Manufacturing and Industrial
Machine Manufacturing
Build-to-order machines assembled from bought-out and machined parts over weeks, with every serial carrying its own configuration.
Also covers: Machinery Manufacturing · Special Purpose Machines · SPM Manufacturing · Machine Builders
About this industry
A machine builder assembles hundreds of parts — some machined in-house, some bought out, some sent for job work — into a unit that may take weeks to build and months to commission. Each order varies in options and electrics. Knowing which parts are short, what the unit has cost so far and what exactly was shipped under a serial number is what separates a profitable build from a late one.
Common operational problems
- Assembly stops because one bought-out part was never ordered
- Machined parts and bought-out parts are planned on different lists
- Cost to date on a unit under build is unknown until it ships
- Option and configuration changes are agreed by phone and not reflected in the build
- Spares requests arrive without a record of what was fitted to that serial
Example workflows
Order configured from a base model with its options
Multi-level BOM exploded into make, buy and job-work requirements
Shortages listed against the assembly schedule before it starts
Material and hours booked to the unit's serial as it is built
As-built configuration retained for spares and service
Needs no product covers yet
On RequestWhere a ready product does not reach far enough, these are the needs this industry raises most often. We do not build to order; telling us which of these you need is what shapes what we build next.
- Configured BOM per order
- Serial-wise as-built record
- Commissioning and service history per unit
Recommended solutions
The capabilities that matter most in this industry, the features inside each, and which product delivers it.
Manufacturing and Production Management
Materials, production, quality and costing connected to the sales and finance side of the business.
- Multi-level BOM with versions and wastage
- Production planning against demand and capacity
- Work orders with assignment and progress
- Material issue, consumption and WIP tracking
- Quality checks with defects and corrective action
- Job work and subcontracting
- Production costing with standard versus actual
- Batch, lot and serial traceability
Inventory and Purchase Management
Know what you hold, what it cost and what needs ordering — across locations, batches and units.
- Real-time stock with low-stock alerts
- Batch and expiry tracking, and serial-number tracking
- Barcode scanning for receipt, billing and stock-take
- Product variants and multiple units with conversions
- Multi-warehouse and godown transfers
- Purchase orders, quotations, returns and supplier ledgers
- Stock valuation and outstanding-payment tracking
Business Management and ERP
One connected system across branches, users and workflows, so operational data is entered once and read everywhere.
- Connected sales, purchase, inventory and accounting on shared master data
- Multiple branches, godowns and business locations
- Users, roles and permission control over what each person can see and do
- Configurable approval workflows for discounts, purchases and expenses
- Central master data for products, customers, suppliers and tax rates
- Consolidated reporting across the whole business or one branch
GST and Compliance
Tax-correct documents at the point of billing, so compliance is a by-product rather than a monthly scramble.
- GST invoices with multiple slabs applied per item
- HSN and SAC code management on product masters
- Cess support where applicable
- GST reports for return preparation
- e-Invoice workflows
- e-Way Bill workflows
Billing and Accounting
Invoices, payments, expenses and ledgers that stay in agreement without a month-end rebuild.
- GST-ready invoices with multiple formats and print sizes
- Customer and supplier ledgers with running balances
- Receivables and payables with ageing
- Cash and bank accounts with payment tracking
- Expense recording and categorisation
- Cash book and business reports including profit insights
Integration opportunities
Connections that commonly matter in this industry. Each carries its own honest status.
Talk to us about machine manufacturing
Describe how your business runs today. We will be straightforward about whether a ready product fits or whether it needs building around.