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*To learn more about criteria rating definitions please consult The Process Manufacturing (ERP) Rating Guide
| Module | Total Criteria | Orion by 3i Infotech | Lowest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | Highest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | |||||||||
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| FINANCIALS Includes:General Ledger; Accounts Payable (A/P); Fixed Assets; Cost Accounting; Cash Management; Budgeting; and other | 908 | 617 | 54 | 236 | 81.7 | 838 | 26 | 43 | 94.96 | 889 | 0 | 19 | 99.33 |
| HUMAN RESOURCES Includes:Personnel Management; Benefits; Payroll; Employee Self-Service; Data Warehousing; Health and Safety; and other | 419 | 148 | 75 | 23 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 34.94 | 387 | 0 | 23 | 95.01 |
| PROCESS MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT Includes:Formulas/Recipes; Process Model (Formulas + Routings); Process Batch Control and Reporting; Conformance Reporting; Process Manufacturing Costing; Material Management; and other | 959 | 410 | 276 | 273 | 54.95 | 558 | 44 | 167 | 64.34 | 923 | 1 | 35 | 98.73 |
| INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Includes:Inventory Management--Online Requirements; Processing Requirements; Data Requirements; Reporting and Interfacing Requirements (Inventory Management); Locations and Lot Control; Forecasting; and other | 183 | 104 | 61 | 18 | 61.42 | 133 | 28 | 21 | 76.61 | 182 | 0 | 1 | 99.84 |
| PURCHASING MANAGEMENT Includes:Profile of Suppliers; Rating of Suppliers; Requisitions and Quotations; Purchase Orders (POs); Pricing; Vendor Contracts and Agreements; and other | 258 | 229 | 8 | 21 | 94.22 | 208 | 16 | 34 | 84.57 | 253 | 0 | 5 | 99.38 |
| QUALITY MANAGEMENT Includes:Defective or excess material return processing must update on-hand; Damaged material--corrective action and failure analysis available to vendor on-line; Flags need to perform inspection of a specific item or a supplier's items; Receives items and records as “inventory on hold” when quality inspection is pending; Identifies items awaiting or in process of inspection through an online query; Validates inspection disposition using criteria that specify inspection process; and other | 29 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 24.14 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| SALES MANAGEMENT Includes:Online Requirements (Sales Management); Reporting and Interfacing Requirements (Sales Management); Available-to-Promise (ATP); Pricing and Discounting; Customer Service and Returned Goods Handling; Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and E-Commerce Requirements; and other | 229 | 183 | 4 | 42 | 90.09 | 174 | 9 | 46 | 82.84 | 224 | 0 | 5 | 99.21 |
| PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY Includes:Architecture; User Interface; Platforms; Application Tools; Workflow and Document Management; Reporting; and other | 327 | 202 | 71 | 54 | 69.24 | 127 | 43 | 157 | 62.14 | 270 | 17 | 40 | 86.27 |
Financials
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Financial system modules for bookkeeping and ensuring accounts are paid or received on time.
