ERP for engineer-to-order
In engineer-to-order, the product is designed or adapted for the customer. Engineering and production partly run in parallel. Digital WorkMate records the link between order, revision, BOM, costing and production, so changes are not lost.
Where it often pinches
- BOMs that still change while the order is running
- Variants and options per customer
- Estimating before the design is finished
- Pushing engineering changes through in a controlled way
The engineer-to-order chain
- 1Customer order
- 2Product variant
- 3Revision
- 4BOM
- 5Routing
- 6Costing
- 7Production
Revisions per order
Work in a new revision while the previous one stays released. Production orders and estimates remain linked to the revision they are based on.
Variants through commercial options
BOM lines can be linked to a commercial option, so only the selected options apply to the order and estimate. There is no rule-based configurator with formulas.
Structured engineering changes
With the task board template for engineering change requests and stage gates with approval you keep track of changes and decisions per order.
What Digital WorkMate offers for this today
For each part you can see whether it is fully or partially available.
- Product revisionsAvailable
Revisions with work-in-progress, released and obsolete status; released structures are protected against changes.
- Multi-level bills of materialsAvailable
Multi-level BOMs with phantom assemblies, dimensions (length, width, height) and material-loss rules for saw and cutting loss.
- Product options and variantsPartial
Commercial options decide which BOM lines apply to an order or estimate; no rule-based product configurator.
- Cost estimatingAvailable
Cost estimates based on the BOM; one action per component to reserve stock, create a purchase demand or a production order.
- Production orders with routingAvailable
Production orders with operations (setup, cycle and wait time), template orders as standard routings, grouping and yield/scrap per operation. The system advises the quantity to start to reach the required good quantity and shows the historical yield per product and operation, which you can adopt as the new default yield.
- Projects and project stockAvailable
Projects with locations, tasks, project stock and linked production orders.
- Hours, progress and actual costingAvailable
Actual times, consumption and scrap per operation; planned versus actual and the cost per good piece.
- Custom fields and templatesAvailable
Custom attributes on almost every entity (24 types) and ready-made templates for task boards and portfolios.
Engineer-to-order: frequently asked questions
How do I handle BOMs that still change while the order is running?
Work in a new revision while the previous one stays released. Production orders and estimates remain linked to the revision they are based on.
Does Digital WorkMate have a product configurator?
Partly. You link BOM lines to commercial options, so only the selected options apply to the order and estimate. There is no rule-based configurator with formulas.
How do I track engineering changes?
With the task board template for engineering change requests and stage gates with approval you keep track of changes and decisions per order.
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