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Navigator - ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

Purpose
Run the manufacturing business in one system, from enquiry and sales order through engineering, production, purchasing and dispatch to finance and accounting.
Problem we solve
Sales, engineering, production, stores and accounts working in separate registers and spreadsheets, so nobody can trace an order from enquiry to dispatch, invoice and cash.
Our USP
Manufacturing-first and customized to your business processes: drawings, engineering changes, engineer-to-order BOMs and work orders sit alongside sales, purchasing and accounts, with order-to-cash traceability — shaped by varied manufacturing segments for SMEs and larger companies alike.

Overview

About Navigator ERP

Navigator ERP is a manufacturing ERP for component, project-based and equipment or machine manufacturers. It has been shaped by the requirements of varied industry segments and is intended for small and medium enterprises as well as larger companies.

It follows an order from the first enquiry through engineering, production, purchasing and stores to dispatch, invoicing and accounting.

Manufacturing environments

  • Mass and precision components
  • Make-to-order machines and equipment
  • Engineer-to-order and special purpose machines
  • Project-based manufacturing

Capabilities

Capabilities by area

  • Sales and order management

    • Enquiry management, quotations and follow-up
    • Prospect and area analysis
    • Sales orders, scheduling and release for production
    • Order amendments, short close and cancellation
    • Order outstanding analysis and customer ratings
  • Product structure and engineering

    • Drawing master
    • Engineering change orders (ECN) and drawing change notes (DCN)
    • Standard and engineer-to-order BOMs
    • Multi-level BOM and “where used”
    • Manufacturing process, work centres and routing
  • Production and work orders

    • Work-order creation and prioritization, with available-to-promise (ATP)
    • Machine and assembly job cards
    • Material and tool requisitions
    • Process-wise production and scrap entries
    • Work-order hold, suspend, transfer, split, merge and short close
    • Traceability, rejection analysis, machine efficiency and work-order cost roll-up
  • Quality and maintenance

    • Quality plans
    • Incoming, in-process and job-work inspection
    • WIP rework and rejection, and line rejection
    • Preventive and scheduled maintenance, and breakdown history
  • Procurement and inventory

    • Supplier and item masters
    • RFQs and quotation comparison
    • Purchase planning, purchase orders and delivery schedules
    • Reorder levels and supplier ratings
    • Goods receipt, material issue and lot-wise usage
    • Stock valuation, ageing, dead stock and ABC analysis
  • Dispatch

    • Packing slips and delivery challans
    • Export invoices
    • Warehouse management and sales returns
    • Order-to-dispatch-to-invoice-to-cash traceability
  • Finance and accounting

    • Chart of accounts, tax codes and ledger opening balances
    • Receivables and payables with ageing
    • Receipts, payments and TDS
    • Bank transactions and reconciliation
    • Journal entries, credit and debit notes
    • Statutory records, day book, ledger, trial balance, balance sheet and profit & loss

Workflow

From enquiry to cash

How an order moves through Navigator ERP.

  1. Enquiry and quotation

    Enquiries, quotations and follow-up.

  2. Sales order and release

    Sales order, scheduling and release for production.

  3. Product structure

    Drawings, BOMs, engineering changes and routing for what is being made.

  4. Purchasing and stores

    Purchase orders, delivery schedules, goods receipt and material issue.

  5. Production

    Work orders, job cards and process-wise production entries.

  6. Dispatch, invoice and cash

    Packing, delivery challans and invoicing, traceable through to receipts.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is Navigator - ERP?

Navigator - ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning): Run the manufacturing business in one system, from enquiry and sales order through engineering, production, purchasing and dispatch to finance and accounting.

What problem does Navigator - ERP solve?

Sales, engineering, production, stores and accounts working in separate registers and spreadsheets, so nobody can trace an order from enquiry to dispatch, invoice and cash.

What makes Navigator - ERP different?

Manufacturing-first and customized to your business processes: drawings, engineering changes, engineer-to-order BOMs and work orders sit alongside sales, purchasing and accounts, with order-to-cash traceability — shaped by varied manufacturing segments for SMEs and larger companies alike.

What does Navigator - ERP include?

Navigator - ERP covers sales and order management, product structure and engineering, production and work orders, quality and maintenance, procurement and inventory, dispatch and finance and accounting.

Which industries is Navigator - ERP a proven fit for?

Machining & precision components: Navigator ERP is positioned for mass and precision component manufacturing. Foundry & casting: Navigator delivered a solution for the investment casting process in 2004, with shop-floor traceability of customer orders. Automotive components: Navigator has delivered solutions for an automobile OEM and for automobile component manufacturers. Contractors: Navigator ERP tracks project progress with traceability from BOQ to BOM, shortage list and procurement.

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