Design Manager

Bill of Materials Configurator

Design Manager is a Rules Based, Bill of Materials Configurator, with full mathematical capability, for maketo-order and make-to-stock Manufacturers. Design Manager ensures consistent and accurate Estimates and Costings, and controls the release of BOM’s to Production.

Part of the SMS V12 ERP system, the module can also stand alone or be integrated with other applications including Sage 50 and Sage 200.

Design Manager ensures that consistent and accurate Estimates and Costings can be prepared based on rules and questions held within the system. By entering information about each new product, an estimate can be quickly built up based on the materials and labour/processes required, but can also include other factors such as scrap allowances, tooling capital cost amortisation, refurbishment costs, packaging, fixed costs, margins and other allowances.

The ability to provide a rapid costing in a make-to-order situation, to know that it is accurate and that it includes all extra cost influences is key to manufacturers who wish to offer a first class service and rapid response to their customers.

Once an order is received, Design Manager controls the release of the Bills of Material to Production(including all relevant engineering control documentation). As Design Manager also holds all previous iterations of a design, it is possible to withdraw the current BOM from Production and replace it with an earlier version if the customer specifically needs it as a spares requirement for example.

Written in the UK using the latest Windows technology, Design Manager is an essential and reliable estimating, costing and BOM issue control solution for all manufacturing companies.