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Manufacturing

From production order to finished goods, fully tracked

A complete manufacturing execution system on the platform: multi-level bills of materials, work orders routed through every work center and operation, real material consumption and quality plans on the line — connected to Inventory and Purchasing on the same row.

Multi-level BOM · work centers · operations · quality plans · real consumption
app.response365.ai · Work Order · WO-2041
WO-2041 · Pump Assembly 80L In progress · 3 of 5 ops
Planned qty
120
Yield
98.3%
Std cost
€8.4k
Operations · consumption · quality
Op 30 · CNC mill · WC-0442 of 120 · 18m / unit
Running
Steel housing · lot L-7782114 / 120 · −2 scrapped
Consumed
QC plan · pressure test40 of 42 passed · 2 holds
Quality
BOM + Work Ordersone model, the same row
Quality on the lineplans attached to operations
multi-level BOM depth
1
work order to finished goods
N
work centers & operations
4
standards-ready frameworks
The problem

The shop floor runs on spreadsheets — the ERP finds out a week later

The BOM lives in engineering. The work orders live in a printed travelers folder. Real consumption is reconciled against plan once a month, badly. Quality is a clipboard at the end of the line — by the time a defect shows up, three more lots have shipped.

Response365 makes the work order the live record: every operation, every component consumed, every quality check sits on the same row that Inventory, Purchasing and the GL already read from.

BOMA CAD export
TravelersPrinted paper
ConsumptionCounted next month
QualityA clipboard
InventoryA different ID
FinanceCosts the wrong batch
Why it's different

An MES on the same row as your ERP

BOM and work orders, one model

The same multi-level bill of materials engineering signs off becomes the consumption plan the floor draws against — and the cost roll-up the GL books. No re-export, no second source of truth.

Routing through real work centers

Operations route through the work centers and resources that actually exist — with setup, run-rate and queue time on each step. Capacity is not a guess.

Quality plans on the operation

Quality plans attach to specific operations, not to a separate binder. Holds, non-conformances and SPC samples are part of the work order — caught at the operation that produced them.

One row, every stage

From sales order to finished goods — one work order

Enriched at each stage, never re-created. Components are pulled from Inventory and replenished by Purchasing.

1
Demand

A sales order, forecast or stock policy creates demand against a manufactured item.

2
BOM & routing

The multi-level bill and routing resolve into a component list and an operation sequence.

3
Work order

Released with planned quantity, due date, work centers and material reservations.

4
Issue to floor

Components are picked from inventory by lot and serial — the consumption is on the row.

5
Operations

Each operation reports start, finish, good and scrap quantities against its work center.

6
Quality

Plans attached to operations record samples, results, holds and non-conformances.

7
Receipt to stock

Finished goods land back in inventory by lot — with actual cost rolled up. one row, end to end

Bills of materials

Multi-level BOMs, not a parts list

A real BOM is a structured tree — and it has to stay accurate as engineering revises it.

  • Multi-level structurefinished good → sub-assemblies → components → raw materials, any depth
  • Phantoms & alternatesphantom assemblies, allowed substitutes and effectivity dates per line
  • Standard cost roll-upmaterial, labour and overhead roll up through the structure on every release
  • Revisions & ECOsengineering change orders move BOMs through versioned, approved states
Pump 80L · rev D1 finished · 3 sub-assemblies · 24 parts
Level 0
Std cost · €68.40 / unitrolled up through every level
Rolled
ECO-118 · effective 1 Julseal upgrade · approved
Revision
Work orders

The work order is the live record

Most shop floors track work on paper and reconcile to the system afterwards. Response365 makes the work order itself the system.

  • Released against demandauto-generated from sales orders, forecasts or min/max stock policies
  • Operation-level statuseach operation tracks start, finish, good, scrap and rework against its work center
  • Real consumptioncomponents consumed by lot and serial — variance to plan is visible immediately
  • Actual vs standard costat close-out, actual material, labour and overhead are compared to the standard roll-up
WO-2041 · Pump 80L · qty 120released · due in 6 days
Released
Op 30 · 42 of 120good 40 · scrap 2 · running
In progress
Yield · 98.3% · variance −1.2%actual vs standard, this lot
Live
Work centers & routings

Capacity that reflects the real shop floor

A routing is a sequence of operations on resources you actually own — not an abstraction in a spreadsheet.

