GRMS

WHY have major divisions of Eastman Kodak, Siemens Energy & Automation and Carrier chosen GRMS as their manufacturing software vendor?

BECAUSE software is only the beginning of a venture into the successful implementation of a manufacturing system.

BEYOND software functionality there are issues such as: Tailoring to the absolute needs of the end users Vendor manufacturing expertise On-site training and implementation Ongoing customer support Data Conversion

SPEAK to our customers to find out first hand how GRMS deals with these issues.

TOTAL TURNKEY SOLUTION

GRMS, through strategic positioning with its customers, vendors and industry associates has actively addressed the needs of today's business through the simplicity and flexibility of its ERP offering. GRMS provides solutions to a broad range of customer environments.

Accounts Payable

BENEFITS

• Manage cash flow Reduce administrative costs by automating the data entry and reporting functions.
• Provide decision makers with more accurate and timely information.
• Improve control of Accounts Payable for multiple companies and/or divisions.

FEATURES

• Supports single or multi-divisional environments.
• Offers an automatic or user defined payment selection process.
• Allows for prepayment and partial payment transactions.
• Provides for manual and voided checks.
• General Ledger interface and update.
• Produces pre and post check registers.
• User defined bank account table.
• Supports miscellaneous and standard General Ledger distributions.
• Prints checks in standard or user defined format.
• Payment hold and approval capability for invoices.
• Reports cancelled/voided checks and assists in bank reconciliation.
• Projects cash requirements.
• Calculates discount dates and amounts based upon vendor or specific invoice data.
• Provides for voided invoices.
• Monitors and reviews exceptions between vendor invoices, purchase orders and receiving.
• Displays/prints vendor account status.
• Supports multi-company processing.

REPORTS (Sample List)

• Open Accounts Payable aging.
• Checks in standard or user defined formats.
• Cash Requirements Clearing detail (items received - not billed).
• Pre-check authorization.
• Check Register by check number and/or vendor.
• Purchase Journals
• Vendor Status
• Vendor Master
• Bank Reconciliation reports

Accounts Receivable

BENEFITS

• Provide greater cash flow visibility Improve collections and promote greater financial control, thereby enhancing profitability.
• Optimize the tasks of entering invoices, cash and aging customer receivables.
• On-line credit checking with Sales Order Processing.

FEATURES

• Maintains "open item" accounts receivable.
• Optional application of finance charges and/or discount terms.
• Cross referencing capabilities for quick access to customer and/or invoice information.
• Unapplied cash.
• Customer inquiry screens for quick access to open/paid items with aging analysis.
• Automatic invoice entry from Sales Order Processing.
• Miscellaneous cash receipts.
• Credit memo application against one or more open items.
• Manual invoice entry with accounting distribution and out-of-balance checking.
• Adjustment and auditing capabilities.
• Direct interface and update to the General Ledger.
• AR and bookings credit limit.
• Automatic application of payment terms and credit limits.
• On-line credit manager information.
• Supports split payment terms and partial payment entries.

REPORTS (Sample List)

• Open Accounts Receivable
• Customer Analysis
• Aged Receivables
• Unapplied Cash listing
• Daily and Monthly Cash Posting (date range options)
• Customer Master listing
• Customer Statements
• Deposit History
• Mailing labels

Fixed Assets

BENEFITS

• Provide detail asset records to support.
• General Ledger fixed asset control amounts.
• Monitor asset depreciation calculation and values depending upon asset life and remaining asset value. Produce periodic reports of asset cost, depreciation amounts, methods classification, etc.
• Reduce clerical costs for asset maintenance and net value calculations.
• Promote greater control over fixed assets.

FEATURES

• Supports multiple companies and/or divisions.
• Comparison of simulated and live depreciation books.
• User defined fiscal period depreciation calculations.
• Post depreciation amounts by asset on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis.
• Ability to group similar assets into a specific classification.
• Depreciate any asset by one of 25 standard depreciation methods.
• Provide multiple asset groups for one asset General Ledger account.
• Record asset disposition and disposition methods.

REPORTS (Sample List)

• Adjusted basis schedule
• Fixed Asset additions
• Depreciation schedule
• Fixed Asset schedule
• Book comparison for Alternative Tax method adjustments
• Depreciation/Amortization summary

General Ledger

BENEFITS

• Evaluate corporate position and activity for any fiscal period, quarter or year.
• Monitor debit and credit balances for assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and all other financial areas Produce
• Monthly statements Increase productivity by optimizing bookkeeping tasks and minimizing clerical error.
• Promote greater financial control

FEATURES

• Supports multiple companies and/or divisions.
• Selective and automatic journal postings from other GMS modules.
• User defined fiscal periods.
• Journal postings to past, present or future accounting periods.
• Chart of Accounts using account and sub-account codes Inquiry screens for quick access to transactions and/or balances
• Header/detail classification of each account for automatic grouping in printed reports.
• Maintains special work orders for non-inventory items User controlled retention of historical information. Supports mid-year conversions.
• Comparison reporting (i.e., budget vs. actuals).
• Consolidated financial statements Maintains multiple periods.
• Powerful free formatting financial statement and report generator.
• Summary/detail transaction posting.
• Recurring, accrual and skeletal journal entries.

