NetSuite Advanced Manufacturing
Streamline Production Workflows, Quality, and Planning
Manufacturers face intensifying pressure to get innovative products to market faster while maintaining quality standards. However, disjointed systems between engineering, production, inventory, quality and supply chain introduce delays and inefficiency. NetSuite Advanced Manufacturing provides unified cloud ERP to accelerate production and gain real-time operational visibility.
NetSuite goes beyond basic ERP manufacturing functionality to optimize production workflows, quality management, and planning. With integrated solutions tailored for assemble-to-order, engineer-to-order, make-to-stock environments and more, manufacturers can bring customized products to market faster.
Why Choose NetSuite Advanced Manufacturing?
- Streamline engineering change management with automated BOM/routing updates
- Digitize shop floor operations with paperless workflows
- Ensure quality compliance with integrated corrective actions
- Gain inventory and WIP visibility across production stages
- Optimize constrained resource scheduling
- Unify manufacturing data with financials and supply chain
When integrated across engineering, production, inventory, and supply chain, NetSuite Advanced Manufacturing goes beyond basic ERP to enable complete workflow automation and visibility.
Key Capabilities of NetSuite Advanced Manufacturing
Engineering
- Product lifecycle management
- Bill of materials and routing
- Engineering change order automation
Inventory/Planning
- Component and WIP tracking
- Reorder point and safety stock automation
- Advanced MRP and DRP logic
Production
- Shop floor execution tablets
- Standard and job-based workflows
- Component and assembly tracking
Process Improvement
- Production performance analytics
- Machine utilization reporting
- Overall equipment efficiency monitoring
Quality
- Inspections management
- Corrective actions monitoring
- Traceability across supply chain
Customization and Integration of NetSuite Advanced manufacturing
Customization
- SuiteScripts and workflows for custom production logic
- Custom quality management objects and workflows
- Additional shop floor interface customizations
- Extended manufacturing analytics and reporting
Integrations with NetSuite Modules
- Shared engineering, inventory, and supply chain workflows
- Real-time visibility across production stages
- Unified product data across modules
Third-Party Integrations
- Connectors for shop floor machines and sensors
- Quality management system integration
- Planning engine integration
- Manufacturing execution system integration
- EDI with supply chain partners
Industry Solutions
Automotive
- Vehicle configuration management
- Shop floor integration at plants
- Quality performance traceability
- Supplier defect analysis
High Tech
- Configure-to-order workflow automation
- Engineering change order management
- Component and accessory bundling
- Market specific configurations
Industrial Equipment
- Engineer-to-order product customization
- Field service management integration
- Total productive maintenance monitoring
- Automated warranty and returns
Aerospace and Defense
- Complex bill of materials management
- Shop floor execution for defense contracts
- Quality audit workflows
- Inventory allocation optimization
Medical Devices
- Shop floor execution for assembled devices
- Batch and serial number tracking
- Product recall orchestration processes
- Testing instrumentation integrated
Food and Beverage
- Batch ticket workflows
- Manufacturing date control
- Warehouse quality inspection processes
- Sell-by date management
Industrial Manufacturing
- Make-to-stock workflow automation
- Machine overall equipment efficiency
- Engineer-to-order customization
- Supplier quality collaboration
Consumer Products
- Make and assemble workflow automation
- Quality assurance policy management
- Inventory rotation and expiration oversight
- Supplier standards compliance
Get Manufacturing in high Gear
Optimizing plant operations is tough amidst constant change across supply chains, shop floors, product engineering, and quality requirements. From machine connectivity to quality automation and beyond, SuiteRep can get Advanced Manufacturing humming across your operation. Let’s talk!
FAQs
How can NetSuite help with quality and compliance?
Great question. NetSuite offers robust quality management with inspection workflows, out of spec case management, integrated corrective actions and robust traceability across supply chain partners—from raw goods to finished goods. This can help ensure products meet quality criteria while streamlining audit compliance.
What does the shop floor execution functionality actually do?
NetSuite digitizes production operations from paper-based systems, providing tablets for operators to manage state changes, track labor, report scrap, record downtime reasons, facilitate inventory moves and much more. This provides valuable visibility while eliminating paperwork.
We have complex manufacturing. How advanced is the planning engine?
NetSuite’s planning engine is extremely robust. You get demand forecasts using statistical projection methods, customizable multi-level MRP, capable-to-promise logic that considers material and capacity constraints, infinite scheduling plus supply chain collaboration capabilities. We can absolutely tailor robust planning for complex custom configure-to-order scenarios.
What types of data can NetSuite integrate from machines?
NetSuite provides standard connectors that allow capturing valuable machine data—from PLC logic to sensors for monitoring cycle times, overall equipment effectiveness metrics, production counts and much more. This enables optimizing asset utilization.