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Production Management
Efficiently plan, schedule, and execute production tasks to align with demand forecasts and inventory levels with Sage X3 ERP.
Quality Control
Maintain high quality with Sage X3 ERP's support for inspections, quality records, and compliance throughout production.
Inventory Management
Sage X3 ERP provides advanced inventory tools for tracking stock levels, movements, and valuation, reducing waste.
Manufacturing Costing
With Sage X3 ERP get access to detailed costing for accurate estimation, expense tracking, and variance analysis, enhancing cost control.
Traceability and Compliance
Get in control with Sage X3 ERP's full traceability of components and products, supporting 100% compliance.
Integrated Business Functions
Sage X3 ERP integrates manufacturing with finance, sales, and procurement, ensuring unified operations and seamless data flow.
Production Management
Streamlined, efficient production with Sage X3 ERP's robust production management tools:
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Production Planning: Optimize production schedules to align with demand forecasts accurately, reducing potential delays, enhancing resource allocation, and maximizing overall output efficiency.
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Resource Allocation: Strategically allocate machinery, workforce, and materials to optimize productivity, reduce downtime, and ensure that resources are utilized effectively across all production stages.
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Work Order Tracking: Continuously monitor work orders in real-time, enabling precise scheduling, enhanced control over production processes, and timely adjustments to meet demand effectively.
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Live Production Insights : Access real-time visibility into current production status, enabling quick adaptations, proactive decision-making, and continuous improvements to enhance operational efficiency and output.
We’re more agile, because we now have the information we need to make better decisions. We’re working with real-time data instead of historical reports based on stale data. The information we’re getting from Sage X3 allows us to move things within the system that we weren’t able to do, at the speed at which we weren’t able to do it.
We’re more agile, because we now have the information we need to make better decisions. We’re working with real-time data instead of historical reports based on stale data. The information we’re getting from Sage X3 allows us to move things within the system that we weren’t able to do, at the speed at which we weren’t able to do it.
Total Quality Control
Maintain high quality standards and ensure compliance with powerful quality control features
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Scheduled Inspections: Strategically plan inspections at critical stages of the production process to maintain high product quality, ensure consistency, and proactively address potential quality issues early on.
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Non-Conformance Tracking: Detect and systematically manage non-compliant items throughout production, enabling corrective actions that support continuous improvement and uphold quality standards across all manufacturing stages.
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Detailed Quality Reports: Obtain comprehensive insights into quality trends and performance metrics, providing actionable data to drive improvements, ensure compliance, and maintain high standards throughout production.
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Regulatory Compliance: Ensure continuous audit readiness with integrated compliance tracking and automated documentation, simplifying adherence to industry standards and maintaining regulatory requirements across all production activities.
3S Solar Plus are an innovative solar equipment manufacturer in Switzerland. We are using Sage Business Cloud X3 to optimize our supply chain and realize our dream of manufacturing carbon-neutral houses to help reduce our impact on the planet.
The Sage team demonstrated how to run these processes and by showing us some great examples early on I could see quickly and easily how agile the system was and I knew that was what we needed. The solution was implemented on time, to budget, and without any operational problems at all despite the tight turnaround time.
To maintain our market lead, I wanted the production to be flawless, but also the logistics to flow. The scalability of the solution has allowed us to complete what was essentially a tailor-made project.
Through unifying all the firm’s databases and business processing systems “Sage X3 has broken down barriers within our business, and means our teams are working together more effectively and more efficiently.
As we were growing, we suddenly found ourselves with three suppliers of guitars, additional suppliers of spare parts, and accessories, dozens of dealers all around the world and with long lead times in guitar production, it was becoming unmanageable very quickly, explains Strandberg.
Sage X3 has given Strandberg total traceability – from the birth of a guitar through to a purchase order and onwards to delivery to the end customer – all tracked by serial numbers.
Strandberg asserts that Sage X3 has become key to running the business. “If we were to take Sage X3 out of our business, we’d stop operating.
Inventory Management
Take control of your inventory and reduce waste with advanced inventory tools
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Real-Time Stock Monitoring: Continuously track inventory levels and stock movements in real-time, preventing stockouts, optimizing replenishment timing, and ensuring smooth production flow to meet demand efficiently.
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Accurate Inventory Valuation: Select from various valuation methods, including FIFO, LIFO, and weighted average, ensuring precise inventory valuation that aligns with financial and regulatory requirements.
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Warehouse Optimization: Effectively manage multiple warehouse locations to enhance operational efficiency, streamline picking and packing processes, and optimize storage utilization, ensuring faster fulfillment and reduced costs.
