Isah ERP: the integrated solution for manufacturing companies

ERP software for the manufacturing industry should support processes such as sales, purchasing, inventory management, work preparation, planning and production. It is also important that product information is available to all departments involved.

Isah brings these processes together in a single integrated solution for the manufacturing industry. Isah software supports the entire product lifecycle by capturing relevant data from the engineering stage onwards and making this information available to users in a clear and structured way. Data is also recorded during production and any subsequent service activities, creating a consistent and comprehensive view of the entire lifecycle of a product.

ERP software supports production planning by connecting production orders, available capacity, material requirements and planning data. This provides insight into the activities that need to be carried out and the resources available.

Within Isah, production planning is supported by planning parameters such as setup times, cycle times, lead times, overlap and waiting times, combined with forward and backward planning.

Capacity planning helps manufacturing companies gain insight into the available and required capacity of employees, machines and other resources. ERP software supports this by comparing future workload with available capacity, making potential bottlenecks visible.

Isah provides capacity overviews by resource and time period. Any capacity shortages or bottlenecks are identified, allowing production orders to be adjusted or rescheduled where necessary.

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) helps manufacturing companies determine which materials are required, in what quantities and at what time. It does this by combining data on inventory, production orders, sales orders, forecasts and planned receipts, among other factors. This provides insight into future material requirements and enables production or purchasing recommendations to be generated automatically and in good time.

Within Isah, MRP is integrated with inventory management, purchasing and production, among other processes. This allows material requirements to be aligned with production planning and gives purchasers insight into which materials are required for production and when.

ERP software supports inventory management by bringing inventory, purchasing, sales and production together in a single system. The optimal inventory position differs for each manufacturing company and depends on factors such as desired inventory levels, the specific requirements of the production process and the planning parameters used.

Isah combines data on available inventory with future requirements, planned receipts, and purchasing and production recommendations. This provides insight into what is needed for production and when. Based on this information, companies can make an informed trade-off between having sufficient materials available to support production and limiting the amount of capital tied up in inventory.

Work preparation forms the link between costing, purchasing, planning and production. ERP software supports this process by providing insight into product information and the required materials, operations, tools and subcontracted operations. This enables work preparation staff to verify that everything required for production will be available at the right time.

With Isah, work preparation staff can check the available information and add or enrich it where necessary to prepare a production file for manufacturing. Isah also supports functionality such as automated work preparation, job cards, sawing and cutting lists, and defining the sequence of operations.

Errors between engineering and production can occur when departments work with different versions of drawings, bills of materials and product information. By managing this information centrally and releasing changes in a structured way, all departments involved can work from the same single source of truth.

Isah supports the connection between engineering and operational processes. Bills of materials, drawings and revisions can be synchronized from connected engineering environments, while changes can be managed and released in a controlled way. This ensures that engineering, work preparation, purchasing and production work with up-to-date product data and that the right information is available to everyone at the right time.

Up-to-date insight into production orders is achieved by connecting planning, production and logistics and recording information from the shop floor throughout the production process. This provides visibility not only into what has been planned, but also into which activities have started, the progress that has been made and what has been completed.

Isah connects planning, production and logistics processes within a single environment. Solutions such as Shop Floor Control and Mobile Field Service make it possible to record data before, during and after execution. Combined with planning functionality and capacity overviews, this provides an up-to-date view of production activities, progress and capacity utilization.