xTuple Manufacturing Edition

Open source ERP recommended for manufacturing companies

Items by Product Category, Class, Characteristic
Support for Standard, Actual and Average Costing
Flexibility in defining and describing your Items, including support for Aliases and Substitutes
Multiple types of Images suitable for online catalogs, pick lists, engineering diagrams, and more
Item Variants, with support for user-defined Options and Attributes to build infinite variations on your standard finished goods
Bills of Materials (BOMs), the basic definition of how a product is manufactured, can be as simple or as complex as needed

Items have corresponding Item Sites for order parameters, ABC class, lead time, and where/how Items are located in Warehouses
Fully multi-warehouse and supports multiple Locations inside Warehouses
Able to define whether a Location is Netable for purposes of valuing Inventory
Able to define Quarantined or other Restrictive Locations
Able to define Warehouse Zones and Aisle/Rack/Bin/Location controls
Freeze inventory quantities to minimize the impact on ongoing production during Physical Inventory Count
Full lot and serial control, with detailed inventory transaction history
Shipping & Receiving supports multiple carriers, user-customized forms and reports
Fully integrated with Production, Inventory, Sales, Purchasing and Financials
Supports all leading barcode formats, including Code 3 of 9, Code 128, UPC and EAN
Supports both tethered and wireless barcode reader solutions

Controls all orders, operations and work centers on the shop floor
Multiple stages of Work Orders, including Open, Exploded (materials requirements issued and operations created), Released to the floor, In Process and Closed
Control production schedules and priorities at all stages of the manufacturing process
Track variances in material usage and labor with precision
Maintain and modify Production Bills of Materials (BOMs) and Bills of Operations (BOOs) for maximum flexibility

Empowers proactive management of your production and inventory levels
Build out Master Production Schedule (MPS) with Production Plans and Forecasts, time-phased over your defined standard calendars, whether absolute or relative
Use MRP to determine when to build assemblies, sub-assemblies and order component parts
Use Running Availability feature for up-to-the-minute insight across your operations
Use Capacity Planning to improve production scheduling and utilization of labor and machinery by tracking activity at individual work centers over time
Identify bottlenecks and down time (by Item, Work Center or Planner) and increase efficiency across the organization
Use Constraint Management subsystem for simplified Shop scheduling based on Lean and Theory of Constraints concepts
—Not available in starter PostBooks® Edition, limited features in Distribution Edition—

Order entry gives sales representatives complete visibility into real-time inventory availability and production schedule
Option of allowing customer demand drive work order production directly (or purchase requests, in the case of purchased items)
Supports Quotes, which can be converted to actual Orders when firm
Supports multiple levels of tax codes which can be tailored to your customers local markets
Allows for a rich array of pricing options, by Customer, Groups, Types and Categories
Allows for special promotions and sales, and the ability to adjust customer buying power by credit rating
Deep and rich historical sales data available for detailed analysis across multiple time periods, using multiple variables
Includes over 200 standard Reports, including 30 in Sales Analysis, all customizable using OpenRPT Report Writer, included with the system

Adds dimensions to your Customers with a Universal Address Book
Allows multiple Contacts and Addresses per Account
Allows Accounts to be Prospects, Customers, Vendors, Partners, even Competitors
Incident Management and To-Do List subsystems enable rich history and tracking of customer issues and communications
Opportunity Management tracks pre-sales prospecting, tightly integrated with other CRM subsystems
Allows for association of Quotes, Sales Orders, Work Orders and Purchase Orders with a particular Project
Track progress and individual Tasks within each Project
Enter and track Time and Expense by Project Tasks
Create customer Invoices and employee Vouchers for project work completed

Manages all interactions with Vendors, including Purchase Requests, actual Purchase Orders, Vouchers and Receipts
Real-time integration with entire system so you can consolidate and optimize purchasing procedures across the organization
Keep track of Vendor Performance on Rejected Materials, Delivery Date Variances and Price Variances
Both Purchase Orders and Sales Invoices may be sent via email in multiple document formats

Includes a powerful General Ledger, tightly integrated in real-time with the other modules of the system
Flexibility in defining your Chart of Accounts, with support for four Segments in Account Numbers, each of any length
Define an unlimited number of Accounting Periods per year, and certain users have the option of posting into closed Periods
Supports Standard Journals and Standard Journal Groups, with Expiration and Effectivity Dates for simple Period-End Posting
Financial Reports are completely user-definable
Open architecture facilitates simple interfaces to third party applications such as spreadsheets, payroll and fixed asset depreciation
Accounts Payable supports User-Defined Check Formats, assigned on a Bank Account basis, and full Reconciliation capability
Control over check runs and look-up of historical purchasing data, user-defined aging of open items and time-phased cash requirements
Accounts Receivable allows for easy creation and posting of Invoices, management of Cash Receipts, Debit and Credit Memos
Accounts Receivable allows for time-phased cash projections and open receivables