Cetec ERP streamlines the procurement process, cutting through complex dependencies of supply chains and material needs to help you buy strategically and optimize cash flow.

Cetec ERP Can Help You

• Increase your cash flow with more systematic management of purchasing activity.
• Accurately buy parts to predictively fill orders and production needs.
• Quickly get visibility to analyze purchasing data and history.
• Manage complex supply chains and procurement processes.
• Predict need, pinpoint buying times, and minimize carry and outlay.
• Ensure goods arrive on time.
• Optimize cash flow as buying volume increases.
• Reduce inventory, buy strategically, and accelerate response times to free up cash.
• Customize requisitions and purchase approvals process and workflow to scale your buying team and A/P department.

Other Purchasing & MRP Features Include:

• Material Requirements Planning (MRP) delivers suggested buy quantities based on supply/demand forecasting and ROP kanban levels
• Automatic POs per material requirements supply/demand analysis (i.e. queued for approval and PO placement)
• Shortage / Late work orders report delivers projected shortages
• Get “days early” metrics from material allocation to better manage cash flow
• Shop multiple vendors with RFQs built into PO template/approvals process and minimize outlay
• One-click PO entry from pQuote
• PO approvals and workflow based on price threshold settings
• Issue POs to vendors directly from Cetec ERP (via professional, consistent PDF)
• PO document auto-populated with vendor contact information to automate send
• Specify dimensional inventory requirements on POs
• Acknowledge PO receipt and commit dates with vendors; run open PO list by acknowledged or unacknowledged
• Vendor performance grading and on-time delivery reporting
• Attach outsource POs (subcontract work) to one or more work orders
• Meet subcontractor min buy requirements by placing a single PO to fulfill outsource requirements across multiple work orders
• Pass outsourcing costs through to the work orders that “consume” the outsourced service
• Receive partially against PO line items with remainder to stay open with vendor on backorder
• PO lines close automatically upon full receipt of product; POs close automatically upon full receipt of product on all PO lines
• Place POs for non-inventory items and track unto vouchering
• Link vendor PO line items seamlessly to A/P vouchering process
• Automatically Create Up To Date Lists of which Materials Need to be Purchased Today.
• Shop multiple sources for Parts/Materials Without Extra Work.
• Convert Supplier RFQs to Purchase Orders with a Single Click.
• Manage Purchasing Permissions with User-Specific Workflow and Approvals.
• Prepare For Supplier Communication with History Reporting and vendor score cards
• Easily View Purchase History by Product, Buyer, Supplier, or Nearly Any Other Criteria.
• Buy material based on forecasted demand against current inventory levels, open POs, and supplier lead times.
• Report on need-to-buy quantities of material based on ROP (re-order point) values.
• Identify real-time shortages of material based on work order component and subassembly requirements.