Sicon MRP

While Sicon MRP forms part of the Sicon Manufacturing Suite, it can also be purchased independently. The solution includes suggested works orders, suggested purchase orders, suggested kits (if Kitting is enabled), labour and machine capacity planning and forecast sales order import.

The Material Planning functionality of Sicon MRP ensures stock levels are maintained and kept at the required levels. While the Resource Planning aspect of the solution provides graphical labour and machine schedules with the ability to drill down and plan to a daily or weekly schedule. Find out more information about both aspects of the module below:

Key Features

Enhanced functionality
Suggested purchased orders created for shortages. Purchases orders grouped by configurable lead time per item.  Daily/weekly graphical schedule for labour & machine capacity.

Material Planning
Works orders created for sales orders or manually for stock. Confirmed & suggested works orders are generated.  Suggested works orders are created for imported forecast sales orders. All works orders have calculated due dates based on supplier and production lead times.  Material plan created based on daily cumulative stock balances. Suggested purchased orders can be grouped and created.

Forecast Sales Orders Import
Simple import from excel – requires customer name, stock code, quantity and date.

Material and Resource Planning is Easy to learn and use
Screens and processes have been designed for non-IT & non-manufacturing users and data input is simple and logical.

Expediting screens
Select by date or range of works orders to identify outstanding items (colour coded by severity).  Drill down to see outstanding orders and due dates..

Material and Resource Planning System Requirements
WOP runs as an additional Sage 200 module so has no additional requirements.

Capacity Planning
Create departments that emulate your business process or create a routing process per BOM stock item.  Link BOM cost items to departments.  Override production lead time available.  Set available hours per BOM cost item at weekly or daily level.  Graphical drill down plan shows labour and machine availability and drill down to amend works order dates to smooth overloads.

Runs with Multiple Sage Companies
Material and Resource Planning can be used on multiple Sage companies at no additional cost.


Material Planning

  • Create suggested works orders and suggested purchase orders to replenish stock shortages now and planned into the future.
  • Shortages are derived from outstanding works orders, sales orders, kits, stock transfers purchase orders, forecast. Orders and min stock levels.
  • Purchase order suggestions are driven by supplier lead time, usual and min order quantities.
  • Works order due dates are based on supplier and production lead times.

Resource & Capacity Planning

  • Create departments and routings that emulate your business process.
  • Link Labour Register items to departments.
  • Set available hours per Labour Register item at a weekly or daily level.
  • Create daily/weekly graphical schedule for labour and machine capacity.
  • Graphical drill down plan shows labour and machine availability.
  • Drill down to amend works order dates to smooth overloads.
  • Calculate the next possible delivery date from sales order processing for manufactured items based on capacities and material availability.
  • GANT Chart and critical path for planning production workload.
  • Plan capacity by labour, machine and production area. Create availabilities for labour and machine resources taking into account shutdown, maintenance periods and holiday.
  • Calendar view with drag and drop interface to adjust the production plan by moving works orders and sub-assemblies in real-time.
  • Daily works order list showing today, tomorrow and overdue workload.

Contact us today to find out more about Sicon MRP and how it can benefit your business by calling 01332 959 008 or using the enquiry form.

Sicon Works Order Processing

Sicon Works Order Processing forms part of the Sicon Manufacturing Suite or can be purchased independently. It’s ideal for businesses who need a simplified stock allocation and issuing process with the ability to amend works orders during assembly. Works Order Processing (WOP) links in with the Projects module to enable works orders to be costed and allocated against jobs. It also has the ability to integrate to Shop floor data capture and Sicon Barcoding.

Sicon WOP provides enhanced functionality to the Sage 200 BOM module and is an ideal addition for clients in manufacturing.

