The MISys Main menu is the blue banner to the left of the MISys interface screen and can be quickly configured to include just the Business Functions that a user is involved with.

Did you know that MISys has a set of internal alerts that can provide real time speedy information to its users based on specific criteria?

The MISys Production Calendar is used to record the dates where production is shut down. Setting a date on the Production calendar means that MISys will not schedule any work to take place on that day. The Planner / Scheduler has the option of manually scheduling Production orders to override the Production Calendar dates, however.

With the Advanced Manufacturing module in MISys, Shop Operations can be set up in Bills of Material as Routing Operations. An operation takes place in a Work Center, and each Work Center has a Production Shift Schedule that establishes the available time for that Work Center.

If you ever come across a situation where you are looking for corresponding items in your database by using a supplier code or manufacturer product code reference, you can do so by using the product look up tool.

It is not necessary to use the MISys user interfaces to update much of the data in MISys. For mass data updates, there is a much quicker way to do it...!

Counting inventory is challenging at the best of times, so it is good to know that there is a powerful way to refine what appears on a count sheet.

There are times in the manufacturing environment when parts run out of stock, but alternatives do exist that can be used to complete the process.

Statistics are the foundation of the Six Sigma methodology and can be very useful in understanding manufacturing performance and for planning manufacturing improvement. It might be surprising to know that a lot of useful statistical data is likely already available in your manufacturing database.

Your MISys database will grow increasingly large over time and with that comes an excess of closed and old dated manufacturing orders, work orders, inventory snap shots, item cost history, job details and log transaction information. MISys housekeeping tools are available to purge some of those old records as shown below. It is highly recommended that a backup of the company is completed from the administration menu of MISys before any of these purges are attempted.

When entering materials on a Bill of Material (BOM) you have to choose one of 4 different options for the detail type on each line. Each of the 4 options pertains to how that line item calculates based on build quantity and how it transacts when the production order is being processed.

Successful manufacturing requires effectively bringing together resources, including materials, labor, and machinery to produce something of value. The manufacturing equation can get complex, so finding effective ways to reduce complexity is always a good priority.