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Industry Specific
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JOMAR Industry Specific ERP Solutions support innovative Manufacturers and Distributors that provide products and services to a wide range and diverse set of markets.  Many JOMAR clients are Industry leaders in the markets they serve.     
        

Industry Specific
Manufacturing Solutions

JOMAR Industry Specific Core Processes are Flexible and Configurable providing Manufacturers and Distributors with the ability to Adapt their operations to produce and distribute products in any Mixed Mode Manufacturing Model scenario.

The diversity and complexity of the products and services provided by Industry Specific manufacturers and distributors often require a combination of Manufacturing Models. For example, they must be able to deliver some products on a Just-in-Time basis to another Tier in the Automotive Supply Chain.

At the same time, other products may need to be produced in a Customer Make to Order scenario. Prior to Final Delivery the product may also be transferred to a Distribution Center where it goes through a further series of Industry Specific Fabrication steps, such as Cutting, Slitting and Customer Specific Packaging for final shipment.

Demand for products can come from a Multitude of Channels such as Automotive Releases, Internet Portals and Web based Customer driven eCommerce sites.

JOMAR ERP consolidates and fully integrates the Multi-Channel Demand Stream with all of the Customer Service, Purchasing, Outsourcing, Inventory, Manufacturing Planning, Tracking and Distribution applications ensuring Full Visibility across the Enterprise.

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Awnings

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Aerospace Composites

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Environmental Protection

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Engineered Performance Materials

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Marine

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Medical

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Military

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Protective - Fire Military Utility Oil & Gas

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Retail

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Rigid Structures and Roofing

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WHY JOMAR

JOMAR has since its inception in 1982 continuously invested and developed New Generations of Industry Specific ERP Solutions to support our customers in their drive to transform their operations by integrating the power of the internet and the web to the adoption of modern Private and Public Cloud Services.

The company has 38 years of experience innovating and focusing on the Industry Specific Solutions required by its Customers. JOMAR has consistently invested in technology and the development of flexible configurable Industry Specific ERP Core Processes that can be combined as required by Manufacturers and Distributors to Adapt, Automate and Streamline the production and delivery of products and services to their markets.

JOMAR Solutions have proven abilities to Scale cost effectively and support long term growth of Global as well as small and medium sized manufacturing operations.

The Managed Cloud Services now provide manufacturers and distributors of all sizes with the ability to use the full scope of the JOMAR ERP applications on a modern secure technology platform, on a low cost of ownership monthly subscription basis, to capitalize on opportunities to grow their business domestically and more easily expand into foreign markets.

  • Best Practices Implemented across the full ERP Application Suite
  • Promotes Innovative thinking and change throughout the Organization
  • Flexible and Configurable Process Manufacturing Functions and Features
  • Adaptable Business processes drive the transformation to new Products, Markets and the implementation of new Manufacturing methods
  • A True Enterprise wide system that seamlessly integrates manufacturing for multiple Business Units and vertically integrated plants
  • Facilitates and speeds up the launch and implementation of new Products and Services
  • Simplifies the acquisition and merging of new Companies, Assets and Business Units
  • Scalable, Modern Current Technology Built for the Private and Public Cloud
  • Manufacturing Low Cost Competitive objectives are supported through modern design concepts, Configurable Business Rules and continuous adoption of new proven technology
  • Open Technology Framework supports integration of eCommerce and Virtual Markets
  • Implemented by small independent and multi-plant vertically integrated operations
Startups to SME to Global Enterprise

The Industry Specific ERP application has been implemented across organizations of all sizes from Startups to SME and Global Multi-Site operations.

The Industry Specific ERP functions have proven abilities to Scale cost effectively and support the increase in users and processing power as an organization expands. The functions can be activated as required to support the increased complexity of real time integration and connectivity requirements for growing companies such as:

  • Customer driven e-Commerce Web Portals and EDI
  • Vendor Portals for sourcing of raw materials
  • Subcontractor Services
  • Managing and tracking manufacturing across multiple facilities in different locations
  • Transferring finished goods to multiple distribution points for final shipment

The system provides the ability to simplify and easily manage the Enterprise Entity setup and configurations as it transforms and adapts to the expansion of its existing operations, acquiring of new business units or merging of existing operations to streamline and reduce overall operating costs.

