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Industrial Equipment Manufacturing

Helping a project manager ensure that parts are available when required, and tracking assembly team progress is a key feature in the Sabre ETO addon.

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Some ETO companies have found a niche in a particular area of expertise. Companies that make conveyor systems, lift systems, ovens (cooking or heat treat) are examples.

These companies are a kind of “Repetitive ETO” as they have a product catalog of some kind, but rarely (or never) sell anything from the catalog without modification.

Equipment builders or industrial equipment manufacturing is focused on selling these catalog products with high degrees of customization. Engineering time is spent adjusting details and designs.

Industrial Equipment Pain Points

The traditional manufacturing ERP offers some but not all features required by this kind of ETO. The focus on production orders (work orders, manufacturing orders) in a typical ERP often causes issues as the level of detail required is much less than these systems are intended for. Common pain points are:

A need to release long lead time parts to purchasing before the engineering design is even completed.
Ensuring the use/re-use of items left over from previous projects.
Tedious and sometimes unworkable entry of BOM data and creation of items.
Inappropriate time collection systems for engineers and skilled trades.
Complicated progress invoicing and dispositioning processes that are not well tracked.
Requirement to locate old jobs as "samples" or "copies" to be used in new jobs.
Extensive outsource manufacturing - either fully outsourced or materials supplied and labor outsourced.

Business Central ETO Benefits

The Industrial Equipment manufacturer benefits from features out of the box from Business Central, as well as capabilities of the Sabre ETO solution and/or other addons.

The following features tend to be of great benefit to this ETO category.

Easily add and release long-lead-time parts to purchasing
Begin manufacturing, purchasing and production while engineering is still on-going
Mass import and dynamically create large numbers of parts
Simple time sheets for high skilled shop floor and engineering staff
Unlimited invoicing flexibility without requirement for shipping.
Easy managing of ad-hoc expenses against the project
Keyword search to find similar projects
Easily track activity status against real items or milestone items/requirements.

Sabre Industrial Equipment Videos

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Watch our informative videos and learn how Dynamics 365 Business Central can give you the edge you need to stay ahead in the industrial equipment manufacturing industry. From improved supply chain management to financial analysis, Business Central has all the features you need to take your business to the next level.