Neartu is a dedicated program for manufacturers
We are passionate about providing the manufacturing trade with the most versatile software program to manage all their processes. We have created a tool to convey sales, purchasing, accounts, engineering and inspection from one place providing efficiency throughout.
This enables you to generate build sheets, create user configurable quotations and integrate planning within various departments.
How It Works
In advance of generating a quote, the user sets up templates for the core components of the product build. Basic information such as height, width etc can be entered and later changed. Technical information is managed in house and control of what can be sold is managed before a quote is ever created. For example, in a product that has side lights fitted sample data could include:
Rubbolite Type 55-02 sidelights fitted. 4 per side.
Or
Sidelights are Rubbolite type 333.
The user creating the quote simply selects the option that matches what the company can build and what the client needs. Ambiguity starts to be removed from the build at the start of the sales process.
The system allows the user to start gathering all the information needed to build the product at the quotation stage. Once a quotation is accepted and converted to an order a large portion of the information needed to build the product is already available from the sales process.
The sales user can build a detailed technical quotation that captures all the clients requirements whilst ensuring the planned build is technically possible before engineering have to get involved.
Building a quotation accepting an Order
Sample image below of Neartu’s quotation screen and adding a line for a client.
The quotation document will eventually become a technical build sheet that can be used to manage all information required for the build.
A technical build sheet will be created automatically for each item on the quotation be that 1 or 501. This is automatically generated when the order is accepted and is a time saving on what was previously a labour-intensive process.
Once the build sheet has been created Engineers can log and view drawings (where drawing software allows). More detailed technical information is added by the engineers based on the bill of materials and the drawings created.
Engineering can start adding drawings which can be viewed from the build sheet and ensure the finished drawings are available in time for the start of actual production. These drawings are easily accessible for all parties in the build process.
The build sheet / technical spec will follow the product through each stage of production, ensuring an up-to-date record of the build and what is required is available at all times
Planning
Once an order has been accepted the next stage is to plan the build of the product(s). Each build is added to the planner and available to let all company departments know what products are not started , in production or completed. Purchasing will know what to order in and when. Economies of scale can be planned for the purchasing function. Credit control know what needs to be chased. Sales can keep the client up to date with how their build is progressing. Management can oversee all the functionality in the workshop. Jobs planned can change on an hourly or daily basis and this is immediately transparent to all users.
This planner can be used by sales to keep customers updated with predicted delivery.
It can be used by Purchasing to estimate what is to be ordered and when.
It can be used to ensure the correct workforce is in place to meet the production demands (capacity).
The end result:
Inspection
As the product rolls out of each stage of development it can be inspected for compliance with the build sheet/technical spec.
The user sets up an initial template for the inspection. Once created this can be adapted to suit particular builds. Control of the data is in the hands of the user.
