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OurSys has the provision to select colour themes for each user. The colour themes are in both white as well as dark modes. Dark modes not only reduce the strain on the eye but also reduce the power consumption by the screen. You can also use themes to distinguish between Real & Practice modes or to distinguish between multiple companies.
Best Practice
Purchase department must use the RFQ and Comparison chart feature of OurSys to compare at least 3 supplier quotations. This should become the basis of purchase. The comparison chart also shows previous quotations and automatically picks past quotations of suppliers whose quotation validity is still available.
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Case Study
Using "Lot validation for minimum quantity" setting
Customer Introduction:
This customer is into precision machined components such as tube fittings and valves
Problem / Goal:
Upon running the MRP program, OurSys used to allocate the raw material lot to a job purely on the FIFO basis without checking the minimum size requirement. Example: If the cutting length required was 100 mm and the first lot did not have 100 mm, it still allocated that lot partially and then took the balance from the next lot by FIFO. But this created errors in the requirement as the pieces smaller than 100 mm were useless.
The Solution:
We introduced a setting in the MRP to validate the minimum size of the lot. This ensured that lots of smaller size were not allocated and the actual shortfall could be calculated.
The Result / Benefits:
This solved the error in calculating the shortfall and the company started using the MRP this bringing in all the benefits of the MRP program. (Read this article for know the benefits of MRP system)