New material requirements planning module completes State Of The Art's M.A.S 90 Level 2.0 Manufacturing Solution; New Level 2.0 enhancements further expand M.A.S 90 Manufacturing Solution's capability and flexibility.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1995--Accounting software developer State Of The Art Inc. (NASDDAQ:SOTA SOTA State Of The Art SOTA School of the Arts (San Francisco) SOTA Society of Typographic Aficionados SOTA Salmon of the Americas SOTA Society of the Ancients (gaming) SOTA Society of Taiwanese Americans ) Monday introduced a new Material Requirements Planning (application) Material Requirements Planning - (MRP) A system for effectively managing material requirements in a manufacturing process. Information systems have long been an important part of the manufacturing environment. (MRP (Material Requirements Planning) An information system that determines what assemblies must be built and what materials must be procured in order to build a unit of equipment by a certain date. ) module for its flagship M.A.S 90(r) EVOLUTION/2(tm) product line and its M.A.S 90(r) Manufacturing Solution. Also announced are powerful new Level 2.0 enhancements to the M.A.S 90 Manufacturing Solution increasing capability and flexibility. The Level 2.0 Manufacturing Solution modules will be shipping June 19, 1995 and the MRP module will begin shipping June 26, 1995. "Material Requirements Planning is our 26th module in the M.A.S 90(r) EVOLUTION/2(tm) product line," said Jennifer L. Wilson, vice president of sales. "Generally, most mid-range software providers have not provided competitive solutions in manufacturing but as a market it represents 20% of our installed base. With this module, not only will our end-users have increased capabilities, our resellers will enjoy even more revenue opportunities within the manufacturing industry." The MRP module was designed to simplify and speed up the work processes within purchasing and production departments making the M.A.S 90 Manufacturing Solution ideal for distributors and discrete manufacturers. The MRP system allows the purchasing manager A Purchasing Manager is an employee within a company, business or other organization who is responsible at some level for buying or approving the acquisition of goods and services needed by the company. to maintain sufficient amounts of materials on hand at all times. By projecting quantities needed, managers can delay or expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. purchase orders already placed, as well as indicate when new purchases should be made. Purchasing managers will also be able to minimize costs by keeping inventory at a minimum level, without disrupting the manufacturing schedule. With the MRP module, the MRP report generation process looks at "demand" based on open sales orders The sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order received by a business from a customer. A sales order may be for products and/or services. Given the wide variety of businesses, this means that the orders can be fulfilled in several ways. and sales projections, and "supply" based on inventory stock levels and open purchase orders. Product build times, lead times, and "supply" and "demand" functions are combined to estimate the need for an inventory item. Users can produce reports based on action by date to advise the purchasing manager which orders need to be placed, which need to be changed and which need to be canceled. The MRP module allows for entry of monthly and weekly sales projections by warehouse for each manufactured item, and monthly and weekly sales projections by customer. The Auto Work Order Generator automatically creates all required work orders, thus performing the most time-consuming step in the work order process for the user. The following is a highlight of the significant Level 2.0 enhancements made to the modules comprising M.A.S 90 Manufacturing Solution: Work Order Processing Level 2.0 o Enhanced generation of work orders from sales orders. When creating a work order from a sales order, options are now brought over for unexploded Sales Kits and Standard Bill Items. o Work Order cost roll-up simplifies maintenance of user's Standard Costs in Inventory. o Multiple batch entry, print and update. Multiple data sessions can now take place simultaneously in Work Order Transaction Entry, each with unique batch numbers assigned automatically or by the user. Bill of Materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. Level 2.0 o Multi-level production entry allows users to specify whether they want sub-assemblies exploded on your Bill of Materials Production Entries, and Disassembly dis·as·sem·ble v. dis·as·sem·bled, dis·as·sem·bling, dis·as·sem·bles v.tr. To take apart: disassemble a toaster. v.intr. 1. Entries, thus eliminating the need to create separate work orders for items that have multi-level Bill of Materials. o Additional bar code fields have been added allowing Bill Numbers, component numbers and quantities to be printed on the Picking Sheet. Inventory Management Level 2.0 o Extended Inventory Item Descriptions of up to 99 lines of 50 characters may be entered for an inventory item and are available for printing on sales order and purchase order forms. o Alias (1) An alternate name used for identification, such as for naming a field or a file. See CNAME record. (2) In the Mac, an alias is an icon that points to a program or data file. Item Numbers track an unlimited number of alias item numbers for your inventory items. o Enhanced Unit of Measure Conversion Maintenance to allow an unlimited number of entries and provide fractional units the unit of a fraction; the reciprocal of the denominator; thus, ¼ is the unit of the fraction See also: Unit measurement. Sales Order Processing Level 2.0 o Expanded Option Entry. Options defined in Bill of Materials may now be entered for Standard Bill types during Sales Order Entry and Invoice Data Entry. o Bar Codes. New fields have now been added allowing Order Numbers, Customer Numbers, Item Numbers, Quantities, and more to be printed as bar codes on Sales Orders, Picking Sheets, and Invoices. o Extended Item Descriptions may be entered for Miscellaneous Items and Special Items during Sales Order and Invoice Data Entry. Purchase Order Processing Level 2.0 o Work Order Integration. Purchase orders may now be created and identified as being for materials or outside processing for a Work Order. When a Receipt of Goods is processed, the costs will be updated directly to the Work Order Processing module. o Bar Codes. New fields have been added allowing Purchase Order numbers, Vendor Numbers, Item Number, and Quantities. o Extended Item Descriptions may be entered for Miscellaneous Items and Special Items during Purchase Order Entry and Return of Goods Entry. End-users may purchase the MRP module or Level 2.0 M.A.S 90 Manufacturing Solution directly from their Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. or Software Consultant. Suggested retail price for the MRP module is $1,999. Prices for M.A.S 90 Manufacturing Solution applications range from $799 to $1599. Pricing for updates is determined by the individual Reseller or Consultant. Founded in 1981, with headquarters in Irvine, State Of The Art Inc. develops and markets accounting software for microcomputers. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. is the award-winning M.A.S 90 EVOLUTION/2 accounting software for businesses with up to 500 employees. It also sells the highly acclaimed BusinessWorks(tm) Accounting for businesses with 5 to 50 employees, which is available in DOS or Windows. In addition, MacP&L(tm) and FlexWare(tm) accounting software are available for Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh computers. Its products are sold by authorized value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. and public accountants in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. CONTACT: State Of The Art Diana T. Wilson, 800/447-5700, ext. 8209 Trish Isen, 800/854-3415, ext. 3837 |
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