Multi-Channel Demand Stream Consolidation

Customer Demand for products and services can come from a Multitude of Channels and media such as Automotive Releases, Internet Portals, online Web based Customer driven eCommerce sites and Retail EDI.

JOMAR ERP consolidates and fully integrates the full Multi-Channel Demand Stream with all of the Customer Service, Purchasing, Outsourcing, Inventory, Manufacturing Planning, Tracking and Distribution applications providing Full Visibility across the Enterprise.

Digital Transformation

Digitizing of data, documents, internal and external communication to streamline, automate and eliminate manual processes is supported throughout all of the system functions. Customer Acknowledgments, Quotations, Packing Slips, Bill of Ladings and Invoices can be generated and archived for future reference or e-mail. Manufacturing support documentation such as engineering drawings, QA Test and Inspection results, Certificates of Analysis are also archived as required.  Documents, such as vendor invoices can be scanned into the system and attached to Vendor Accounts.

RF and RFID barcode scanning automates and streamlines process flows in Distribution, Warehousing, Inventory Management, Purchasing Receipts, Manufacturing Tracking and Reporting.  Work flow event triggers can be configured to automate communication with e-mail alerts and messages.

Industry Specific
Manufacturing Functions

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Advanced Composites

The full range of core processes required to manufacture reinforced composite materials are supported. Aligning of fibers, filaments and fabrics, processing and layering of fabrics, impregnation and wetting using liquid matrix or resins, curing, cutting, sawing and slitting can be configured in any sequence required by product engineering.

Manufactured parts can be processed in multi stages allowing for curing cycles between repeated steps of fabric layering and resin or gelcoat application.  Product Detail specifications can be integrated with CNC and robotic equipment to automate processes such as the layering of fabric pre-pegs prior to curing.

Continuous flow processes can be configured to include resin formulas, die specification as required for forming of desired shape, roll put-up lengths, cutting, sawing and slitting to customer specific length and width. Formulations of liquid composite resins are integrated with Resin Transfer Molding detail product specifications including mold types, compression factors, temperature tolerances and curing cycle times.

All raw material types and substrates such as fiberglass, carbon fiber, quartz and polyester can be set-up inventoried and tracked at the Item, Roll, Lot and Quality level.  Quality Assurance and testing templates can be defined to monitor critical quality data of finished products such as compression and tensile strength, uniformity of thickness, fatigue and shrinkage. Test Templates can be configured to track results by Customer, Item, Roll, Lot and Quality.                    

Extruding Operations

Extrusion functionality supports the production of products such as films, pool covers, filaments, pipes, tubes, hinges, connectors, angles, channels, railings, packaging and automotive parts such as multi-layer tubes. The extrusion processes can support any input material type such as polymer compounds, ceramics, clays and aluminum. Product specifications can be configured to support solid, hollow and more intricate complex hollowed shapes.

Quality Assurance and testing includes configurable templates to measure key performance metrics such as dimensional tolerance, length, width, curvature, weight density, flammability, hardness, corrosion, abrasion and chemical resistance. Many of these test criteria are critical for products produced for the automotive, aerospace and medical industries.

Fabrication and Assembly

The Multi-level BOM and Activities integrated with Manufacturing Execution support generation of Final Assembly and Fabrication Orders for discrete parts and components. Options and features allow for assembly of products with customer specified accessories to create a finished assembly. Assembly orders can include additional fabrication processes or be linked automatically to Fabrication Orders set-up as a separate level in the Final Assembly BOM.

Lamination

The unique requirements of Lamination and the processing, tracking and full forward/backward traceability of multiple substrates of roll goods are fully supported. The ability to configure Lamination, Polymer Compounding and Extrusion production processes addresses the specific needs of manufacturers that produce Thermoplastic Composites. Fabrication Cut and Slit functionality provides the ability to produce blanks of specific width and length that can be then loaded into Compression Molds to produce higher thickness continuous glass mat.

Manufacturing methods are configurable providing manufacturers with the ability to support a wide range of processes such as Flame and Adhesive Lamination.

Laminate substrates can be defined for any material type, such as polymeric, aluminum, paper and rubber. The system supports an unlimited number of laminate substrate combinations and multilayers required to produce a given product. Quality Assurance testing templates can be configured to support critical tolerances and measurements such as thickness, flexibility, fatigue and cracking.

Final Lamination processes can be configured such as coating, calendaring and printing providing the ability for manufacturers to convert laminated material into a wide variety of multilayer finished products of variable flexibility, rigidity and thickness.