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| Module | Total Criteria | Orion by 3i Infotech | Lowest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | Highest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | |||||||||
| Criteria Summary | Module Rating | Criteria Summary | Module Rating | Criteria Summary | Module Rating | ||||||||
| Sup* | NS* | Oth* | Sup* | NS* | Oth* | Sup* | NS* | Oth* | |||||
| GENERAL LEDGER Includes:Parameters and Structuring; Chart of Accounts Structure; Ledger Development and Management; Enterprise Reporting Structure; Journal Entry and Reporting; Journal Vouchers; and other | 314 | 245 | 16 | 53 | 88.98 | 284 | 13 | 17 | 92.61 | 306 | 0 | 8 | 99.17 |
| ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (A/P) Includes:Policies and Procedures; Supplier Master Data; Invoice Process and Aging; Journal Invoice Process; A/P Ledger Posting; Control of Payments; and other | 235 | 183 | 9 | 43 | 89.49 | 219 | 8 | 8 | 95.23 | 232 | 0 | 3 | 99.62 |
| FIXED ASSETS Includes:Records for Fixed Assets; Asset Transactions; Depreciation of Assets; Depreciation Books; Tax Reports; | 89 | 50 | 3 | 36 | 72.36 | 72 | 1 | 16 | 93.48 | 83 | 0 | 6 | 97.75 |
| COST ACCOUNTING Includes:Cost Data; Cost Allocations; Cost Allocation Processing; Management of Costs; | 49 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 51.02 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 97.96 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| CASH MANAGEMENT Includes:Up-to-date cash balance report; Projects cash resources from sales, A/R, field services, and miscellaneous cash; Projects cash utilization from purchasing, A/P, and miscellaneous cash; Checks committed funds against cash reserves or availability; Updates and maintains pay date schedule; Reports cash projections; and other | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 96.25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| BUDGETING Includes:Budget Control; Budget Accounting; Budget Development; Budgets; Allocation of Budgets; | 65 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 49.69 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 95.38 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Includes:On-line Requirements; Processing Requirements; Data Requirements; Reporting Requirements; Interfacing Requirements; Credit and Collections Management; and other | 105 | 72 | 0 | 33 | 83.43 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 99.43 | 104 | 0 | 1 | 99.71 |
| FINANCIAL REPORTING Includes:Online Requirements; Miscellaneous; | 35 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 78.29 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 97.14 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 99.14 |
Human Resources
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Human resources encompasses all the applications necessary for handling personnel-related tasks for corporate managers and individual employees. Modules include personnel management, benefit management, payroll management, employee self service, data warehousing, and health and safety.
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| Module | Total Criteria | Orion by 3i Infotech | Lowest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | Highest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | |||||||||
| Criteria Summary | Module Rating | Criteria Summary | Module Rating | Criteria Summary | Module Rating | ||||||||
| Sup* | NS* | Oth* | Sup* | NS* | Oth* | Sup* | NS* | Oth* | |||||
| PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Includes:Recruitment Management; Profile of Personnel; Organizational Structures; Job Position and Wage Profiles; Career Development and Training; Management of Rewards; and other | 106 | 64 | 32 | 10 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 58.87 | 102 | 0 | 4 | 97.74 |
| BENEFITS Includes:Standard Benefits; Profile for Employee Benefit Plan; Administering Benefits; | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 46.25 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 60 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| PAYROLL Includes:Profile for Employee Payroll; Earnings and Deductions; Eligibility Parameters; User Balances; Automated Time Sheet; Security and Audit; and other | 70 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 82.29 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 60 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| EMPLOYEE SELF-SERVICE Includes:Review and maintain name, address, telephone number, etc., associated with life events; Review or enroll in benefits for open enrollment period; Change benefits related to a life event; Update W4 information such as tax filling status, number of exemptions, and withholding information; View pay stub info: gross pay, taxes, other deductions, net pay, pay period, and year-to-date totals; Maintain dependents and beneficiaries related to life event; and other | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 70.91 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 60 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 95.91 |