Sicon Works Order Processing Additional Features

  • Allocate all component items or individual items and part allocate.
  • Back flush process across linked Works Orders with traceable item support.
  • Over-runs can be booked to stock without the need to add more components.
  • Link works orders to Jobs for rolled up costing of complex builds.
  • Integrates with the Sicon Barcoding & Warehousing module for picking of Works Orders.
  • Sage stock transaction history shows WOP issues and bookings.
  • Uses standard component costing method for accurate cost roll-up.
  • Add non-stock items to works orders for sub contract costs.
  • Option to explode multi-level BOM’s into a single Works Order list.
  • Works Order stock shortages can be identified by report and are included in the material planning routine.
  • Integrated Shop Floor Data Capture module

If you would like to find out more about Sicon Works Order Processing then please contact us via the enquiry form or call 01332 959 008.

Cim50 for Sage 50

With Cim50’s modular design you can pick and choose from a range of its powerful capabilities. Ensuring your production lines are always backed up by software that meets your needs.

Whether you are looking for advanced stock control, the ability to streamline and automate your sales and works orders, or the functionality to monitor your entire production cycle in detail, Cim50 can help.

This solution will revolutionise the way you operate and give you the control and confidence you need from your business-critical software.


Explore Cim50 for Sage 50 Module offerings

Stock control

Cim50 Stock Control is combined with the Sage 50 Stock module which tracks and maintains the items you sell, buy or manufacture.

Take advantage of this module to utilise traceability, quarantine, and the ability to amend sales order despatches or purchase order receipts.

Bill of Materials

This module offers the flexibility to choose what is right for your business.

Including a multi-level bill of materials, an audit log to track every change made, and ongoing costing history that captures material, labour and machine overheads.

Works Orders

The Works Orders module is for controlling your stock and ensuring goods are manufactured in time to dispatch to your customers.

Data is read from sales orders, sales forecasts, works orders and stock items.

Planning

Planning modules is key to overseeing your stock and ensuring that the goods are manufactured in time.

It reads from Sage 50 sales orders, sales forecasts, works orders and stock items.

Quotations

Cim50 allows you to create quotations for manufactured items, configuring them from within the record itself, including non-stock items.

Therefore, defining multiple price breaks with automatic cost calculation, raise sales, purchase and works orders from within your quote and set up repeat service and miscellaneous items.

Shop Floor Data Capture (SFDC)

Cim50 SFDC module gives you the ability to process all stock transactions from the convenience of a handheld tablet or workshop desktop computer.


SFDC utilise the power of barcode scanning to streamline your production processes, stocktaking and resource management.


If you would like more information on Cim50 then send us an email at [email protected] or call us on 01332 959 008.

Sicon Manufacturing for Sage 200

As part of the Sicon Manufacturing suite, Sicon Works Order Processing integrates fully with the core Sage 200 BOM and Stock Control modules.

On its own, it provides enhanced functionality to the Sage 200 BOM module and is an ideal addition for clients in manufacturing who need a simplified stock allocation and issuing process.

As part of the full Manufacturing suite, this product becomes the key processing engine, with the ability to amend works orders during assembly and update operations with true costs from the shop floor data capture module.

The second core component of the suite is Material Requirement Planning (MRP). Based on material demand from sales and purchase orders, forecast sales orders, free stock and min stock levels plus the Sicon Works Orders module, a list of suggested works orders and suggested purchase orders are created.

Weekly labour and machine capacity demand is also created from Works Orders and generates a rough-cut capacity plan at both labour and machine levels. You can run MRP once a week or twenty times per day. On top of that, you don’t need to get everyone out of the system to do it!

If you need to integrate your Manufacturing with Project Accounting this is no problem. Works Order fully integrates with Job Costing so you can see ongoing commitments and WIP in your projects as the production process progresses.