Molding Operations

Rotational, Compression, Injection, Blow and Extrusion Molding processes can be configured using the BOM/Recipe and Formula Management. Flexible Product and Machine Specifications templates can be configured to include data elements such as specific gravity, melting point and mold rate. Multiple products can be scheduled to run concurrently in a Roto Molding operation.

Tooling, Mold Usage, raw material polymers, compounds, coloring agents are tracked in Inventory Management and integrated with Bom/Recipe Formulas and Manufacturing Execution. Quality Assurance and testing templates can be defined by process and track defects such as blistering, color streaks, delamination, warping, cracking and voids.

Polymers and Rubber

The flexible BOM/Recipe and Formula Management functions support the definition of simple and complex Masterbatch compound formulations. Alternate Recipes/Formulas can be also be set up and substituted for the standard as required in Manufacturing Execution.

Product specifications include the ability to define any type of polymer and additives such as colorants, pigments and dyes required for a specific polymer composition. Extrusion and granulator production processes can be configured with the detail product specifications required to process the polymer strands into the desired pellet size.

The detail product and production processing specifications required for Rubber processing are supported. This includes Mastication, Masterbatch, Milling, Mixing, Extruding, Calendaring and Vulcanization. Quality Assurance and test templates can be configured to support critical testing such as viscosity, heat resistance, elasticity, tensile strength, resilience, hardness and weather resistance.

Roll Goods Processing

Roll Goods Processing can be implemented independently or with a sub-set of JOMAR ERP  Modules and integrated  with third party software solutions for plastic, rubber, paper, steel coils and cables.

Roll Goods for Industry Sectors

  • Rolls of engineered performance materials for ballistic, fire and chemical protection
  • Performance fabric rolls for technical and industrial textiles, furniture, awnings, upholstery, automotive, marine, sports, medical and hygiene products
  • Fabric Rolls by style for home fashions and apparel/sewn products
  • Rolls for Floor Covering (i.e. carpets, matting, vinyl and laminates)
  • Plastic Rolls for industry and consumer packaging
  • Paper Rolls for forestry products
  • Steel Coils with tracking by heat number in Steel Service Centers
  • Wire Spools, Reels, Coils and Rolls – screening, netting and mesh fabrics for windows or doors, sun control fabrics and construction reinforcement materials
  • Cables and Wire Coils for electric power transmission lines, communications networks and fiber optics

Roll Goods Processing Functions

  • Assignment of rolls or steel coils to customer orders
  • Manufacturing order allocation of assigned and unassigned rolls or coils
  • Inventory availability by quality of roll, coil and cable across plants and warehouses
  • Bill of material, recipe formula and dyelot management
  • Product and machine specifications, laboratory specifications and quality control tests with test history by lot, roll, coil and type of cable
  • Cutting and slitting rolls and steel coils with traceability to original parent roll or coil
Industry Specific Features
  • User defined product attributes and variables (color, length, width, thickness, etc.)
  • Formula Management and BOM Recipe processing for resins, compounding  and mixing
  • Multiple units of measure:
    • SKU (each), meters, feet, kilos and pounds
    • roll, film, sheet, bag and case
  • Conversion from metric to imperial units:
    • meters to feet and kilos to pounds
    • square meters to square feet
  • Inventory Control by SKU, Quality, Lot, Laminated and Extruded Rolls, Film and Sheet
  • End to end roll tracking for receipts, WIP and finished goods
  • Forward and backward roll tracking supports cut, slit and parent rolls
  • Quality specifications and QC control tests by roll, film and sheet with test history
  • Inspection and grading by roll, film and plastic sheets
  • Inventory and Costing to five + decimal precision
  • Units of Measure – i.e. rolls, feet, bag and case, pound
  • Support for engineered to order and make to stock
  • Integration with PDM – Product Data Management for Product Design and Product Development
  • Linking of images, artwork, drawings and sketches to sales orders
  • User defined machine and machine group set-up and run specification by product, customer and customer order
  • Bills of material and routings (multilevel and multiplant):
    • from raw material to semi-finished and finished products
    • through vertically integrated plants
    • alternate routings for machines and processes
  • Machine, die and item relationships
  • Mold and machine matching for mold and die availability check
  • Packaging options
Our Customers’ Products
  • Aerospace thermoplastic composites
  • Nylon resins for plastics and composites
  • PVC adhesives for HVAC products/windows
  • Continuous sheeting, films and tapes
  • Plastic containers and recycling bins
  • Plastic packaging material with Roll Tracking, Slitting and Cutting
  • Molded insoles
  • Fiber reinforced plastics and composites for boats, skates, surf boards, hockey sticks and tennis rackets
  • Blood pressure cuffs, infusion bags and stretchers
  • Automotive and truck tire cord
  • Airsprings for heavy trucks and buses
  • Tires for off-road vehicles
  • Tubes for trucks, trailers, farm and ATV vehicles
  • Flotation devices and inflatable boats
  • Conveyor belts, hoses and water bags

