKey to enable users to achieve accurate costing, higher machine and manpower utilization, improved deliveries, and increased cash flow.

The basics of the ProfitKey scheduling and control functions are best described including the major steps involved with processing an order, defining the operations and material requirements, establishing scheduling, releasing the order, issuing materials, labor reporting, and closing the order when finished.

ProfitKey’s Custom Manufacturing Course provides a complete four (4) day hands-on overview of custom and standard product order life cycles (step-by-step) from estimating and scheduling through shipping and invoicing.

Who Should Attend

Implementation Project Managers
Key Project Team Personnel

Location

ProfitKey’s Training Facility
Salem, New Hampshire

Optional on-site training available at the ProfitKey standard on-site rate provided proper training facilities are available at the customer site.

Major Topics Covered

Estimating
Customer Order Processing (Entry, Shipping, Invoicing)
Job Definition (Order Routing Bill)
Standard Product (Bills of Material and Routing)
Job/Lot and Shop Order
Scheduling, Tracking and Costing
Purchasing
Shop Floor Control
Inventory Control

Cost:

$1,600.00 per person

Course Outline

Day 1

Administrative Preliminaries
Introductions
Course Objectives
System Variables
-Brief Overview
Matrices
-Brief Overview
Basic Database Files
-IM, RT & PS-Part Numbers, Routings and Bills of Materials (ORB)
WC-Work Centers
CU-Customers
VN-Vendors
EM-Employees
Costing Options
Order Cycle Overview

Day 2

Review order Cycle Overview
Order Entry
-Discuss OE variables in more detail here
Engineers Workbench
-Discuss Mfg/Job Shop variables in more detail here
Planners Workbench
Scheduling
-Discuss Scheduling variables
Purchasing (abbreviated version)
Purchase Receipts
Material Issues
Labor Reporting
-Review Labor Reporting variables
Material Receipts
Shipping & Invoicing
Inquiries
Recap Order Cycle

Day 3

Review Order Cycle
Selected System Administration Topics
Set Up Custom Menu for Order Cycle
Job Definition Workbench
Introduce intermediate topics as indicated by class interests
Single Level Example
-Order Entry through Shipments
Multi Level Example
-Emphasis on creating/editing multi-level structure
Recap Order Cycle

Day 4

Review Order Cycle
Case Study

Optional Topics-depending on time and class interest
-Estimating
-MRP
Implementation Issues (extensive discussions of customer-specific issues are difficult unless the class is composed of students from one company, or companies with similar needs)
Q & A