mVP – Discrete Manufacturing

Enterprise-level control for small- and mid-size manufacturers

mVP is Solarsoft’s ERP software for discrete manufacturing companies running repetitive batch production lines with complex tooling requirements.

Solarsoft mVP is a fully featured enterprise management system that delivers top drawer features in a compact package designed to help growing businesses achieve class leading cost, quality and delivery.

Manufacturers in injection molding, stamping and forge or springs and fasteners will particularly benefit from features designed specifically for their businesses. From tooling inventory to cycle tracking and preventive maintenance, mVP will help you to keep costs down and quality up.

Front and back office, book keeping, production control and inventory management are fully integrated within the system. EDI and web services allow for seamless integration with customers and suppliers.

Financials

Solarsoft mVP allows you to manage your business wherever it is. Solarsoft mVP features:

• Multi-currency, multi-company, multi-period ledgers
• Release Accounting linked to production reporting
• EDI transaction sets for thousands of companies, including all major automotive OEM's, major retail chains, distributors, and manufacturers.

Sales Orders

Solarsoft mVP's rich order-entry screens can feature your catalogue images and data sheets. Available-to-promise calculations for each line item help your sales team become expert advisers.

• Multiple sales order processing options with complex product configurations, pricing and delivery schedules
• Quick access to Order History accelerates entry for repeat business
• A Product Configurator for accurate and easy make-to-order quotations
• Full supply-chain integration is supported using EDI or XML
• Can be integrated with Microsoft CRM
• Online account service using the Web Sales option.

Inventory

Solarsoft mVP's inventory module gives you multi-facility inventory management capabilities with inter-location movements and inventory availability. It also features:

• User-configurable data extensions and forms so each company can set up its own QC processes, inspection sheets and documentation for full audibility of product batches.
• Multiple work-in-progress and inventory valuation methods allow precise measurement of product costs and margins.
• Lot and serial number traceability with warranty tracking.

Production Planning and Control

Solarsoft mVP provides full BOM costing with multiple manufacturing processes. It can also manage sophisticated production scheduling and MRP across facilities and resources.

Tooling management and scheduled maintenance functions make mVP ideal where proper care and costing of expensive tooling is critical to product quality and profitability.

The graphical production planning workbench gives production managers a clear and accurate view of current and planned utilization across plants and cost centers:

• Multiple capacity plans with drill down to individual machines and operators
• Drag-and-drop control over production schedules
• Multiple methods of manufacture and flexible BOM and Process Configurations
• Touch-screen shop floor data collection for accurate, real-time production reporting
• Integrated barcode labeling and support for warehouse automation using wireless readers
• Real-time machine monitoring options.

mVP is built on Microsoft Windows .NET technology and runs on industry standard servers making it easy to deploy and easy to learn. Our software also supports multiple languages.