Purchasing Management, Materials Management
DISO purchasing management and materials management functions make for simple and efficient handling of all purchasing assignments on time and at good prices. Comprehensive inquiry and order functions provide logical support for day-to-day work. The warehouse management module is easy to use and has a flexible structure. The inventory management concept always gives a complete view of stocks on hand.
Inventory Management
For inventory valuation, you can define whether stocks are to be valued at average or cost-rate prices, or using other values. Interfaces to financial accounting programs support the demand for an integrated, company-wide system. Considerable time in purchasing activities is saved with the integrated generation of materials requisitions by the costing program and comparison against stock materials, based on lists generated by a function that automatically ascertains the requirements. Timely notice of upcoming delivery dates and warnings of overdue shipments through inventory management help you initiate the proper remedial action. The inventory management system also automatically generates reminders or issues notices to suppliers of goods which are soon to be delivered.
It is possible to electronically enter the shipping notes issued by suppliers and compare them with the delivery actually received. Then they can automatically be booked to specific warehouses and locations, and the goods receipt vouchers are automatically generated, thanks to inventory management. Whenever there is a change in production, the scheduler always has information on the materials available and conflicting orders, can access pending materials calls, and can monitor online the receipt of scheduled deliveries to avoid costly waiting periods. DISO’s inventory management facilitates invoice tracing and the forwarding of invoicing data to the accounting department. The inventory management module attaches great importance to the reconstruction of purchasing activities. It is possible to have changes in transactions documented in detail and, where needed, configured for easy interpretation.
Time Management
Time management is the basis for controlling production planning, steering, without which chaos is predictable. Taking the familiar shift operations report as the basis, the DISO time management document is further developed to create the electronic report. In later stages, the presses and other machinery are queried online. Time management from DISO offers several alternatives which can be easily implemented, depending on the degree of organizational depth desired. The production reports and the DISO control center supply reliable production information for time management. Direct processing for time periods in cost accounting is implemented in DISO to ascertain current hourly rates.
DISO time management offers a supplementary tool used in calculating gross wages with a parameter set to define all types of wages in the graphics industry and to respond flexibly to modifications in work schedules. Interfaces to the market’s leading payroll preparation programs – such as SAP, DATEV or IBM – simplify the transfer of wage data and ensure an integrated workflow. User-friendly entry screens on the time management feature make for quick data input. Repeated data can simply be copied, making a significant contribution to reducing data input time and effort.
To allow for phased transition from manual voucher registration to electronic and online data collection on the time management option, DISO provides an electronic shift operations report. Performance figures are always up to date; tampering with job tickets is made more difficult. The DISO time management system gives the user the advantage of starting with a simple voucher-based organization and then expanding successively to match growing needs and expectations.
Production Planning And Control, Enterprise Resource Planning
DISO production planning and control, a form of enterprise resource planning, is a central module within the integrated DISO workflow. To ensure that the workflow, from customer inquiry through to shipping, is stable and under control, DISO production planning and control, or enterprise resource planning offers alternates to manual planning boards. For enterprise resource planning, planning data can be drawn from the job cost estimates and production costing figures; planning tables with a time line and barcode labels for digitizing the board are prepared during production planning and control so that a barcode scanner can be used for reading.
The next planning stage provides for an electronic planning board. The planner is supported by practice-tested processing methods which are stable and easy to use. In order to give operations personnel even more informative data, the electronic planning board makes available a parameter-driven planning and deadline information system. Using the wide variety of data available in the DISO system, it is possible to compile planning and scheduling reports in largely user-definable formats. The utility in the electronic planning board is found in the integration of scheduling data, right through to electronic time recording.