Customer Stories

Global Innovative USA based Market Leader of Advanced Composite Laminates for Automotive, Medical and Filtration running Industry Specific ERP merges acquisition using Advanced Textiles Performance Materials in the JOMAR Private Cloud

A long term JOMAR client with five USA and seven Global locations has merged its new acquisition that has implemented the JOMAR Industry Specific and Advanced Textiles Performance Materials ERP Solution. The company is a worldwide market leader in the production of advanced laminate composites for the Automotive, Protective, Medical, Defense, Filtration and Performance Wear Industries.

The merger was the result of a long term collaboration with a Strategic Partner that serves the Automotive Industry. The Strategic Partner is also a long term JOMAR Global client with multi-site implementations of the JOMAR ERP Solution in the USA, China and India.

The ERP Suite was deployed in the JOMAR Private Cloud and connected with the company corporate network and hosting infrastructure that also supports the JOMAR On Premise implementation for its five USA and Global composite lamination operations. The complex multi plant manufacturing operations are supported by the Industry Specific laminating, composite, and Advanced Textiles multi plant functionality.

A deployment in the JOMAR Private Cloud was determined to be the most cost effective and quickest implementation method to meet the deadline to move off the divesting Strategic Partner corporate data center.

Innovative USA Market Leading Manufacturer of Tubes for ATVs, Farm, Forestry, Mining Equipment, Trailers, Buses and Drag Racers operates with Industry Specific ERP Solution

An innovative USA manufacturer of quality tubes, with the majority share of the domestic market, operates its manufacturing facility on the JOMAR Industry Specific ERP Solution.  The company has the most comprehensive line of tube products of any company in the USA.  Its engineered high quality tube products are used in ATVs, Farm Equipment, Trailers, Buses, Forestry and Industrial Mining Equipment to high performance Drag Racers.

The company has been a long term JOMAR Client for over thirty years and has upgraded to multiple generations of the JOMAR ERP Solution. The tube manufacturing process utilizes engineering and product specifications, rubber, polymer, compounding, molding and curing processes that are core embedded JOMAR Industry Specific functionality.

As a result of the company’s extensive tube product line it manages a large number of molds, product and machine specifications  to meets the needs of its customers. Polymer compound formulas, detail machine specifications, the specific mold required are configured in a process Bill of Material structure.

The comprehensive product portfolio of tubes utilizes the flexible and configurable Customer Service and Order processing capability to support the multitude of product sizes and dimensions required in the diverse markets it serves.

Global USA based supplier of innovative primary and secondary containment products for water protection, wastewater, chemical, fuel and crude oil runs its operations on Industry Specific and Advanced Textiles Performance Materials ERP Solution.

A USA based innovative global manufacturer producing high-performance polymeric solutions runs its operations on the JOMAR Industry Specific and Advanced Textiles ERP Solution. The company is a premier supplier of primary and secondary containment products for water protection, wastewater, chemical, fuel and crude oil. It also provides waterproofing solutions for commercial roofing as well as advanced high-performance geomembrane and technical textiles for military and industrial markets.

The company manufacturing process utilizes a combination of the JOMAR core Industry Specific functionality that includes polymer compounds, film extrusion, laminating, roll goods processing, and technical textile production. Its flexible film extrusion process provides it with the ability to produce products in a wide variation of widths and thickness that are fully managed by the system from extrusion through all finishing processes, allocation to customer orders, shipment and processing at job sites for large scale environmental protection projects.

Leading USA Polymer manufacturer and marketer of sealants, adhesives, coatings, lubrication and cutting fluids runs its multi plant operations with the Industry Specific ERP Solution.

