The core MRP module calculates everything, taking into account lead times, stock levels and preferred suppliers, and shows you what you need to order.  

• Import your sales orders from your customers into the software (either manually or automatically if digital). 
• Check existing stock levels. 
• Check lead times of any purchases to meet delivery and machine deadlines. 
• Raise POs and email to suppliers. 

• Running the MRP minimises stock levels and WIP, improves cash flow and schedules, and gives you an automatic audit trail for traceability. 

Access MRP software controls all the key functions demanded in manufacturing. Central to this is the Material Requirements Planning module - the MRP, and here the software automates the process for you. No more manual calculations.

• Raise Purchase Orders (POs) either manually or automatically for different suppliers, and see which parts are pending and which are received in full.  
• Give managers or designated employees permission to authorise POs while maintaining the audit trail. 

• Track outstanding orders from suppliers to ensure delivery deadlines are met. 
• Make it quick and easy for suppliers to acknowledge delivery dates and requirements. 
• Raise a Request For Quotation (RFQ) to invite suppliers to offer their most competitive price. 

• Automated order processing and invoicing. 
• Automatically generate sales orders and easily import them into the system to eliminate manual entries. 
• Create picking lists for more accurate processing and delivery notes. 
• Store Certificates of Conformity and release notes securely for each item that comes through the production line. 
• Raise automated invoices for customers and export the information to your existing accounting system.  

• Maintain multiple price lists with detailed customer discount options. 
• Control customer returns and dispatch of credit notes. 

Access Workspace is an additional solution working with Access FactoryMaster MRP to give you greater visibility and key analytics dashboards.

• Create detailed quotations for both new and existing products including bespoke work, make-to-stock and make-to-order. 

• Produce quick quotations for existing customers and previous orders. 
• Report on your quote success, including conversion rates per sales person. 
• Analyse customer loss and unsuccessful quotations to make improvements in the sales process and secure future conversions. 

• Create and structure a BOM under any part number with multiple levels plus manufactured sub-assemblies and bought in materials in any combination. 
• Automatically pull the required BOM when a new Works Order is created and then amend independently of the master BOM as required. 
• Display a ‘tree view’ of the Works Order components.  
• Record other useful information, such as colour and location. 

• Store and process orders from a single location to meet your supplier EDI requirements and your Industry 4.0 plans. 
• Locate items quickly by part number, description or other search criteria. 
• Access revised drawings and images to ensure all components are being made to the correct specification. 
• Record engineering change notes, allowing designated employees to record modifications made to a product design 

• Drill down into sub-assemblies to gain a detailed view of the manufactured product. 

• Capture production data during the manufacturing process and relay it to managers and/or display on interactive screens on the shopfloor. 
• Respond immediately when action is required e.g. checking design specifications or reporting employee hours. 

• Use alongside the Works Orders module for managing the manufacture of multiple parts: check the progress of each job and automatically monitor costs throughout. 

• 217 standard reports automatically available.  
• Purchasing reports include Invoice Day Book, Invoice Matching Variance Report showing the difference between PO prices and matched prices; and Planned Versus Actual Costs. 

• Quality reports include First Article Inspection Reports. 
• Seamlessly integrate with your financial software for financial reporting. 

• Capture data directly from the shopfloor and allow users to send system messages wherever they are in the factory. 

• Accurately capture the time spent on each stage of the manufacturing process using a touchscreen. 
• Access product drawings and images from the screens to check goods meet the design specifications and make sure teams understand what is required. 
• Store detailed training documents to make sure only employees qualified to use machines and other equipment do so. 
• Improve stock management and create robust audit trails by issuing and returning components to works orders. 
• Record when unmanned machines start and stop, logging quantities produced. 

• Log employee attendance, absence and shift patterns. 
• Generate time and attendance reports for payroll departments to use with their legacy accounting software, or upgrade to Access Financials.  
• Maintain the highest levels of safety by rapidly preparing fire roll-call lists. 

• Meet the highest quality standards required in UK and European manufacturing and prove compliance with both your customers’ QA and ISO 9000. 
• Generate regular reports to support evidence-based decision making for continuous improvement. 
• Achieve consistent results and more accurate forecasts by linking all processes, from orders and stock management to production and dispatch. 
• Control non-conformity in materials and components to eliminate defects in the manufacturing process. 
• Manage relationships with customers and sub-contractors to measure performance and provide feedback. 

• Track logistics performance and view the order process from the customer’s perspective using the On Time In Full.