| DATA WAREHOUSING Includes:Staff headcount, movement, and turnover trends analyses and reports; Workforce planning reporting; EEO/affirmative action /disabled employee reporting; Absence and leave accrual reporting; Wage and salary costs data, with detailed breakdowns across, for example, earnings, deductions, and disbursements; Reports on vacancies and the effectiveness of filling them such as time to fill, cost per applicant, and average time of retaining the position; and other | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 46.15 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| HEALTH AND SAFETY Includes:Report and investigate incidents of injury and illness for employees and contractors; Initiation of corrective actions related to an incident; Logging of first aid records and reports; Manage occupational injury and illness claims; Report incidents involving vehicles and equipment; Detect and monitor hazardous conditions (areas) and materials, and exporting them via an interface for further processing; and other | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT Includes:Project Identification; Resource Identification and Classification; Workforce Forecasting and Planning (Supply and Demand); Workforce Gap Analysis; Resource Allocation and Analysis; Project Management and Tracking; and other | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 16 | 88.57 |
| TRAINING Includes:Planning; Administration; | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 96.92 |
Process Manufacturing Management
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| Module | Total Criteria | Orion by 3i Infotech | Lowest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | Highest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | |||||||||
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| Sup* | NS* | Oth* | Sup* | NS* | Oth* | Sup* | NS* | Oth* | |||||
| FORMULAS/RECIPES Includes:Alternative batch assignment; Calculates ingredient quantities for simulations; Set total costs is used as a criteria to change ingredients; Measures ingredients using percentages and totals; Calculates or recalculates the total weight or volume or ingredients; Uses what-if scenarios to determine if a work order or PO can be fulfilled; and other | 67 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 98.21 |
| PROCESS MODEL (FORMULAS + ROUTINGS) Includes:Process model (formulas + routings) includes by-products, co-products, recycles, and waste; Multiple process models for the same item; Direct consumption or production of all resources (for example, electricity, water, steam, and waste); Automatically calculates or recalculate the total component weights and volume; Dynamic recipe adjustment based on the actual characteristics of ingredients; Yield percentages are defined and calculated cumulatively for each operation; and other | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 88.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| PROCESS BATCH CONTROL AND REPORTING Includes:Scarp yield percentages are adjusted based on actual operation yields; Expired ingredients are automatically deducted as unused lot balance; Defines batches as plant specific, cross-plant, cross-material, unique, etc.; Determines batches through lists and classifications; Maintains batch history in a file; Produces batch tickets by date; and other | 25 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 96 |
| CONFORMANCE REPORTING Includes:Hazardous Material Reporting; Quality Testing and Regulatory Compliance; | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 55.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 90 |
| PROCESS MANUFACTURING COSTING Includes:Costing and analysis for co-products or by-products and allows negative number values to represent the cost of their removal; Allocates cost to a by-product or co-product by cost distribution percentage and assigned costs; Uses assigned cost costing method; Uses accumulation of rollup costing method; NRV costing method; Yield planning and tracking (standard versus actual); and other | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| MATERIAL MANAGEMENT Includes:Order weight and cubic footage allocated for shipping; Uses weights and volume of individual units to calculate the volume of a package; Multiple quantities of measures of items including catch weight, pallets, bricks, bales, totes, tank cars, and stubs; Product attributes searching and matching at order entry; Tracks variations in chemical and physical properties of a product without changing numbers; Available-to-promise (ATP) reflects the realities of inventory coming out of inspection and shelf life expiration; and other | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 63.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 97.83 |
| PRODUCT COSTING Includes:Item Costing; Costing Activity; Purchase Costing; Costing Calculations; Cost Report and Inventory Accounting; Actual Costing; and other | 100 | 72 | 8 | 20 | 80 | 90 | 4 | 6 | 92 | 98 | 0 | 2 | 99.4 |
| SHOP FLOOR CONTROL Includes:Flow Manufacturing; Company Calendar; Work Centers and Machines; Orders Dispatching; Production Orders Control and Reporting; WIP Management; and other | 382 | 168 | 88 | 126 | 57.17 | 274 | 15 | 93 | 79.14 | 366 | 1 | 15 | 98.51 |
| PRODUCTION PLANNING Includes:Master Production Scheduling (MPS); Rough-Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP); Material Requirements Planning (MRP); Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) and Work Center Scheduling; | 287 | 78 | 167 | 42 | 33.24 | 194 | 25 | 68 | 77.6 | 285 | 0 | 2 | 99.79 |
Inventory Management
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Solutions for inventory management are used for the record-keeping of goods that are warehoused, and managing the movement of these goods to, from, and through warehouses.