The company has six manufacturing plants located in the USA that are configured as unique independent manufacturing operations.  Individual plants set up the specific raw materials, chemical mixing processes and formulations, plant specific labor and overhead rates required to support the production of its products.

The initial implementation involved a single plant at a successful privately held company that had been in operation for 55 years. The company was acquired by a Fortune 500 USA global company that initiated the consolidation of the USA operations on the JOMAR Industry Specific ERP Solution that has the ability to easily scale and support the requirements of each plant.

Since the acquisition five additional USA manufacturing plants have been implemented providing the ability for the parent company to streamline, consolidate and scale its USA operations to increase its revenue and USA market share.

Innovative USA based manufacturer of Fiber for producers of Composite based Fiber Optics and Synthetic Wire runs its multi plant operations on Industry Specific and Advanced Textiles Performance Materials ERP Solution

The company products are based on high performance synthetic fibers such as Kevlar, Nomex, carbon and fiberglass. The initial implementation was done for a single plant and expanded to include the opening of a European operation.

The company success in the domestic and foreign markets lead to its acquisition by one of the largest and most diversified Advanced Composite and Polymer Formulations companies in the USA.

Industry Specific Manufacturing Overview

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Product and Engineering Data Management

The Product and Engineering Data is comprised of design, development, engineering and machine specifications. PDM provides online access to images, sketches, drawings, bills of material, routings, machine specifications, engineering changes, recipes, formulas and Quality Assurance tests. Test history is available by SKU, lot and roll.

Customer Service Hub

The Customer Service Hub provides CSR’s with a comprehensive 360 degree view that covers full order visibility from quotation, order booking through manufacturing to distribution picking, packing, shipping and invoicing. Online real time Order Entry is fully integrated with, Inventory Availability, Manufacturing Orders, WIP, Purchasing, Subcontracting Services and Customer Credit. Allocation of Finished Goods to sales order detail lines is supported by Business Unit, Plant, Warehouse, Bin, SKU, Lot, Roll, Quality and Serial#.

Order status, shipment, Bills of Lading and Invoice History are all available online in real time providing CSR’s with the ability to respond rapidly to Customer requests and inquiries.

Purchasing and Outsourcing

Purchasing, Subcontracting Services and Outsourcing are fully integrated with Purchase Requisitions, Receiving, Vendor Invoicing, Inventory, Manufacturing Work Orders, Visual Schedule Board, Advanced Planning, Costing and Accounts Payable. The Manufacturing Order release process automatically generates Purchase Orders for activities flagged as sub-contracted or outsourced services. Receipt of goods from subcontracted services automatically triggers updates to manufacturing orders and scheduling.

Purchasing supports processing of all inventory item types, bulk, lot, roll and serialized. Item purchase costs for Capital Projects, Expenses Items and production materials are tracked and integrated with Costing and Financial Management.

Vendor and Sub-Contractor Portal

The JOMAR configurable Portal Technology connects vendors and sub- contractors to fully integrate the manufacturing and supply chain.  The Vendor Portal provides Manufacturers and Distributors with the ability to:

  • Onboard Vendors and Sub-Contractors quickly and efficiently
  • Issue and Monitor Bids and Request for Quotations
  • Review Purchase Order and Status of In-Transit Goods
  • Monitor Status of Sub-Contractor Work-In-Process
  • Issue Bar Coded Documents to Suppliers and Sub Contractors
Inventory Management

Inventory is processed online real time and can be configured to support single or multi-plant Business Unit operations. The system supports all inventory types including Raw Material, WIP, Finished Goods, Machinery Maintenance and Repair parts, Expense Items and Office Supplies. Item definitions are configurable based on user defined attributes and characteristics with multiple units of measure in metric or imperial and tracked by any combination of Bulk, Lot, Roll, Quality or Serial#.

Allocation and real time Availability is supported by any combination of Promise Date, Warehouse, Bin, Item, Lot, Roll, Quality and Serial# and fully integrated with Customer Orders, Distribution Releases, Purchasing, Advanced Planning, Manufacturing Execution and Visual Schedule Board.  Physical inventory can be processed ‘wall to wall’ or by cycle count.  RF and RFID barcoding and tracking is supported throughout all inventory management functions.

Mobile RF and RFID

RF and RFID with barcoding support is provided for Inventory, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Customer Service and Distribution. Manufacturing Orders, Material Issue and Labor Reporting Tickets are all barcoded to facilitate streamlined data collection and reporting through all stages of the production tracking and reporting process.

