Assemble finished products quickly and easily
Capture all costs of production for more accurate margin reporting.
Increase customer satisfaction
Production planning can take time but is crucial for efficiently managing supply and demand. Unleashed allows you to speed up the production planning process so you can avoid delays in fulfilling sales orders.
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Automate The Planning Process
Unleashed automatically calculates the required quantity of raw materials needed to create a finished product. Ditch the error-prone spreadsheets and manual calculation.
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Plan Ahead For Production
Unleashed calculates the quantity of finished products you can assemble based on stock on hand and predetermined Bill of Materials for production. Now you can easily plan for future production.
No more hidden production costs
Identifying hidden production costs allows you to maintain margin accuracy and reflects the true indication of your business profitability.
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Avoid Production Waste
Glean better insight into the the wastage cost per finished product for better reporting on your margins.
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Capture All Production Costs
Record all costs associated with production, including third party manufacturing costs, consultancy fees, and logistics. Unleashed automatically processes payable invoices as Assemblies are completed.
Production with flexibility
With the freedom of flexibility, you are now able to remove or substitute raw materials and components during the production process.
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Assemblies on the Fly
Remove or substitute raw materials to suit your production needs. With the flexibility of adjusting assemblies as you go, you can save time and avoid production delays.
Build complex recipes
View, edit and share multi-layered Bill of Materials, and create one assembly per finished product. With sub-assemblies comes better visibility around assembled products so you can automate assemblies to save time and keep your entire manufacturing process in Unleashed.
Product bundles and kitsets
Save time and let Unleashed automatically assemble product bundles or kitsets. As the order is entered into the system, reserve all items that make up the bundle, and ensure that you have what you need to build the finished products.
Unleashed’s Auto Assembly feature lets you assemble products with a set range of components. For example, a gift basket that always has wine, chocolates and candles.
Build complex recipes
Essential breakdown of components required to assemble or create a finished product.
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Manage Your Recipes Easily
Create and maintain your recipes in one central location. Have the flexibility to adjust your BOMs as components are no longer available, or substitute components are used for more cost effective production.
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Avoid Production Delays
Remove the guesswork out of production by having an accurate list and quantity of components required to assemble a product, including packaging materials. When components are not available, production can come to a halt as you locate missing parts, causing delays.
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Avoid Additional Costs
Unleashed calculates how much/many components are required for production. Having accuracy on inventory means you can make sure you have the right components and quantities for assemblies. When components are not available, you may have to quickly source or find a substitute from elsewhere at a higher cost.
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Improve Company's Bottom Line
Having the wrong components or wrong quantities may leave you with unusable components or extra stock, tying up money in inventory and potentially impacting your bottom line. For companies running lean, these mistakes can be costly and time wasting.
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Assemblies FAQ
Contact us today if you have more questions about how Assemblies can work for your business.
How is the cost of an assembly calculated?
The value of the assembled product, also considered the cost of an assembly, is calculated by totaling the average landed cost of the components outlined on the Bill of Materials.
Can you reverse an assembly once it is created?
Yes, you can use Disassembly to reverse an assembly once it is created. Disassembly in Unleashed enables you to break down a product into its components i.e. for repair or warranty purposes.
What happens when Can Auto Assemble is enabled?
It will automatically create an assembly linked to a product on an order, when there is not enough stock on hand available to complete the order.
Why can’t a Sales Order be completed when a product has Auto Assembled enabled?
This usually occurs when there is not enough stock on hand available against your components to complete the assembly request.
What are component products?
Component products are raw materials or items used to create a finished product as instructed in a Bill of Materials.
Can I bulk create or import Bill of Materials (BOM)?
Yes, you can either clone an existing BOM or use the import template to create multiple BOM’s at once.
Where does the unit cost amount come from when creating a Bill of Materials?
The value in the Unit Cost field that appears when entering a BOM is the average cost of the component product as calculated by Unleashed and shown in the Details or Costs tab of each product.
Can I delete a Bill of Materials once it is created?
You can delete a BOM however only before it is used on an assembly.