Sicon Manufacturing is made up of many modules including:


Detailed Features:

  • Supports one-off job costed or high volume repeat production manufacturing.
  • Uses the standard Sage 200 BOM to create Works Orders.
  • Allows pre-allocation of Purchase Orders not received to Works Orders.
  • Works Orders can be linked to Sales Orders and/or Jobs.
  • Supports Sub Contract Processing.
  • Stock costing methods, version control and traceability are included in all modules.
  • Shortages are derived from outstanding works orders, sales orders, kits, stock transfers purchase orders, forecast Orders and min stock levels.
  • Easy import of forecast demand
  • Time can be booked directly to works orders or jobs via the Shop Floor Data Capture module.
  • Integrates with the Sicon Barcoding & Warehousing module for picking of Works Orders

Manufacturing Module Relationship Diagram:


If you would like to discuss Sicon Manufacturing in more detail, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01332 959008 or [email protected]

Sicon Projects for Sage 200


Project Accounting or Job costing is accounting which tracks the costs and revenues by “job” and enables structured reporting of profitability by job. As you would expect, Sage 200 allows job numbers to be assigned to all cost and revenue transactions that are entered into the standard system.

Sicon Projects has a very wide variety of application areas and the ability to create custom job management tabs and fields provides users with the flexibility to manage their jobs effectively using language and terminology appropriate to their own company or industry.

Within the Job Costing module, there are multiple levels that you can include in your planning: phases, stages and activities and you can report and budget at any level. Again, the module is highly flexible and structures can be as simple or as complex as required.


Features Explained

Integration with Manufacturing
Works Orders can be created and booked to a Job allowing WIP to be reported at all stages of the production process.

Runs for all Sage users and Sage Companies
Can be used on multiple Sage companies at no additional cost and is available to all users you allow like any other module

Fully integrated with Sage 200 modules
Purchase invoices can be linked to multiple jobs and cost headings.  Each SOP & POP line can be linked to a separate job and show as commitments.  Stock issues and returns can be made direct to jobs at all levels.

Job enquiry and management screen
Provides a simple view of any or all jobs, showing all costs and revenues.  Drill down to detailed transaction history. Instantly identify outstanding commitments against budget as well as actuals.

Work In Progress (WIP) management & Job Profitability
Provides a detailed WIP listing and summary total for each job.  Detailed reports are provided with the product but PKF Smith Cooper Systems can amend these to suit your exact business requirement

This chart highlights how easily Sicon Manufacturing fills in the gaps of Sage 200 – the green boxes are Sage 200.

Time & Expense Recording
Record directly into job costing, import via spreadsheets or via Sicon Approvals modules.

System Requirements
Sicon Projects runs as an additional Sage 200 module so has no additional requirements. As the Approvals module is web facing there are some considerations in this regard.


If you would like to find out more about Sicon Projects and how it can work for you, contact us via the enquiry form or give us a call on 01332 959008

Cim200 Manufacturing

Benefits of Cim200 Manufacturing

Keep on top of your stock
The stock profile screen gives you access to all the important information about an item at a glance, including demands, replenishments, and stock status.

Choose what’s best for your business
In production, one size doesn’t fit all – so Cim200 Manufacturing’s Bill of Materials module has multiple routes and analysis codes, meaning you can mix and match based on business needs.

Know what’s going where, and when
No more manually monitoring orders – Cim200’s Order Lines allow you to generate order lines for stock items, based on quantity and time requirements, such as daily, weekly, or monthly.

Migrate Easily from Sage 200 Manufacturing
Reduce system downtime and lost revenue – Cim200 Manufacturing’s migration tool transfers all settings Sage 200 Manufacturing, including Works Orders.


Modules Explained

Stock Control 

Rapid Entry Stock Movements – transfer or move stock between warehouses or bins in an easy entry form.

Transaction Running Stock – see current or retrospective stock on the transaction history screen.

Quarantine Inspection – helps you ensure that goods have passed through quarantine before they can be used. Accept or reject goods and automatically write off stock or raise a purchase return.

Customer Part Numbers – search stock items by customer part number, and show this on the sales order, as well as your own.

Bill of Materials

Percentage BOM If you manage liquids, chemicals, or ingredients, this lets you set up your finished goods components as a percentage on the bill of material.

Kit BOM despatch a bill of materials without a works order.