 Inventory Management utilizes RF and RFID processes for all transaction types and physical wall to wall and cycle counts. Customer Service documents, Purchase receipts and Distribution include barcoded functions to track receipts, warehouse transfers, fabrication, picking, packing and Bill of Lading documents.

Barcoded roll tags, case content labels and customer specific labels can be generated as required using standard off the shelf label generation software tools. Configurable templates are provided for all WMS transaction types that can be deployed on multiple industry standard handheld, forklift mounted and proximity scanners in the case of RFID.   

Advanced Planning

The Advanced Planning Master Production Schedule (MPS), Material Requirements and Rough-Cut Capacity Planning functions support single and Multi-plant vertically integrated operations. It is fully integrated with the Multi-Channel Demand Stream Consolidation process, Forecasting, Customer Service, Purchasing, Outsourcing, Inventory, Manufacturing Execution, Visual Schedule Board, Distribution Warehouses and Supply Chain.

The system provides the ability to group and preconfigure Enterprise Planning runs for multiple planning scenarios.

For example, a Global MRP run can be configured that creates a planning cycle across all plants and facilities operating within the Enterprise. The Global planning run generates all requirements and loads up all vertically integrated operations. It also includes any replenishment requirements for branch warehouse locations and Supply Chain partners.

Vertically integrated plants then have the ability to initiate multiple plant specific planning scenarios using the demand generated from the Global Run to optimize their response, react and meet the requirements of the vertical operations they are linked to and the overall Global Demand.   

Manufacturing Execution (MES)

Manufacturing Execution (MES ) is fully integrated with Advanced Planning and the Visual Schedule Board to provide finite capacity planning with forward and back scheduling of work orders. Shop floor Work Order tracking is integrated with with yield analysis, real-time production reporting, machine monitoring and Workflow Management. It is also fully integrated with Product Data Management, product, machine, lab and engineering specs, Quality Assurance tests and test history by SKU, lot and roll.

Visual Schedule Board

The Visual Schedule Board integrates workflow management and links customer-purchase-work orders to inventory availability, work-in-process and machine schedules providing managers, buyers and shippers with real-time information to improve customer services.

Visual Schedule Boards by Department

The Visual Schedule Board can be configured and modified for activity scheduling by department and reinforced with workflow management for event-triggered action messages and e-mail notifications.

  • Field Services crew scheduling and coordination of job site activities in Utilities and Construction
  • Manufacturing Execution System
  • Supply Chain Management with tracking (over the internet), order/shipping status and inventory levels at the subcontractors’ location
  • Product design and development
  • Customer services, purchasing, suppliers and subcontractors
  • Warehouse and distribution centers
  • Preventive Maintenance and Repair

WIP Work in Progress Schedule Board

To increase visibility of job schedules across departments, the WIP Board provides for sales order inquiries by order line items linked to work orders, customer ship to, sold to and credit information.  The user can also search by customer top accounts, departments, machine groups, job type and job status.

Visual Schedule Board Capabilities

  • Forward and Backward Scheduling of work orders from ‘Timeline Guide’
  • Orders can be split across multiple machines or merged onto a single machine
  • Machine time can be ‘locked-in’ on a customer or order basis and ‘unlocked’ for rescheduling
  • Multi-level bills of material and process/routings are supported across multi-plant operations
  • Job duration and end-date algorithm consider downtime for all calendar types and settings
  • Standard weekly schedules with daily overrides are provided for ease of use
  • Grab, drag and drop a single or group of scheduled work orders
  • Vertically shaded bars represent machine downtime, weekends, holidays and vacation period to allow for scheduling between non-working days
  • Machine and product specifications are accessible for on-line scheduling override
  • Dependencies are visually identified and adjusted in a ‘what if’ scenario
  • Viewing and booking of unscheduled machine time


Auto Load ‘Best Fit’

  • Single or multi linked work orders (suggested or planned and released) are loaded based on due date and available capacity of machines or machine groups. Schedule date, run-time and auto load capacity are set based on capacity load percent at any calendar level.


Manual Load

  • Schedulers load one work order at a time as they view capacity and (if necessary) split a work order over multiple machines, or load multiple work orders onto one machine adjusting quantities and start dates.