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| Module | Total Criteria | Orion by 3i Infotech | Lowest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | Highest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | |||||||||
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| INVENTORY MANAGEMENT--ONLINE REQUIREMENTS Includes:Maintain item number history of usage, both planned and unplanned, and purged upon a specific date criteria; Provide inquiry and reporting capability for inventory transactions by item number, location, and transaction type.; Provide reporting capability by item number (all transactions since last cycle count); Provide inquiry and reporting capability for inventory transaction summary by from and to dates; Provide inquiry and reporting capability for inventory status by item number and serial number; Provide inquiry and reporting capability for slow moving and obsolete inventory; and other | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 77.93 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 86.21 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 98.97 |
| PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS Includes:Provide for multiple facilities, warehouses, stockrooms, and inventory locations; Kanban inventory management; Flexible assignment of inventory processing by product and part (kanban and point-of-use); Provide allocation of raw material and component inventory to firm planned or open work order locations; Provide for non-nettable inventory locations; Provide for ABC classification of parts, based on order activity, historic usage/cost, or projected usage/cost; and other | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 86.43 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 91.43 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| DATA REQUIREMENTS Includes:Provide product line code information on the inventory master file; Provide item number information on the inventory master file; Provide item description information on the inventory master file; Provide unit of measure information on the inventory master file; Provide effectivity information on the inventory master file (absolute date effectivity may be assigned via item number); Provide effectivity information on the inventory master file regardless of its total product structure usage; and other | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| REPORTING AND INTERFACING REQUIREMENTS (INVENTORY MANAGEMENT) Includes:Produce system-generated documents for material issues to production runs; Provide reporting of inactive, excess, or obsolete inventory; Provide inventory valuation reporting by item number, product code, warehouse, production facility, distribution center, or stockroom; Provide the ability for a distribution center to run reports or inquiries on inventory status, open order status (sales and production), costs, sales, and quotes for items that only pertain to their specific facility; Reports of inventory by team, planner code, and buyer code; Interface with the general ledger to forward a journal for all inventory adjustments; and other | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 93.33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| LOCATIONS AND LOT CONTROL Includes:Set stocking locations for each item as fixed, assigned, manual or assigned by the system; Standard ten-position convention to identify location of items in inventory; A given finished item can be listed simultaneously in multiple stocking places in one site; Users define types to classify storage locations, such as warehouse, store, branch, truck, consigned, return, repair, inspection, department, bulk, or category; Use random locations for storing items; Standard locations for stocking items; and other | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| FORECASTING Includes:Conducts simulation to test policies; Uses beta factor to resolve forecasting errors; Compares actual service levels to service levels specified in policies; Generates initialization and control reports to create and evaluate forecasts; Generates initialization or simulation reports for safety stock; Measures accuracy of forecasts (adjusted or unadjusted); and other | 51 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 1.96 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 50.59 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| RESERVATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS Includes:Reservation days--time fence between soft and hard allocations; Displays online and in real time resources and inventory that are available in a specific location; Item balances maintained by grade specifications and lot number; Available inventory reduced at time of sales order entry; Customizable rules for reallocating inventory across open orders; Immediate allocation of inventory quantities to backorders; and other | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 76.92 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 66.92 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| ADJUSTING INVENTORY Includes:Manual adjustments to inventory values; User specifies reason codes for adjusting inventory, such as cycle count or poor quality; Secure access via control number to modify inventory transactions; Displays inventory balance information before and after adjustments; Inventory adjustments tracked for reporting purposes; Authorization on individual transaction level; and other | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Purchasing Management
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Purchasing management encompasses a group of applications that controls purchasing of raw materials needed to build products and that manages inventory stocks. It also involves creating purchase orders/contracts, supplier tracking, goods receipt and payment, and regulatory compliance analysis and reporting.