Ad-Hoc Reverse Build – if you accidentally send a product to stock, this allows you to easily reverse it. All the components will be added back into stock, at any time whilst considering any traceability and cost variances.

Audit Log – see who created or amended a BOM.

Commercials

Schedule Order Lines schedule delivery dates in line with your business objectives, based on the quantity ordered and time reoccurrences (daily, weekly, or monthly).

Needed By use this function to identify where received goods are needed, and ensure your stock gets there, faster.

Linked Orders view a list of works orders currently linked to the sales order item. You can also link the selected stock item line to an existing works order.

Goods Receipt Allocation – save time and improve accuracy – automatically allocate works orders tagged to a specific purchase order.

Despatch Kit BOMs – If the item to be despatched has been set up as a ‘Kit BOM’, its components will be ‘built’ into the BOM, added to stock, and the BOM will then be despatched. Track every part of your product, even after it’s been despatched.

Supplier Part Numbers – raise orders for supplier part numbers held against stock records, using this information to its fullest potential.

Works Orders

Components – calculate and adjust quantities, fix shortages, and amend components in the Components tab.

Operations – calculate and adjust quantities, fix shortages, and amend components in the Components tab. When a new works order is made, the operations on a specified route of the bill of material are carried over onto the works order.

Using Cim200 Manufacturing, you can access relevant data for each operation, including setup, labour, machine, and tooling times, at any time.

Trial Kitting – view shortages, and raise replenishment orders without leaving the screen.

Costing – get a full breakdown of all your important costs, including material, labour, machine, setup, teardown, tooling and many more.

Capacity Planning – see a complete overview of load and capacity across your resources for any given period of time. Plan overtime or reschedule jobs easily if plans change.

Subcontracting – see any items that are currently ‘out’ at the supplier and the dates required, along with the quantities.

Scrap – when there are components with a fault, scrap these items easily while recording reasons why, by who, and when.

Traceability – track where an item was used, and the batch and serial numbers that were produced – directly from the works order.

Operation Times – for when the default times just won’t cut it, book times for specific employees. With individual rates and a designated machine with its own cost, you can make sure every second of a job is accurately costed so neither of you are out of pocket.

Planning

Make for Stock – prepare for your busiest periods by entering information about levels of demand for stock, at the dates you wish – regardless of other demands on the software.

Sales Forecasts – keep your repeat customers happy, by using Sales Forecasts to ensure that you have enough stock available when the order comes through.


If you would like to arrange an onsite demonstration of how Cim200 can work for you, then do not hesitate to contact us via [email protected] or give us a call on 01332 959008

Sage 200 Kits, Packs and Bundles

Sicon Kitting provides real-time management of stock and components. With this module you can allocate and issue component parts to orders faster, reducing the risk of errors as the finished stock item creation and consumption of the component stock item happen at the same time.

Discover more features below!

Detailed Features of Sicon Kitting

  • Manually design and build kits from the Sage 200 stock item list.
  • The cost of all the components in the kit are added to create the exact cost of the finished item.
  • Nominal accounts are controlled for items being issued and added to stock.
  • The Kitting module supports full Sage 200 stock traceability methods.
  • Enter a new sales quote or order and check kit component availability and cost.
  • Selectively convert quotes to sales orders with kits copied.
  • Build kits within SOP to create a free stock of the finished items.
  • Kit cost and selling prices can update the Sales Order line details.
  • Create a brand new kit within a Sales Order line where ad-hoc kits are required.
  • System permissions control the various operating functions.
  • Manually dissemble a kit using current average cost prices.
  • Produce a pick list report for the items used and amended in a kit build.
  • All reports are built within the Sage 200 report designer and are all amendable.
  • Reports are included for all kit designs, pick lists and custom kit builds.
  • Ideal for simple kit assembly with the ability to amend the components.

If you would like to arrange an onsite demonstration of how Sicon Kitting can work for you, an initial WebEx overview or would simply like to find out a little more, then do not hesitate to contact us via [email protected] or give us a call on 01332 959008