M-05 · Operations

Manufacturing ERP and MRP

Plan production schedules based on actual machine capacity and material availability

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Typical timeline: 10–18 weeks
Core team: Industrial Systems Architect, MES Engineer, Data Analyst
Primary platforms: Odoo Manufacturing · Dynamics 365 Supply Chain · Custom MES
Method: IDEA · D-01 to A-02

Why the current way breaks

What this looks like on a normal Tuesday

Production orders are launched only to discover halfway through that a critical sub-assembly is out of stock.

Workstations sit idle while expedited freight costs decimate job margins.

What we build

Engineered capabilities, not generic templates

C-01

Multi-Level Bill of Materials (BOM)

Complex hierarchical BOMs with versioning, engineering change orders (ECO), and component substitution logic.

Technical detail

Recursive BOM explosion engine, scrap percentage modeling.

C-02

Work Center Scheduling & Gantt Dispatch

Dynamic visual scheduling taking machine maintenance, worker skills, and shift calendars into account.

Technical detail

Constraint-based scheduling algorithm, real-time Gantt canvas.

Planned

Preventive maintenance against machine hours

Work orders raised before the breakdown, not after.

Linked

Material availability to production orders

Shortages show up before the job is released.

We measure your baseline in discovery and report against it. No borrowed percentages.

Automation built in

Workflows that run on top of this module

Work Order Release → Automated Material Kitting

When a production order is scheduled, picking waves automatically generate for raw materials, and assembly terminals display CAD specs.

S1 · Trigger Work Order Released
S2 · System Raw Material Kitting Pick
S3 · Action Assembly Instructions Push
S4 · Human gate Quality Inspection Signoff

Event-driven trigger with retry queue · human sign-off where set

Services

What we offer for Manufacturing & MRP

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Process mapping How Manufacturing & MRP work runs today, including the spreadsheets nobody mentions. Configuration Manufacturing & MRP set up on the platform that fits, standard features first. Data migration Existing Manufacturing & MRP records cleaned, de-duplicated and moved. Integrations Manufacturing & MRP connected to the tools that stay. Automation The repetitive Manufacturing & MRP paperwork automated, with approval gates. Training Role-based training and recorded guides for Manufacturing & MRP users. Support Fixes and improvements after go-live.

Approach map · Business systems implementation

How a Manufacturing & MRP project runs, week by week

Open any stage to see what we do, what you receive and what we need from you.

We sit with the people doing the work and map how orders, stock and money actually move today, including the spreadsheets nobody mentions in the first meeting.

What happens

Process walk-throughs with key users
Inventory of every data source
Quantifying where time is lost

What you get

Current-state process map
Data source and quality audit
Scope baseline

What we need from you

Sample invoices, orders and spreadsheets
Two-hour interviews with each department lead

Risk handled

Critical spreadsheets that management does not know staff rely on.

We design the data model, roles, approval rules and integrations on paper before anything is configured.

What happens

Data model design
Chart of accounts review
Approval matrix design

What you get

Solution blueprint document
Role-by-role screen wireframes
Data dictionary

What we need from you

Sign-off on the chart of accounts and permission structure

Risk handled

Sales and warehouse asking for conflicting things mid-build.

We provision environments, configure the standard modules to the blueprint, and build any approved extensions.

What happens

Environment setup and hardening
Module configuration
Approved custom development

What you get

Working staging environment
Configured modules matching the blueprint

What we need from you

Tax settings, bank details and branding assets
Named admin users

Risk handled

Configuration drifting away from what was agreed in the blueprint.

We extract customers, vendors, products and balances from your current tools, remove duplicates and load trial datasets you can check.

What happens

Migration scripts
Duplicate detection
Trial balance reconciliation

What you get

Staging database loaded with cleaned data
Reconciliation sheet

What we need from you

Decisions on flagged duplicates
Lists of inactive products and customers to archive

Risk handled

Bad legacy data being carried into the new system on day one.

We connect the system to the tools that stay: banks, e-commerce stores, payroll, shipping and anything else agreed in the blueprint.

What happens

API and webhook connectors
Error handling and retries
End-to-end integration tests

What you get

Tested integrations in staging
Integration runbook

What we need from you

API credentials and vendor contacts for connected systems

Risk handled

Silent sync failures that nobody notices until month-end.

Your staff test real scenarios in staging and learn the system role by role, with recorded guides they can return to.

What happens

Role-based training sessions
Scenario testing
Fix sprints on UAT findings

What you get

Signed UAT test matrix
Recorded training library

What we need from you

Key users available about four hours a week for testing

Risk handled

Staff meeting the system for the first time on go-live day.

We freeze the old system, move the final changes across, verify opening balances and switch over, usually across a weekend.

What happens

Final delta migration
Opening balance verification
Hardware and scanner checks

What you get

Live production system
Signed cutover checklist

What we need from you

A data-entry freeze on the old system at an agreed time

Risk handled

Downtime during trading hours.

The team that built the system stays on it after go-live: fixing issues on the day they surface, adjusting screens staff struggle with, and sitting with finance through the first month-end close.