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ERP for building materials production: what a brick really costs.

Bill of materials and stock for bricks and masonry units. In the same ERP that runs sales and delivery.

The work is project-based: purchasing, production, warehouse, shipping and billing work in the same project, from raw-material procurement to delivery.

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on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Premium)

Brickworks: pallets of red bricks in front of a smoking kiln, an overhead crane above the hall

Sound familiar?

  • The recipe and the bill of materials live in the foreman's head, not in the system.
  • Times from the plant and from installation are collected on paper and entered later.
  • Sales promises dates without seeing what is actually in the plant and in the warehouse.
  • Actual costing arrives weeks later, or not at all.

01 — Functions

  1. 01

    Production orders

    The production order comes from the sales order or from planning. Materials, operations and dates sit on the order.

  2. 02

    BOM and routing

    Raw materials, additives, packaging and operations per product. Variants such as size, colour or strength are item variants, not copies.

  3. 03

    Shop floor and project time

    Shop-floor and project time is clocked or entered at a terminal, straight onto the production or project order. No paper slips.

  4. 04

    Stock for plant and delivery

    Raw material, semi-finished and finished goods, separated by location. Sales sees available quantity and the delivery date.

  5. 05

    Lots and traceability

    Lot and serial numbers from raw material to delivery. Needed for testing, the declaration of performance and complaints.

  6. 06

    Installation as project

    Where products are installed on site, such as precast or exhaust systems, the installation runs as a project with hours and materials in the same system.

  7. 07

    Costing and actual costing

    Expected cost from the bill of materials and the routing, actual cost from posted materials and time. Variances show on the order, not at year-end.

  8. 08

    Purchasing, EDI and documents

    Raw materials planned from demand. Anvaigo EDI Connect for orders and invoices with volume, Continia for incoming invoices and outgoing documents.

02 — For these companies

  • Brick and clinker works
  • Precast and concrete-product plants
  • Makers of exhaust, ventilation and building-services systems
  • Metal and steel construction for building
  • Other makers of building products

03 — Why it fits

  • Bill of materials in the system, not in someone's head
  • Delivery dates from real stock
  • Job costing on the order
  • Manufacturing in Business Central Premium, standard and ready for the next update

Where do you lose track in building materials production?

Show us one typical order, from raw material to delivery. We show how it runs in Business Central.

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