  • Work centers as resourcesmachines, cells and lines with their own calendars, shifts and rates
  • Operations with timingsetup, run, queue and move time per step — not a single "lead time" field
  • Finite-capacity schedulingwork orders are placed against real available hours, not infinite capacity
  • Alternates & outsourcingalternate work centers and outsourced operations modelled as first-class steps
WC-02 · Lathe3
WO-2031 · Op 10
qty 80
setup 30m · run 6m/u
WO-2034 · Op 20
qty 50
queued · 2h wait
WC-04 · CNC mill2
WO-2041 · Op 30
qty 120
running · hot
WO-2043 · Op 30
qty 60
scheduled tomorrow
WC-07 · Assembly1
WO-2039 · Op 50
qty 200
2 of 4 cells busy
OUT · Coating1
WO-2031 · Op 40
qty 80
supplier S-104 · 3 days
Quality on the line

Quality is part of the work order, not a separate binder

A defect caught at op 30 is fixed in minutes. A defect caught at the dock is a recall.

  • Quality plans on operationsplans attach to specific operations with sample size, frequency and acceptance criteria
  • Holds and non-conformancesa failed check holds the lot at that operation — the next step is blocked, not optional
  • SPC and trend signalsvariable and attribute data feed control charts; out-of-control signals raise an alert
  • Audit trail by defaultevery reading, every disposition, every signature logged against the work order
Pressure test · Op 301 in 10 · 16 bar · ±0.5
Plan
NCR-0418 · lot L-77822 units held · disposition open
Hold
SPC chart · WC-04cp 1.42 · in control · 8 lots
SPC
Shop-floor workflows

The workflows most plants run on paper

Material issue & backflush

Pre-pick to the work order or backflush at op completion — each component drawn down by lot and serial, against the planned consumption on the BOM line.

Yield, scrap & rework

Good, scrap and rework reported at each operation. Scrap reasons and rework loops are first-class — the cost of poor quality is visible per work order, not at month-end.

OEE & shop-floor KPIs

Availability, performance and quality combine into a live OEE per work center — with throughput, queue time and yield trended across shifts and lots.

Standards & traceability

Two engines regulated manufacturers usually license separately

Regulated-manufacturing ready

Designed for IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP and SPC workflows. Control plans, FMEA references and part-submission packages live alongside the BOM and routing — inspections, corrective actions and signatures sit on the same row as the work order.

Genealogy & recall

Every finished serial knows the lots it consumed; every consumed lot knows the work orders it went into. Forward and backward traceability is one query across Inventory and Warehouse.

Build vs buy

The absence of the MES-on-top-of-ERP tax

CapabilitySAP S/4HANA ManufacturingNetSuite Advanced ManufacturingResponse365 Manufacturing
Multi-level BOM with phantoms and alternatesYesYesYes — versioned
Work centers with finite-capacity schedulingAdd-on moduleAdd-on moduleYes — native
Operation-level reporting (good, scrap, rework)YesLimitedYes — per operation
Quality plans attached to operationsSeparate QM moduleAdd-onYes — native
SPC and non-conformance workflowSeparate licenseNoYes — built in
Real consumption by lot and serialYesYesYes — same row as inventory
Actual vs standard cost, livePeriod closePeriod closeYes — at op close
One record across BOM, WO, inventory, GLData migrationSync via integrationYes — same row
CostPer-user/mo + add-onsPer-user/mo + add-onsIncluded in Response365
The business case

What this means in euros

The conservative annual case for a mid-sized discrete manufacturer running two shifts on a dozen work centers.

€80–160k
Replace MES + add-ons

A bolt-on MES, a separate quality module and a finite-scheduling tool — all retired into one platform.

€90–180k
Recover production-control time

Planners, schedulers and shop-floor leads stop reconciling paper travelers with the ERP.

€60–140k
Reduce scrap and rework

Quality plans on the operation catch defects at the source — not at the dock or the customer.

€230–480krecoverable in year one

Before counting the MES-to-ERP integration tax — and orders that ship on time because capacity, materials and quality sit on one row.

One work order, demand to finished goods to GL

Let us show you in seven minutes how a sales order becomes a work order, routes through real work centers, consumes by lot, passes its quality plan and lands back in inventory — without anyone retyping anything.