REPORTS (Sample List)

• Chart of Accounts listing.
• User defined Balance Sheet and Income Statements.
• Selective Journal listing.
• Trial Balance Consolidated company reporting.
• Comparative reporting on current vs. past performance.
• Complete audit trails with various levels of detail reporting.
• Comparative reporting on budget vs. actual.

Inventory

BENEFITS

• Provide Inventory Planning Management with up-to-date and accurate information relative to stock availability and usage.
• Meet customer requirements without carrying unnecessary inventories.
• Reduce inventory levels and minimize carrying costs Inventory traceability by lot/serial number

FEATURES

• On-line adjustment to stock quantities in a net change MRP environment.
• Rejection tag numbers with tracking capabilities.
• Picklist processing by exception, supporting shortages and over-issues with optional notation
• Multiple warehouses and locations.
• ABC analysis.
• Inquiry screens for quick access to work order/part shortages and inventory usage.
• Inventory vs. bin conversion with automatic updating to planned work orders.
• Usage control to prevent or permit.
• WIP receipts for parts not issued Lot/Serial Control.
• PO receipts supporting partial and overshipments, special instructions and open delivery/balance display.
• Ability to complete work order requirements and override original planned quantities.
• Miscellaneous receipts.
• Complete audit trails for all inventory transactions with cost information.
• Receiving and inspection processing with shortage displays to assist expediting.
• Extensive cross referencing.
• Accept, reject and scrap dispositions for inspected parts.
• Optional backflushing.
• Paperless interface with A/P and Purchasing

REPORTS (Sample List)

• Physical inventory and cycle counting worksheets.
• Shortage reports for selected or all parts.
• PO receipts by accounting period.
• Inventory usage by part and accounting period
• Inspection history reports for part numbers/purchase orders.
• ABC analysis
• Lot history
• Inventory
• Transaction
• Stock Status
• Inventory Valuation

Purchasing

BENEFITS

• Promote on-time delivery, satisfy material requirements and meet production schedules.
• Improve buyer productivity and reduce inventory cost through vendor analysis.
• Estimate future cash flow requirements based on outstanding purchase orders.
• Minimize clerical efforts.
• Provides for improved vendor relations.

FEATURES

• Cross referencing capabilities for quick access to vendor/part number information.
• Purchases can be assigned directly to a work order.
• Vendor part number capability.
• Supports multiple items on PO.
• Supports non-inventory purchases.
• Supports multiple deliveries for an item.
• System and/or user assigned purchase order numbers.
• Provides for purchasing and remit to addresses.
• Standard and blanket purchase orders are accommodated.
• Provides for dock to stock tracking. Interface with Accounts Payable.
• On-line inquiry capability by purchase order, part, vendor and buyer.
• Purchasing price variances reported Unlimited text capacity.
• Vendor report card.
• Prints purchase orders upon request
• Purchase requisitions.
• On-line purchase history.
• Supports for EDI Vendor quoting information

REPORTS (Sample List)

• Purchase Order Commitment
• Past Due Purchase Order
• Vendor Performance
• Vendor listings
• Formatted Purchase Orders
• Purchase Order History

Shop Floor Control

BENEFITS

• Provide on-line work order status for better management decisions.
• Improve direct labor productivity through better scheduling and reduced expediting of jobs.
• Provide decision makers with accurate and timely information.
• Timely notification of possible cost overruns.

FEATURES

• Infinite capacity planning with over/under reporting.
• Detailed recording of material issued to a work order with reason codes.
• Supports forward and backward scheduling.
• Provides for scrap reporting.
• Prints job packets in standard or user defined formats.
• Ability to update leadtimes based on routing information.
• On-line work order status in summary or detail.
• Applies overhead costs by labor or machine.
• Provides for alternate routing.
• Provides for variance and performance analysis.
• Posts labor to job/operation with optional.
• Payroll interface.
• Supports manufacturing calendar.
• Bar coding for data collection.

REPORTS (Sample List)

• Prints Job Packets for released orders.
• Labor Work Order Status
• Shop Calendar report
• Prints labor/move tickets
• Prints Picklists