Manufacturing ERP for Small Manufacturers and Assembly Units
In a small factory the questions that matter are simple to ask and hard to answer. What did that last job actually cost us? Why did the line stop on Tuesday? When will the customer's order be ready? When the answers live in an Excel BOM, a stack of paper job cards and someone's memory, they arrive late or not at all.
JMJ's ERP for manufacturing connects the sales order, the shop floor, the stores and the accounts, so each of those questions has an answer on screen.
- Assembly units
- Fabrication shops
- Furniture
- Plastic & rubber
- Make-to-order
How an order moves through the system
A sales order is confirmed. The system checks the bill of materials, creates a work order and tells purchase which raw materials are short. Production records materials and labour against the work order, and the finished job goes into stock and on to an invoice, with its actual cost beside its estimate.
Sales order, shop floor, stores and accounts on one record.
Are you running the shop floor blind?
The final profit on a job is unknown
What it costsQuotes are priced on guesswork.
What the system doesJob costing from materials, labour hours and overheads, compared with the estimate.
One missing component stops the line
What it costsIdle machines and late orders.
What the system doesMaterial requirements planning from orders and the production plan.
Job status lives on paper job cards
What it costsCustomers can't get a clear answer.
What the system doesDigital work orders with status at every stage.
The BOM is an out-of-date spreadsheet
What it costsWrong material issued, wrong cost.
What the system doesMulti-level BOMs whose costs update when raw material prices change.
What it handles
Bills of materials
- Multi-level BOMs
- Material requirements for any quantity
- BOM costs update with raw material prices
Work orders
- Digital job cards from start to finish
- Materials allocated and labour assigned
- Status of every job at any time
Job costing
- Actual cost from materials, labour and overheads
- Compared against your estimate
Material requirements planning
- What to buy and when, from orders and the plan
- Fewer stock-outs of critical parts
Inventory
- Raw materials, work in progress and finished goods
- Tracked by batch, serial number and location
Sales and accounts
- Sales orders flow into production
- Finished work orders to GST-ready invoicing and accounts
Job work for processors and sub-contractors
If customers send you their material to process, it must never be mixed up with your own stock. Job work keeps the client's material separate and bills only for the work you do.
Client-owned stock, kept separate
- Each client has their own stock record
- Their material never counts as your inventory
- Your stock and financial reports stay accurate
Job work orders
- A digital order for every incoming batch
- Follows the material through each process, such as cutting, dyeing or assembly
Wastage and scrap
- Record wastage, scrap and by-products against the client's material
- The balance you report back adds up
Billing for your work
- Invoices for your service charges, such as labour or machine time
- Plus any of your own consumables used, like thread, screws or packing
Client reports
- Stock statement of the client's material at your site
- Job work analysis whenever a client asks
Who uses job work
Toll manufacturing and private label
Production on behalf of brand owners.
Textile processing
Dyeing, printing, weaving and embroidery.
Metal finishing
Coating, machining and plating.
Printing and packaging
Client artwork and material.
Food co-packers
Packing client products alongside Food Pro ERP.
Who it is for
Electronics and component assembly
Multi-level assemblies and serial numbers.
Metal fabrication and machining
Job costing per order.
Furniture and fixtures
Made-to-order production.
Plastic and rubber moulding
Batches and material yield.
Industrial equipment assembly
Long jobs with many components.
Job shops and make-to-order
Every order costed separately.
Why talk to JMJ
Manufacturing is one of JMJ's core areas, with long-running projects in Ayurveda manufacturing and in footwear and garments, and work across industries including metallurgy. JMJ Software Solutions has been building business software since 2001 and supports Kerala manufacturers from Kochi.
If you process materials your customers supply, see job work above. Food manufacturers should look at Food Pro ERP.
Questions manufacturers ask
What is manufacturing ERP software?
A business system that links sales orders, bills of materials, production, inventory and accounts, so each job can be planned, tracked and costed in one place.
Can it show the real cost of each job?
Yes. Job costing adds up the materials consumed, labour hours and overheads for every job and compares them with the estimate.
Does it plan raw material purchases?
Yes. Material requirements planning works out what to buy and when from your sales orders and production plan.
Can it track serial numbers?
Yes. Inventory can be tracked by batch, serial number and location.
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See a job from order to invoice
In 30 minutes the JMJ team takes a sales order through the BOM, a work order and production to the invoice, and shows the job cost.
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