Have you ever come across a situation where you want information to show up on a report and MISys does not have a field for you to put that information into?

MISys Custom Fields allow users to put in any number of additional fields in a variety of data type - he possibilities are endless.

The MISys Barcoding add-on includes report utilities for printing Item barcode labels. Barcodes are very useful for stock identification and an example is that Physical inventory counts can be conducted much faster and with less errors when items numbers are scanned from matching barcodes. Using MISys EXT interface on a smart device connected with a barcode scanner provides a particularly effective way to conduct a Physical count.

Risk is defined as something that creates or suggests a hazard with the possibility of loss or injury. In manufacturing, all kinds of risks threaten the key performance metrics of cost, quality, and speed, so identifying and lowering risk is critical to improving operational performance.

If you’re looking to start barcoding your inventory in MISys, there are some great standard reports that you can use to your advantage.

Over time in a manufacturing dbase, the volume of data can build and some of that data will eventually become obsolete. Keeping obsolete data in the system can result in process and performance degradation, so it is a good idea to clear out un-needed data on a regular basis.

If you’ve ever been in a situation where an item has been created with an extra space or an incorrect character in it that you cannot update because that Item now has lots of history, this post is for you.

If you’ve ever been in a situation where a part has been replaced in your organization and you end up having to updated dozens of BOM’s?

Housekeeping in MISys has a much quicker option for you now within the administration section under housekeeping.

Purchase Orders are commonly e-mailed and a common question after setting up the e-mail connection in MISys Company Options is how users can e-mail Suppliers directly from the Purchase order interface.

MISys MRP consolidates items onto purchase orders in two basic ways. One is by individual MPS dates and the second is by earliest MPS date.

If you use FIFO as your costing method, you might be confused as to which valuation report you should use to reconcile your inventory balance with the accounting software after a period end post.

MISys has TWO item valuation reports and these reports yield somewhat different results.

In many manufacturing environments, the replenishment of Bulk items to a Work Center is triggered by a Kanban signal that goes to the stock room. This is common with visual replenishment methods such as ‘Two-Bin’ or ‘Kanban Cards’.

When setting up Routing Operations for a Bill of Material, a great visual method to confirm accuracy is by running a Routing Chart.