System Positioning
M@ERP Systems is built with a group of managers having a high level of management skills, production theory, and practical experiences. Also, they use APICS production standards and management knowledge to develop a fundamental platform and complete management system structure for the system.
M@ERP Systems a system which can really modify a company's management structure. This system is not similar to other system which utilizes old aged methods and individual experience.
According to ERP standards and requirements, these systems do not deserve to be called an ERP system. M@ERP Systems can support actual production and manufacturing planning, execution, control, and strengthening a wide variety of management aspect.
ERP system is not only a computer system; It is a computer management system. In addition, the lancer system can satisfy documentation needs (user manual, demo scenario, accurate standardized workflow, formula explanations, transaction indexing, system diagrams) course, and also professional consultancy, the previous mentioned would be passed to the user allowing the user to fully maximize the use of the ERP system.
M@ERP Systems supports the discrete or assembly manufacturing, repetitive manufacturing, run card manufacturing, process manufacturing, automation production, and so on.
It can also support different products and their routes.
When a company requires changes maybe due to the customers’ different needs, or environment change requiring different workflows, or more detailed and secured transaction, the system is not capable to adjust itself to suit the demands, with addition that the tools which M@ERP use can increase perfect scalability.
Therefore, M@ERP Systems is definitely a system which can grow with your company.
Technical Features
. Supported platforms and system architectures
.. Supported platforms
- Microsoft 2000 Server
- Microsoft 2003 Server
- Linux (Under development...)
.. System architectures
- n-tier Client-Server
- Internet
- Browser
. E-Commerce
.. Support XML
- Import customer order in XML format
- Export purchase order and subcontract order in
XML
.. Support Internet access
- Use Internet to receive orders and invoice
- Use Internet to check customer’s order status
and perform payment enquiry
- Use Internet to check the purchase order
and payment enquiry
.. Support e-mail reporting
- Can be set into 2 report grup, sent to external
or internal organization
- Sent can be pre-set by text, subject, original
copy, carbon copy (CC), blind carbon
copy (BCC) and grouping
- The user may choose either forward report
to others after viewed the report or
send it straightaway
- Recipient may read report through Browser
- Reports may be put into a Batch to be
carried out and sent later
.. Support electronic communication
- Support instant messaging through e-mail
when there are any abnormal situations
- When performing task in Batch, adjustment
will be carry out for abnormal situations
before sending out notice
in the form of e-mails
. Database performance and expansion (scalability)
.. Support up to 10,000 persons
.. Assist assignments ranging from simple
machines to the largest scale of core
. User interface
.. Graphical User Interface, Browser
.. On-line user document
- Standard operation program (SOP) book
- System flow chart
- Function explanation
- Field explanation
- User interface operation’s documentation
- Instructor’s Guide
.. Menu
- Windows structure with tree format
- Authority Personalized Menu
- Day to day organizer menu
- Frequently used menu
- Frequently used menu cum shortcut to menus
- Key in program code to perform execution directly
- The sequence of menus may be changed
according to order or fixed
.. Multimedia usage
- Database may store multiple multimedia data.
Each order may be remark by text, sound,
and picture
.. Statistics Chart
- Charts may be used to represent statistical analysis
information
- Allow usage of the spreadsheet format from Excel
to analyse the report
.. Allow usage of the spreadsheet format from Excel
to analyse the report
.. Provides wildcard function, allows user to
continue typing while the system searches for
the closest match and provides multiple columns
to continue typing while the system searches for
the closest match
.. Software calculator and calendar: count the
result or date can be directly transfer into a field
.. Locked announcement: when a user is using
a function, and another user opens the same
function, a message (may be set by user)
will be prompted to the user,
saying that it is locked
. System Security Management
.. Access Rights
- Security by person
- Security by position
- Top level management can define access
authorization by departments and pass
authorization among subordinate
- Provide limitation for copy and exchange of
information
- Formula setting limitation to user without authority
.. Password Control
- I.T. administrator may divide the system and
manage the passwording, the administrator may not
enquire or modify the end users’ password
- No other personnel may change the password of
someone else
.. MIS personnel may write a program or editor to
retrieve the information from the table or field
. System File and Backup folder
.. System File
- Program/Functions to Fileds List
- Fields to Program/Functions List
.. Backup processing
- Ability to do scheduling based on the year,
month and date
- Utilize historical database along with the existing
one and be used together
. Print and Batch Processing Management
.. Print Management
- Documents may be passed through printing tools,
utilizing e-mail and fax
- Manage the print control; every user may only
request for their own report to be printed out
- The document may be exported to MICROSOFT
EXCEL and WORD for printing
- User may select the number of pages for the report
to be printed
- Can set the number of reports a user is allowed
to print
- User may preview the report before printing
- User may print report by batch and implement a
Report server
- May set the format for the report footer
.. Report execution
- Report printing may be executed by the report
server
- Multiple reports may be printed by sequence
. Batch Processing Management
.. A sequence may be set for batch processing