Aligning Bottleneck Routings

  • Schedulers can select a ‘bottleneck’ routing (or work order operation) and place the job bar for it on a selected machine with available capacity. The subsequent operations of the same work order from the ‘end date’ of the bottleneck – job bar are forward scheduled. Preceding operations or processes of the same work order are backward scheduled (rescheduled) from the ‘start date’ of its bottleneck operation.

Set-up by Department and Cost Center

  • Equipment Setup – machines that belong to machine group with manufacturing parameters and capacity in hours/days
  • Bill of Material/Process Sheet Set-up – for each work order there should be an associated BOM and Process sheet with quantity and time that determine capacity and schedule requirements

Schedule Board Set-up and Definitions

Timeline can be set in days, hours, half hours and minutes

Calendars can be set at the plant, department, machine group and/or machine level

Machine List Filter allows for selection by department, machine group list, work order and linked work orders.

Legends can be defined and selected by job (work order), product, customer purchase order, job type and sales order type (i.e. domestic or export order, etc.).  Users can also define legends for selecting and locating work orders on the Visual Schedule Board.

  • Selection of Job Status Category have drop-down combo-box to associate a different color for each status: job closed, running late, job (scheduling) conflict and (job) to be scheduled
  • Select Job Type Category for: stock order, customer sample and sales order by associating a different color with each entry
  • Define Machine Group and Customer Colors
Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance and Testing includes comprehensive configurable user defined test parameters, characteristics and templates. Test templates can be configured by any combination of Product, Production Process, Machine, Customer and in the case of raw materials by Vendor. Test Results can be collected at multiple levels of detail, including Product, Lot, Roll and Serial#.

Tests can be qualitative and quantitative. Critical tests that are not within tolerance ranges and fail can trigger events and action messages to put goods on hold. Test results are stored in a comprehensive historical repository for analysis by QA and Product Engineers. Certificates of Analysis are integrated with Customer Service and provided with shipping documents sent to customers.

Costing

Product, Job and Project Costing are fully integrated with BOM/Recipe, Purchasing, Subcontracting Services, Outsourcing, Inventory, Manufacturing Work Orders, and Financial Management. User defined standard costs for material items, fixed and variable overhead, direct and indirect labor are linked to BOM/Recipe and activities, BOM quantity requirements, yields, scrap and efficiency factors. These values are used in the cost calculation rollup to create a standard cost value at each level in the BOM/Recipe to arrive at a final end Item Standard Cost for use in inventory valuation and margin analysis.

Multiple rates and material unit costs can be set and selected in any combination to support What If Product Costing and Analysis.

Real time reporting of actual material issues and labor against Manufacturing Orders provides the ability to compare actuals to standards for variance analysis. Job and Project Costs can be collected from Purchase Orders, Subcontracted Services, Manufacturing Orders and accumulated under a user defined Project or Job Number.

Distribution and Supply Chain

The JOMAR Distribution and Supply Chain Solution includes Configurable Business Rules and core functions to manage the full business processing cycle in a Distribution and Warehousing Operation. The flexible Enterprise configuration supports any combination of Centralized, Regional and Branch warehouse locations.

Call Center Order Entry, Web Site Shopping Cart same day shipments, EDI Retail and Automotive Releases are fully integrated and supported by automated inventory allocation and creation of distribution releases that are routed to the warehouse closest to the customer for shipment.  

The system functions include replenishment planning, configurable rules for auto allocation, movement of material, scheduling of resources, dynamic configuration of wave releases, fabrication and final picking/packaging to detail customer specifications such as those required in the Retail Industry.

The system supports pick and pack operations, bulk goods and roll goods. Roll goods can be cut and/or slit, packed into a carton and palletized, stacked on a pallet or shrink wrapped individually for final shipment to the customer.  Cartons and Pallets can then be loaded into containers and tracked by container for domestic or international shipments.

Preventive Maintenance
Preventive Maintenance is fully integrated with Inventory, Purchasing, Planning, Manufacturing Execution, Visual Schedule Board and Costing. Standard maintenance routines can be defined for any Asset or Equipment Type. Routines include the tasks,activities, skill sets as well as parts and materials that are required to complete regular maintenance. PM frequency calculations that automatically generate PM Work Orders can be based on configurable user defined criteria such as running hours, units produced or a time frame such as days, weeks or months.