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| Module | Total Criteria | Orion by 3i Infotech | Lowest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | Highest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | |||||||||
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| PROFILE OF SUPPLIERS Includes:Fields for supplier data such as shipping methods, item references, and conditions; Suppliers may have more than one address; Store e-mail addresses, web sites, and fax numbers in vendor profiles; Associate items with vendors' descriptions; Code different vendor production lead times, taking into account both supplier lead time and transport time; Bill-to-entity information including currency, bank, account number, and mode of payment; and other | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| RATING OF SUPPLIERS Includes:Year-to-date description of purchases in dollar value, by supplier; Goods delivery times are maintained as statistics for each supplier; Twenty-four month statistical performance data; Average of early days and late days delivery; Rejected salvaged in number and dollar value; Analyzes suppliers' PO fulfillment performance based on significant data points such as cost or price and quality; and other | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 97.69 |
| REQUISITIONS AND QUOTATIONS Includes:Users can manually enter requisitions, which update along with automatic entries; Procurement system allows multiple line items and delivery schedules; Quality codes included on purchase requisitions; Requisitions can be approved in real time; Processes requests for quotation (RFQ); Manage and update supplier's quotes for particular items; and other | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.31 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 41.54 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| PURCHASE ORDERS (POS) Includes:MRP requisition converts to a purchase order; Conversion of a planned purchase order to a PO electronically forwarded to vendor automatically; Manually enter and send purchase order; Assigns sequential PO numbers automatically; Purchase order types including standard PO, blanket/contract, subcontract order/operation, purchase request, and return-from-stock; Purchase orders for miscellaneous (non-inventoried) items "Fast Path"; and other | 62 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 96.45 | 50 | 3 | 9 | 87.1 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 99.35 |
| PRICING Includes:Price and discount table corresponds to individual suppliers and items; Automatic update of an item's record based on the item's most recent purchase price; Orders may be discounted manually or automatically based on the order line; Price adjustments such as quantity discounts are determined from a grade table; Vendor price may be changed for a product class in multiple vendor agreements; Pricing and discounting tables include effectivity dates; and other | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 83.08 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 97.69 |
| VENDOR CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS Includes:Agreements with suppliers may be discounted at different levels including the product level, product class level, and a level for general terms; Agreement number designating common terms; Defines normal contract and special contract types; Contract effectivity dates (start and end); Users may enter agreement start dates (a signal date); Contract terms may specify ranges for delivery dates and quantities; and other | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 86.88 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 86.25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| MANAGEMENT OF POS Includes:Entities within a company link to a common legal entity (for example, business units, plants, sites, etc.); Consolidates enterprise-wide purchasing as a central unit; Products classified within a purchase class default to a main vendor; Verifies (and holds if necessary) receiving transactions on the basis of controls defined during purchasing; Internal processing lead times provided based on products and warehouses; Retain PO data for audit purposes (PO with electronic approval); and other | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 94.8 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| PROCUREMENT REPORTING AND ONLINE REPORTING Includes:Requisition report and query; Purchase order report and query for planned POs and released POs; Purchase order status and follow-up reporting or querying; Purchasing action recommended according to material requirements; User-defined parameters for PO and receipt exception reporting; Released purchase orders traced by part number; and other | 24 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 92.08 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 91.67 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 98.75 |
| REPEAT PROCUREMENT Includes:Users (with proper authorization) may issue blanket POs for specified items, quantities, and time periods; Includes established effective dates in contract orders and line items; Tracks quantity or dollar value ranges for contracts; Purchasing agent may establish special conditions for delivery by the vendor; PO line items maintain information pertaining to allocation, delivery, and purchase; Shipping and delivery schedules for the vendor reported in physical or electronic formats; and other | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 73.16 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 84.21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 98.42 |