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Demand Forecasting: Accurately plan inventory requirements by leveraging trend-based demand forecasting, enabling precise stock management, reducing overstock or shortages, and aligning supply with anticipated customer demand.
When we went for Sage X3, our main interest was security in terms of making sure that our data was intact, did not crash, and was delivered to the right person at the right time. I could not see any other software that would give us the comfort we had with Sage. After implementing Sage, we are reviving lines we previously stopped and are imminently introducing a new order line.
Manufacturing Costing
Gain clarity on production costs and uncover cost-saving opportunities
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Cost Estimation: Precisely estimate costs for materials, labor, and overhead, providing a reliable foundation for setting competitive pricing, budgeting, and improving overall financial planning in production.
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Real-Time Cost Tracking: Continuously monitor and compare actual production costs with initial estimates, enabling timely variance control and ensuring budget adherence throughout the manufacturing process.
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Variance Analysis: Gain in-depth insights into cost variances, identifying areas for potential savings and optimizing resource allocation to enhance cost efficiency across the production process.
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Comprehensive Cost Reports: Access detailed cost reports that provide essential insights, supporting accurate financial planning, informed decision-making, and strategic budgeting to drive profitability and operational efficiency.
We wanted a plug-and-play solution, not bespoke—we wanted to configure, not customise-and it had to support best practices. We also wanted a cloud-based solution. As well as fitting in with our organisation’s ‘digital first’ approach, a cloud solution meant we don’t have to heavily invest in IT infrastructure,” Helen said. “Instead, we have put that money towards helping animals,
And it’s been a success—the timetable and schedules are better. Even the auditors have seen a real difference. We have better data insight and can respond with much greater agility to their requests for information.
Innovation is not a one-off activity. It’s a process that needs to become entrenched in the organisation. Integral to this is the constant re-evaluation of what the business has that adds value to its customers.
The business needs to view change as a constant not just as a concept, something deeply entrenched in our DNA.
Sales were managed on paper, contracts were managed on paper, and there were various other silo-type approaches to the management of the business. Our primary goal was to bring all elements of the business into one system.
Traceability & Compliance
Achieve complete traceability and simplify compliance with built-in tracking tools
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Lot and Serial Tracking: Monitor and trace products from initial raw materials through each production stage to final delivery, ensuring full transparency and accountability with lot and serial tracking.
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Audit Trails: Ensure regulatory compliance by maintaining a secure, transparent audit trail, providing a detailed record of all transactions and activities throughout the production process.
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Recall Management: Rapidly identify and handle product recalls with complete traceability, ensuring swift response, minimizing risk, and maintaining customer trust and regulatory compliance.
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Regulatory Documentation: Streamline and simplify documentation processes to meet industry standards such as FDA, ISO, and GMP, ensuring compliance and ease in regulatory audits and reporting.
We saw the business was growing….we knew that we needed to have a system that would grow with us. It has made all our lives easier, Sage X3 is being used across the board from purchasing through receiving, manufacturing and accounts. We’re all on the same system, able to track information in real-time.
Integrated Business Functions
Seamless integration across departments, enhancing collaboration and efficiency
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Unified Data Flow: Gain seamless access to a single source of truth, integrating data across finance, sales, and procurement, enhancing transparency, consistency, and informed decision-making throughout the organization.
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Automated Workflows: Streamline operations by automating workflows between departments, minimizing manual tasks, reducing errors, and improving efficiency to enhance collaboration and productivity across the organization.
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Financial Integration: Connect manufacturing costs directly with financial books, providing transparent, accurate reporting and enabling better financial oversight, budgeting, and strategic planning across production and finance.
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End-to-End Visibility: Achieve a comprehensive 360° view of all operational processes, from order placement to final delivery, empowering informed, strategic decision-making at every stage.
We wanted a plug-and-play solution, not bespoke—we wanted to configure, not customise-and it had to support best practices. We also wanted a cloud-based solution. As well as fitting in with our organisation’s ‘digital first’ approach, a cloud solution meant we don’t have to heavily invest in IT infrastructure,” Helen said. “Instead, we have put that money towards helping animals,
And it’s been a success—the timetable and schedules are better. Even the auditors have seen a real difference. We have better data insight and can respond with much greater agility to their requests for information.
Innovation is not a one-off activity. It’s a process that needs to become entrenched in the organisation. Integral to this is the constant re-evaluation of what the business has that adds value to its customers.
The business needs to view change as a constant not just as a concept, something deeply entrenched in our DNA.
Sales were managed on paper, contracts were managed on paper, and there were various other silo-type approaches to the management of the business. Our primary goal was to bring all elements of the business into one system.