PM Work Order types are user defined configurable templates and support orders and workflow events that initiate the immediate investigation of a reported machine downtime problem. Once maintenance has determined how to correct the problem an Emergency Repair Order can be created online to requisition the parts, material and skill sets required to effect immediate repairs.

The Visual Schedule Board provides visibility to production of machine and equipment scheduled downtime allowing schedulers to optimize production by scheduling products on the best alternate machine to meet customer due dates. The material and labor collected by P.M. and Repair Orders is stored in a consolidated historical repository by asset and machine to support management in analyzing and making decisions to replace aging or under performing equipment.

Financials

JOMAR Financial Management Software is an integrated suite that includes General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Bank services integrated with the full suite of Manufacturing and Distribution Applications.

Bank Services

  • Electronic bank reconciliation – processing of electronic bank information to support check reconciliation
  • On-line check reconciliation with automatic posting to General Ledger

Financial Statement Generator

  • Simplified set-up of financial statement format via identification of accounts by ‘Wildcard’ and ‘Range’ combinations
  • On-line (summary and detailed) financial statement inquiry with journal postings for supporting detail
  • Dynamic mix and match of financial statement column layouts to account statement formats

Automated load to Excel for subsequent reporting.

Other Features of Financial Software Applications

  • Full Intercompany transaction processing with all financial software modules
  • Powerful ‘As of’ reporting for Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable to support auditing requirements
  • Account history of all postings in financial modules
  • Reprint capability for posting reports
  • Seamless integration of financial software modules with the manufacturing and warehouse distribution modules
  • Drill-down from GL, AR and AP transactions to Inventory, sales and purchasing source documents

Documents can be scanned, stored, retrieved and appended to important accounting or legal records

Multicompany Financial Consolidation – reporting of alternate groupings for multinational business operations at a selected currency:

  • Automated elimination entries
  • User defined direct-subsidiary discount linkages
  • Unlimited number of user-defined consolidation scenarios
  • Rollup capability for automatic summarization of accounts within the consolidation company with drill-down to account
  • Consolidation across multi-currency companies to a common reporting currency

Multi-currency

  • Multi-currency for GL, AR and AP integrated with financial reporting
  • Extensive multicurrency intercompany transaction processing. Automatic exchange rate calculations support intercompany journal entries involving companies with different domestic currencies
  • Inquiries support presentation of both domestic and foreign currency amounts
  • Streamlined journal entries in foreign currency with automatic calculation of domestic equivalent based on currency table
  • Computer generation of unrealized exchange gain/loss postings with automatic reversal
  • Capability for a customer to carry invoices and credit memos in any number of currencies at any one time
  • Capability for a vendor to carry invoices in any number of currencies at any one time
  • Automatic posting of realized exchange gain/loss cash application for multi-currency invoices
  • Check Run allows for any currency with automatic posting of realized exchange gain /loss for multi-currency payments

Third Party Software Integration

  • MS Excel and Word documents are linked to journal entries, invoices, credit memos, adjustments and other accounting transactions
  • GL, AR and AP applications export data to Microsoft Excel for reporting and graphic analysis of financial information
  • Upload of budgets from Excel
Workflow Management

E-mail notifications combined with ‘Event Triggered Action Messages’ are integrated to enhance the communication and flow of work through manufacturing and distribution.

OUR CUSTOMERS MARKETS AND PRODUCTS

Automotive

  • Assemblies
  • Molded Parts
  • Interiors
  • Tires

Aerospace and Advanced Composites

Awnings and Rigid Structures

Construction

  • Roofing Material
  • Road Surface Reinforcement

Consumer Goods

Environmental Protection

  • Filtration Air and Water
  • Oil Booms
  • Soil Erosion Prevention
  • Reservoir Water Preservation Lining Barriers
  • Recycling Plastics

Fire Protection

Geotex and Geosynthetics

Military Products

  • Camouflage
  • Inflatable Boats
  • Infrared Reflective Materials
  • Soft and Hard Body Armor

Marine

Medical

Mining

Plastics

Polymer

Sealants and Adhesives

Sports

  • Athletic Footwear
  • Hunting & Hiking Apparel

 

Industry Specific ERP Functionality

Automotive Release Processing

Fabrication and Assembly

Make to Order Job Shops

Process and Repetitive Manufacturing

Polymers and Plastics

Roll Goods, Slitting, Cutting and Tracking

Steel Coil Processing and Tracking

Technical and Performance Textiles