Manufacturing Overview

Manufacturing processes help organizations create finished goods from raw or semi-finished materials using some combination of labor and machinery. Finished goods are then sold, at a profit, to other manufacturers, wholesalers, or retailers who then sell them to consumers.

NetSuite integrates your manufacturing workflow from the sales order and process planning to building goods, tracking work orders, and releasing finished goods for shipping.

For information about how to work with NetSuite Manufacturing, see the following help topics:

• Assembly Item Records:

  Define the members of an assembly and then track both the raw materials and the assembled items separately.

• Assembly Work Orders:

  Track the production of assembly items needed for stock or to fill orders.

• Advanced Bill of Materials:

  List the quantities of raw materials, assemblies, sub-components, and parts needed to manufacture a product at one or multiple facilities.

  Important:

  The Advanced BOM record became available in NetSuite 2017.2. After your administrator enables the Advanced Bill of Materials feature, the Advanced BOM replaces the Assembly/Bill of Materials record.

• Bill of Materials Member Control for Assembly Items:

  Ensure that the right components are included in assembly builds at the right time. Use BOM controls to plan to use and purchase components which are effective or obsolete within specified times.

• Manufacturing Work In Process (WIP):

  Track work orders through the production process, from gathering materials, through shop floor assembly, to stocking finished goods.

• Manufacturing Routing:

  Schedule and record manufacturing operational activities against a complex work order that requires multiple teams of employees, or work centers.

• Manufacturing Preferences Overview:

  You can access manufacturing preferences at Setup > Manufacturing > Manufacturing Preferences.

• Outsourced Manufacturing:

  Outsourced manufacturing helps customers manage their subcontracted manufacturing processes by purchasing outsourced assembly production from vendors.

• SuiteAnalytics Manufacturing Workbook:

  NetSuite provides a Manufacturing Transaction [Beta] data source, which introduces the analytics transactions concept for manufacturing-specific transactions.

• Advanced Manufacturing SuiteApp:

  Extend your NetSuite manufacturing routing into the Advanced Manufacturing Work Bench.

  This connection enables manufacturers to define work instructions, associate material usage, compare resource supply with demand, and establish planned start and end times. To set up Advanced Manufacturing, you must install the Advanced Manufacturing SuiteApp.

• Manufacturing Mobile:

  The NetSuite Manufacturing Mobile SuiteApp enables operators with little ERP knowledge to use mobile scanners to report manufacturing shop floor data. This mobile solution compliments the existing Advanced Manufacturing scanner to provide improved performance, scalability, customization support, and streamlined production activities.

• Engineering Change Order:

  Generate Engineering Change Order (ECO) records to document changes to your Bills of Materials (BOMs) and authorize the implementation of those changes.

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