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COSMO Plastics

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Features & Functions of COSMO Plastics - M

Manufacturing Structures

  • Formulation: Customize recipes for large-scale production while integrating operational and instructional details for a seamless transition from concept to market.

  • Item Search by Manufacturing Dimensions: Expedite the search for items using comprehensive filters that target specific manufacturing dimensions, saving time and increasing efficiency.

  • Share/Share in %: Simplify the process of ingredient proportion adjustments with intuitive calculation features that ensure accuracy in recipe formulation.

  • Scenario-Based Calculation: Explore the financial impact of various product costs, contribution margins, or pricing scenarios to make informed business decisions.

  • By-products / Reclaim / Incorporation: Calculations for by-products and reclaimed items, as secondary outputs, are determined alongside the main product. Recycling of materials into production follows specific predefined limits.

  • Recipe/BOM Versioning: Effectively manage the evolution of your products with the capability to maintain and control multiple recipe and Bill of Materials versions.

  • Recipe Comparison Matrix: Strategically assess and compare different recipes to facilitate the development of new versions or alternative products.

  • Automatic BOM/Routing Link: Effortlessly connect your recipe/BOM with routing to organize production processes and anticipate ingredient requirements.

  • Tools / Inserts: In both extrusion and injection moulding, tools should be designated for use with specific work centers. Configurations of single-cavity and multi-cavity molds enable a flexible transition from low to high volume production.

  • Production Variants: Skillfully handle item variations and customize production processes to accommodate varying order sizes without disrupting workflow.

  • Production Simulation: Preemptively simulate the consumption and output for each production process to forecast results and optimize manufacturing.

  • Line Text for Instructions: Integrate comprehensive instructions (rich text) directly within the recipes/BOMs and routings to streamline communication and execution.

Overhead Calculation

  • Advanced Scenario Creation: Design tailored calculation scenarios that cater to your specific requirements, enabling you to make strategic decisions based on individualized data.

  • Overhead Calculation: Accurately compile direct costs and add charges. Our overhead calculation allows you to summarize and analyze expenses through flexible, user-designed scenarios for a clearer financial overview.

  • Item / Capacity Calculation Groups: Organize and categorize the costs associated with items / capacity efficiently. This feature helps in breaking down the cost elements, providing clarity and aiding in individualizing calculation scenarios.

  • Currency-Dependent Calculation: Adjust and recalculate costs dynamically in response to currency fluctuations, ensuring that your financial data remains accurate and relevant in a global market.

  • Customized Calculation Schedules: Set up calculation schedules that align with your business cycles and reporting needs. Tailor them to match your operational tempo for real-time, actionable insights.

Batch Processing

  • Manufacturing Dimensions: Benefit from advanced filtering and sorting of production orders by various manufacturing dimensions, enhancing your ability to manage and oversee complex scenarios.

  • Line Text: Integrate detailed, step-by-step instructions (rich text) directly within the production order to ensure clear communication and adherence to product specifications.

  • Actual Cost Calculation: Derive precise costings for your products with actual cost calculation capabilities, offering you a true reflection of production expenses for more accurate financial analysis and reporting.

  • Incorporation:

  • By-production:

  • Reclaimed Items:

  • Tool / Insert: Tools or inserts can be easily moved between work centers, enhancing operational flexibility. The operational time will be recalculated for the individual setting.

  • Production Rates:

Production Planning

  • Global and Shortcuts for Manufacturing Dimensions: Employ global and shortcut dimensions for streamlined management of items and capacity across manufacturing processes.

  • Planning Pool : Dive into a focused view to production orders with the Planning Pool, offering a comprehensive navigation to manage and review all orders with ease.

  • Component Pool: Gain insights into component demands for production orders within the Component Pool. It provides visibility into the supply chain, enabling demand planning and inventory control.

  • Graphical Scheduling: Visualize your production orders throughout capacity. Simplify scheduling with intuitive drag-and-drop functionality for placing orders in the timeline.

  • Sequence Planning: Priority planning

  • Maintenance/Setup Matrix:

  • Capacity Conflict Warnings:

Procurement and Sales

  • Approved Vendor: Confidently source items through an established list of approved vendors to ensure every purchase aligns with your stringent quality and compliance standards.

  • Delivery Tolerance : Incorporate flexibility in your supply chain with predefined delivery tolerances for purchases and sales, accommodating acceptable variations in order quantities during transactions.

  • Production Simulation: Anticipate production needs and manage inventory wisely by simulating ingredient availability within sales orders, enhancing overall planning efficiency.

  • Rich Text Header/Line Module: Enhance purchase and sales reports and documents with rich text capabilities for header and line notes, facilitating clearer communication and detailed order specifications.

Quality Control

  • Test Planning: Devise structured plans outlining the testing procedures for consistent results.

  • Test Methods: Establish and document methods / standards to perform tests for reliability and repeatability.

  • Test Sampling: Determine the sampling for effective testing.

  • Test Incident/Test Order Management: Log and manage incidents and specific test orders systematically.

  • Measurement: collecting measurements and evaluating them against predefined specifications to ensure product quality and standard adherence.

  • Incoming Goods Inspection: Conduct thorough inspections of incoming materials to maintain quality standards.

  • Re-testing/Adhoc Testing: Implement re-testing procedures for non-conforming items and ad-hoc testing as required.

Lot/Serial No. Administration

  • Lot/Serial No. Status Change: Update the status to control processing of lots or serial numbers.

  • Lot/Serial No. Information Change: Reclassify lot or serial number information.

  • Lot Splitting/Merging: Execute lot splitting or merging actions contingent on test results and inventory needs.

  • Quarantine: Isolate products as necessary until testing confirms their status.

  • Release/Blocking: Authorize the progression of goods through the supply chain following satisfactory test results.

  • Automated Decision-Making: Utilize test results to trigger lot/serial number status automatically.

Item Tracking

  • External Lot Number Tracking: Monitor products with external lot numbers to ensure traceability throughout the supply chain.

  • Enhanced Traceability: Implement tracing capabilities on status and other item tracking information for greater transparency in product movement.

Vendor Rating

  • Quality Rating: Assess supplier performance based on the quality of goods provided.

  • Delivery Quantity Rating: Evaluate suppliers on their ability to deliver the correct order quantities.

  • Delivery Date Rating: Rate suppliers on punctuality, considering the timeliness of deliveries.

  • Return Rating: Reflect on the rate of returns or rejections due to supplier's product non-conformance.

  • Rating History: Maintain a comprehensive record of suppliers' performance over time.

  • Supplier Classification: Categorize suppliers based on cumulative performance ratings.

  • Reporting: Generate detailed report on supplier performance metrics.

  • Periodic Rating Recalculation: Period-based recalibration of supplier ratings to keep evaluations current and accurate.

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