ERP Solutions
for the Electrical and Electronics Industry

In the electrical and electronics industry, production often relies on scheduling based on the availability of critical work centers. Fluentis ERP provides tools to plan around the critical phase, enabling the system’s algorithm to automatically schedule all subsequent phases of the workflow.

This approach ensures that planning for the critical phase triggers a cascading “pull” logic to optimize the scheduling of other tasks. It maximizes the utilization of work centers and labor groups involved, ensuring a streamlined and efficient production process.

For production workflows that alternate between internal and external phases, accurately tracking wait times is critical. These metrics empower businesses to devise effective cost strategies and enhance overall process efficiency.

Fluentis ERP allows users to assign specific wait or queue times to each phase in the production cycle. These times can later be analyzed through post-process reporting, offering actionable insights to identify bottlenecks and streamline operations.

Managing a multi-level bill of materials (BOM) is essential for effectively handling semi-finished products in inventory. Fluentis ERP enables grouping within the BOM, such as by wire/cable type or color, to streamline specific production phases like cutting operations.

Managing outsourcing and home-based workers is essential in this sector, allowing real-time updates on production progress. Outsourcing partners and home workers are assigned their own production capacity, and with the planning tools in Fluentis ERP, external work phases and the necessary materials can be easily and quickly allocated.

The system allows businesses to track the availability of external resources at any given time. Alerts are triggered when the minimum stock level of components at external warehouses is reached.

This ensures that the management of external resources is always under control. At the end of the month, or according to the billing period, businesses can generate reports to recognize the work completed by home-based workers.

Production in this sector often follows a batch or serial number system. Fluentis ERP ensures complete traceability of production, both forward and backward. It allows users to quickly and easily query the serial number or batch of an item to view its composition, whether by batch or serial number.

Similarly, users can track the serial number or batch of a component to determine where it has been used in the production process.

The management of work cycles and real-time production reports enables the creation of a dashboard that highlights, through a traffic light system, the gain or loss in production. For each production order, it is possible to view the estimated material costs and labor costs, compared with the actual material costs and labor costs, along with the corresponding percentages.

The production planner, as well as the responsible sales representative, always have access to a tool that highlights any delivery delays in real time, based on production reports. This allows the delay to be confirmed and, through a workflow, an automatic email can be sent to the end customer, indicating the new delivery date.

The interconnection between Fluentis and Industry 4.0 machines is a key element for optimizing and driving the digital transformation of industries. Industry 4.0 is defined by the integration of digital technologies into production processes.

With the interconnection between Fluentis and Industry 4.0 machines, companies can achieve greater operational efficiency and a more intelligent management of resources. Fluentis acts as the “core” of the business, managing activities such as resource planning, order management, inventory, accounting, and more.

Integrated within Fluentis, you’ll find statistics related to supplier scoring. The supply chain is critical for managing components on a Just-In-Time basis. Monitoring delivery punctuality and taking timely action helps the company anticipate potential line stoppage issues.

It is equally important to track your own delivery times. Fluentis includes a statistic on delivery punctuality, allowing you to monitor this metric over a specified time period.

Fluentis is integrated with the organization that defines the standard format for price lists of companies producing or distributing electrical materials. Fluentis provides real-time visibility of the entire manufacturer’s catalog, highlighting the product codes used in the ERP system, including prices, technical specifications, and barcodes. This is useful for the technical department to find the appropriate component for creating quotes and prototypes. The Fluentis solution allows for the creation or update of products and manufacturer price lists.

With Fluentis, it is possible to manage the assembly and commissioning of specific electrical systems and panels at the job site, including on-site operations. Fluentis allows you to manage individual customer projects with a preliminary bill of materials for the on-site assembly, which differs from the internal production bill of materials. This enables the planning of material procurement for external interventions, resource and personnel scheduling, and management of travel documents and business trips, while also tracking expenses and interventions.

Fluentis and vertical warehouses are two key elements that, when integrated, can revolutionize business operations’ efficiency and organization.

Vertical warehouses are automated storage systems that leverage vertical space to optimize the storage and retrieval of goods. These systems consist of vertical shelving units that allow quick, automated access to items, reducing picking and packaging times.

The integration of Fluentis with vertical warehouses enables more accurate inventory management, with real-time updates on stock levels and item locations. This optimization of material flow helps minimize human error and improves overall warehouse efficiency.

Managing prototypes in Fluentis is a key process for companies involved in the development and production of new products.

Through prototype management, Fluentis enables companies to organize and track every stage of the prototype lifecycle, from initial conception to final realization. This process provides greater visibility and control over the development of new products, fostering collaboration between design, engineering, and production teams.