.. Processing may be diversified to several computers
.. A date or Day may be set for Batch Processing to
occur
.. Batch status enquiry available like starting date,
ending date, execution time
. Application and Management Features
.. Support branch duties
- Manages multiple set of accounts for different
branch
- Supports multi-currency and a single report after
consolidation production information and sales
information from different companies may be merged
together for analysis
.. Support multiple site and production activities
- Every production site has its own production and
material planning
- Every production site will have its own cost centre
- The cost centre may generate cost seprately
- A sales order may include a variety or products and
warehouse source
.. Support multi-currency management
- Different currency may be used to make
transactions
- Automatically calculate the amount in foreign
currency
- During payment, foreign amount will automatically be
converted to local amount
- Before converting between foreign and local
currency, the loss or profit are automatically
calculated and displayed in a table form
- Before converting between foreign and local
currency, the loss or profit are automatically
calculated and displayed
in a table form
.. Support Multi-level cost, profit, expenses, and cost
centre management
- Human resource cost-centre or another department
- Product line or sub-product line cost-centre
- Multiple profit cost-centre
.. Support workflow management
- User may issue different type of receipts depending
on different situations and conditions
- User may opt to do entry checking by executing a
program when issuing receipts depending on
different situations and conditions. The program may
also be included in to a e-mail
- After saving the receipt, the user may control the
modification permission of the receipt
- User may opt to require authorization at the moment
of issuing a receipt or letting a period of time pass
before inspecting the issue
- If there are receipts which are not accepted, it will
be modified and sent through the workflow cycle
again and the rejected receipt may be taken as
reference
- Users can provide the system with information to
automatically manage itself by scheduling when to
process transactions, send e-mail with the report
.. Neighbouring Country Functions
- Support GB code
- Support Malaysia accounting and taxation
- Support Malaysia total tax amount
- Support additional cost and price tax for individual
items
- Support Vendor deposit processing
.. Support type of productions
- Discrete or assembly
- Repetitive
- Utilizing Run Card for managing processes
- Automation of production
.. Bill Of Material
- Work Order BOM
- Support BOM Code
- Support BOM with substitute of alternative
stock item
- Provide 'version code', 'item code',
'delivery date adjustment'
- Support Option / Accessories, planning BOM,
Local Phantom setting
- Support changeable design management
- Support floating point in unit measurement
.. Production Planning
- Support DRP - Distribution Requirement Planning
- Support Hedge Inventory
- Support BOM Planning
- Support Multi-stock planning, including lead time,
estimate time, and percentage of success, helping
the decision of whether to continue with production
- Support ATP and PAB
- Estimate time may be set by weekly, half-month,
or monthly
.. Material Planning
- Support DRP – Distribution Requirement Planning
- Support Net Change MRP
- Support Hedge Inventory
- Support BOM Planning
- With the MRP setting, we can always ensure that
we can always check the stock to ensure we meet
the customers’ demands and help in stock decision
making
- User may view the MRP information and calculation
in terms of days, weeks or months
- Support multiple unit of measurements
- Support rounding of long decimal sums for stock
amount and pricing
- Support different source of stock items including
make, purchase, subcontract, transfer
- Components of stock may be set according to
standard component requirements, non-standard
and substitute component requirement, depending
on customers’ demands
.. Stock Item Management
- Multiple production sites
- Multiple warehouses
- Management may be divided to by Lot/Serial and
stock item may be traced back to its source
or location
- Specify a reference number for every storage rack
in a warehouse
- Multiple unit of measurement may be applied to
a stock item
- Different vendor and different customer may use
different packing size, for example, customer A uses
a TRAY having 16 PACKETS and customer B uses a
TRAY with 18 PACKETS instead
- Unit measurement conversion. For example, 3m2 =
10kg, can accommodate different scenarios
- Unit price and unit quantity may be different
- After stocktaking, adjustment in and adjustment
out can be done
- Operational expenses in warehouse can be
automatically calculated, and voucher may be
auto-generated
- Support subcontracting of customer order
.. Activity-Based Costing
- Cost Driver may be set by the rate or currency
- Support ABC Standard costing method
- Support ABC actual costing calculation (the
production cost may be calculated using
different method)
.. Job Order and non-standard costing method and
sub-contract costing method
- Manufacturing order and sub-contractor actual
cost calculation
- Support non-standard actual costing method
- Sub-contractor actual costing
.. Quality Control Management
- Support from IQC to IPQC, FQC of SPC quality
control management function
- Support MIL-STD quality control management
- Support sample management for quality control
- Support computerized vendor checking
- Computerized examination of stock quality
in warehouse
- Provide X bar-R ad X-R control diagram
- Any problems concerning quality issues will be
saved in Notes and a warning will be sent out
to the next process
- Trace source of bad goods
.. Support auto-generation of vouchers
- Automatically generate voucher for incoming or
outgoing stock and additional expense
- Automatically generate sales voucher
- Automatically generate purchase voucher
- Automatically generate foreign currency conversion
voucher
- Automatically generate normal cheque (or post
dated check) and cash voucher
- Discount voucher will be generated automatically
- Automatic generation of cost voucher