Sage Batch Controller

Sage Line 50 Batch Controller is designed to help Production Managers control materials, labour and machine costs within busy manufacturing environments.

Batch Controller helps manufacturers smoothly control production, works order processing with full batch traceability for materials control and tracking. Sage Batch Controller is intended for use by both batch manufacturers.

Line 50 Batch Controller gives you a powerful system that integrates with Sage Line 50 Financial Controller accounts, to provide greater control of your business. There are several definable elements to Batch Controller.

Bill Of Materials
The Bill of Materials provides an unlimited number of components through unlimited number of levels so you can create detailed bills of materials for products to be manufactured. This means that you can easily identify material shortages and automatically raise purchase orders, selecting from a list of alternative
suppliers. Machine and labour operations as well as subcontract operations are included.

Planning
The Master Production Schedule (MPS) collects information from Line 50 Sales Order Processing, and the Manufacturing systems Sales Forecast and Make to Stock items. The collated demand is displayed onto one screen. This information is then processed through the MRP module which also checks existing stock levels and orders. MRP automatically calculates material shortages, both for bought-in and manufactured items. Appropriate recommendations are offered by the system. Each stock item can have an unlimited number of alternative suppliers. Each supplier record has details of lead times, cost prices, and supplier’s part numbers and minimum order quantity.

Stock Projection
The Stock projection calculates predicted levels of selected stock items over any chosen time period. When the recommendations have been accepted the program will automatically raise Works or Purchase Orders as appropriate.

Works Order Processing
Works orders can be created automatically from MRP recommendations or manually entered. All stock levels are automatically updated when you allocate and/or issue stock against the works orders. Picking lists, route cards, operation cards and job sheets may be generated. On completion of  works orders, stock is automatically updated, enabling goods to be despatched immediately. Furthermore, the Sage Line 50 manufacturing software can then consolidate one delivery note from a number of different sales orders.

Materials and Finished Product Traceability
You can track  material movements from receipt, through production processes to despatch. Multiple stock
locations for components, raw materials or sub-assemblies is supported. Powerful search facilities allow instant recall of any GRN record. If your processes involve issuing a batch number to finished products, Batch Controller  can record this, enabling you to trace it to the customers who received it.

Certificates of Conformity
Certificates of Conformity can be produced as required, confirming products are manufactured to ISO 9001
quality standards.

Summary of New Features

Sage have made improvements by adding a host of valuable features across the new Line 50 Manufacturing range. Here’s a summary of the key changes that existing Line 50 Manufacturing users should find useful.

	Manufacturing Controller	Batch Controller	Job Controller	Bill of Materials
Planning & Scheduling:
Graphical Planner, powered by Preactor, produces optimised production schedules
View and analyse the impact of potential plan changes
Enhanced MRP engine
View projected future demand taking WIP into account
Sales Forecast Entry:
Enter a sales forecast demand to be used in MRP/MPS
Enter forecasts on a weekly basis
Estimating:
Fast estimate entry with all entries in one screen
Quote multiple batch sizes for creating estimates
Print suggested orders list by estimate stage, not just for whole estimate
New Look & Feel:
Microsoft XP look
Modernised interface
Customer 'Wish List' Items:
Improved smart jump & smart totals
Customise column headings
Quantity calculator (H x W x L)
Prove stock balances with GRNs
Multiple BOM costing using header quantity or enter any quantity
Rollup BOM costs for each element
Add a component to multiple BOMs at once
Cumulative lead time shown
Non-chargeable time reports