| RECEIPTS FOR PROCUREMENT Includes:Reports information on goods reception; Receipt order or receipt number; Creates receipts based on the contract or project; Multiple POs may be grouped as a single receipt for one shipment; Automatically numbers receipts in sequence; Calls up PO receipts in real time and updates inventory data; and other | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| ON-LINE REQUIREMENTS Includes:Create and use blanket purchase orders; Provides a reference to a contract or master agreement; Create multiple releases, each relieving a committed amount; Multiple release capability at the line item level; Provides a reference to the blanket purchase order that yielded a particular PO; Manual instigation of purchase requisitions; and other | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 75.38 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| REPORTING AND INTERFACING REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASING MANAGEMENT Includes:Print open PO detail information by vendor, item number, due date, or dollar value; Generate past due reports by vendor or item number in due date sequence; Automatic reminder for overdue shipments sent to vendors via fax or e-mail; Print a vendor performance report based on shipment and purchasing history; Print a vendor performance report based on showing late deliveries (days late); Print a vendor performance report based on orders placed; and other | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 64.44 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Quality Management
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| Module | Total Criteria | Orion by 3i Infotech | Lowest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | Highest Rated Competitor for Process Manufacturing (ERP) | |||||||||
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| DEFECTIVE OR EXCESS MATERIAL RETURN PROCESSING MUST UPDATE ON-HAND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| DAMAGED MATERIAL--CORRECTIVE ACTION AND FAILURE ANALYSIS AVAILABLE TO VENDOR ON-LINE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| FLAGS NEED TO PERFORM INSPECTION OF A SPECIFIC ITEM OR A SUPPLIER'S ITEMS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| RECEIVES ITEMS AND RECORDS AS “INVENTORY ON HOLD” WHEN QUALITY INSPECTION IS PENDING | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| IDENTIFIES ITEMS AWAITING OR IN PROCESS OF INSPECTION THROUGH AN ONLINE QUERY | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| VALIDATES INSPECTION DISPOSITION USING CRITERIA THAT SPECIFY INSPECTION PROCESS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRACKS MATERIAL INSPECTION DISPOSITIONS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRACKS AND REPORTS ON NON-DISPOSITIONED REJECTS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRACKS QUANTITY REJECTED AT INSPECTION | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| ASSIGNS CODES TO REJECT DESCRIPTIONS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRACKS UNRESOLVED REJECTIONS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| PROCESSES MATERIAL RECEIPTS WHICH HAVE FAILED INSPECTION | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| CORRECTIVE ACTIONS CAN BE INITIATED, AND PROCESSED, AND TRACKED | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRACKS ITEMS FOR WHICH THERE IS NO DISPOSITION, OR WHICH ARE REJECTED PENDING VENDOR APPROVAL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRACKS ITEMS AWAITING REWORK ORDER | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRACKS ITEMS FOR WHICH USE IS CONDITIONAL ON QA STATEMENT OF ACCEPTABLE VARIANCE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRACKS ITEMS AWAITING RETURN SHIPMENT TO VENDOR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| PROVIDES AGGREGATE SUPPLIER QUALITY DATA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO MATERIAL RETURNS TO VENDORS CAN BE PERFORMED ONLINE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| TRACKS CUSTOMER-REJECTED ITEMS AWAITING DISPOSITION FROM ORIGINAL SUPPLIER | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES SCHEDULE INFORMATION FOR ITEMS RETURNED TO SUPPLIERS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| LISTS AUTHORIZED ALTERNATIVES FOR SUBSTITUTION-APPROVED ITEMS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| LISTS AUTHORIZED VENDORS FOR EACH ITEM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| PRINTS DOCUMENT IDENTIFYING POINT OF RETURN AND JUSTIFICATION | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| PRINTS DEBIT MEMO AS PART OF RETURN-TO-SUPPLIER PROCESS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| RECALCULATES AVERAGE ITEM COST | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| QUALITY DATA ON-LINE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| REQUIREMENTS GROUPING USING COLLECTION PLANS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| QUALITY DOCUMENT LINKAGE WITH PRODUCT MASTER WITHIN PDM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
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