The Dublin software house Sirona Technologies Limited has recently launched a new integrated Light Manufacturing module as part of its Business Enterprise suite of software known simply as SIRONA.

This new manufacturing module integrates both with all existing SIRONA modules as well as with the chosen best of breed Financial Management suites such as OpenAccounts and Sage.

This new SIRONA module was developed following requests from customers and prospective customers for an integrated module that would provide an operational control and management link between the Stock, Warehouse and Sales Order Processing Systems and the Assembly / Light Manufacturing operations.

As Alan Egan Sirona's Managing Director said; "While most SIRONA users would not require a full MRP2 Manufacturing Control system, many companies within our target market, both within Ireland and the UK, do actually produce product from kits and sub-assemblies and hence do have a requirement for some form of mini-manufacturing system. It was because of this demand from the market that we first began development work on what we are proud to launch today. It is an excellent piece of software, developed in the latest version of Progress and fully integrated with the rest of SIRONA. We are extremely confident that it will prove to be very popular with our customers and hence a very successful addition to the SIRONA suite."

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The Sirona Light Manufacturing module contains a host of excellent features and benefits for the user. These include a Shop Floor Calendar and a Planning Requirement unit that looks at orders and calculates what will be needed and when by continually analysing the Bill of Materials. It also has a Materials & Purchases Planning system for both manufacture and purchase control. This new module also caters for the control of Operation Routes for products and individual operations as well as providing users with an ability to fix Operation codes and rates per quantity made. It also provides the following features:

• Work Section capacity planning
  
• Production of Works Orders
  
• Employee file - work sheets
  
• Allows for any number of components in a kit
  
• Components can be stock items, other kits or additional costs
  
• Components can be allocated to a Make Order or Pick Plan
  
• Components can be released for picking or moved within the warehouse
  
• Automatic update of GL & Stock files
  
• Allows for Revision control of the B.O.M.
  
• Over and under component usage catered for
  
• Costs can be automatically generated or entered manually
  
• Fully integrated with other SIRONA modules and with the chosen best of breed Financial Management systems.

Editor's Note

The SIRONA suite of integrated software modules is based on Progress the award winning software environment. SIRONA caters for a wide range of customers requiring a Sales & Stock solution, as well as the demands of a business with a requirement for any or all of: Multi-Warehousing, Wireless Radio Frequency Warehouse Communications, Directed Warehouse Management, Manufacturing, Mobile Computing and e-Business.

At the heart of the SIRONA solution is e-olas the company's state of the art Business Intelligence System. This unique software enables data to be analysed, graphed or reported on in a multitude of ways. The combination of flexibility, functionality and usability make e-olas a key tool for the successful management of a modern enterprise, providing decision makers with precisely what they need to know exactly when they need to know it.

A comprehensive range of support services is available from Sirona including Pre-sales Consultancy, Software Design & Development, Installation, Training and Support. The training can take place either on-site or in the Sirona training facility in Dublin.