Executive Summary

Executive Summary

Welcome to the AFPOD web site.

AFPOD is designed for companies that need to break from their current non-value added practices and habits and want to improve by adopting Business Processes designed to deliver according to the customer value stream. Such companies strive for best customer service and high operational efficiency.

Companies that use AFPOD can modernize their Business Strategy, Customer Management, Product Management, Manufacturing operations, Warehousing and Service Operations inline with the most world-progressive companies that have re-engineered and adopted the Process Driven Organization approach to doing business. Such companies have distanced themselves from traditional Functional Organizations where waste is an acceptable practice. Companies of the future strive to speed to market by using the relatively new yet proven Business Processes such as Pull-Manufacturing and Pull-Supply chain. Today’s market demands less and less lead-time and fast delivery. There is no place for old methods such as factory scheduling and MRP where waiting and missing deadlines happen regularly.

AFPOD is designed to adhere to proven Process Organization methods versus old and inefficient Functional methods, Pull-Manufacturing versus traditional Push-Manufacturing of wait and waste, and Demand-driven consistent environments versus chaos and inconsistency of push environments.

Overview

AFPOD is an ERP system designed to manage reporting and operational aspects of companies with commercial transactions such as manufacturing, distribution and service. This includes selling, buying, warehousing, production management, accounting and after-sales services.

AFPOD is particularly designed to manage operations of companies with well-defined business processes or as a tool to transform a company to a Business Process driven organization. Customer focused organizations can maximize their operational efficiency by identifying and following value-added Business Processes.

AFPOD can support a company that operates from up to 100 different locations in multiple languages and currencies. Company locations can vary from stand-alone sales-only offices, to warehouses or distribution centres with or without manufacturing and/or service capabilities.

AFPOD is an operationally focused system that supports every business activity from pre-sales to delivery and after-sales service and financial transactions.

Expert professionals using state-of-the-art computer technology programming languages have created the AFPOD system that includes a rich front-end application and a Microsoft SQL Server database. AFPOD is a fast, reliable and multi-user system designed to improve your company’s productivity.

AFPOD resides in a computer server with user access, available by using either your corporate network or the Internet. The user interface is a thin client using Citrix Xenapp or Microsoft Terminal server to communicate with the server.

AFPOD Business functions and data includes:

· Business Processes

· Long- and Short-Term Planning

· Customer Management

· Product Management

· Supplier Management

· Site and Installations

· Quotation Management

· Order Management

· Demand and Purchasing Management

· Manufacturing Line Design

· Manufacturing Operation Control

· On-site Service Management

· Employee Management

· Equipment Management

· Item Master

· Warehouse Management and Logistics

· Financial Transactions

· Access and Permissions