Minotaur Software Aug.2014 | Page 13

Manufacturing Transforming raw materials into interim and finished products all while maintaining end to end traceability is where Minotaur shines. that can help you plan production to meet customer orders or maintain minimum inventory levels. Receiving information, shelf life and expiry dates help ensure that you know when raw materials are safe to use. We offer functionality for: Assembling products is traditional batch processing where you make one output from multiple inputs Finally, interim and finished goods costing is calculated based on your preferred costing methods at each step in the process. Yield reports let you monitor how production staff is doing against your expected formula standard. Disassembling products entails taking one input and producing multiple outputs. This is common in primary meat processing, fruit or vegetable processing and for manufacturers that produce large batches of interim products and fill multiple sized containers from that single input. For more details, visit our industry specific focus pages:   11 11 Food Manufacturing and Distribution (page 28-29)  By having manufacturing in the same system as your inventory, purchasing and sales, you get the benefit of up to date information Meat Processing (page 26-27) Chemi cal (page 30) Manu fact u ring