With very few exceptions, every assembly you produce starts with a Bill of Material and reference designators.

Judging by the features in most generic ERP systems, these designators have little use, outside of the contract manufacturing environment. They typically provide a single text field for users to populate with all references required for each component. While it does allow users to track the information in the system, it limits traceability and functionality.

ManEx realized from the beginning that reference designators can be used for far more than just part placement.  For example, manufacturers often use them for shortage tracking, defect reporting, first articles, hand placing parts, identifying parts on a BoM, and more.  We used our experience and feedback from manufacturers to expanded the capabilities and meet the needs of contract manufacturers.

ManEx makes it as easy as possible to enter and track reference designators. Users can enter this information automatically through the import, or in ranges through the manual assembly creation process. Once in the system, users can record defects by designator making it easier to identify trends. If production runs out of a part, they can report the shortage by the empty location eliminating the steps to identify the part first before reporting the shortage. For hand placed parts, users can print the designators on production labels.

The features above are great, but I think many users and non-users alike may have missed another.  ManEx gives you the ability find any part on a BoM by simply entering the reference designator in the search field. Although it has been in the system for a while, I have found users that did not know they could find the corresponding part number so quickly and easily.  Check it out in the Integrated BoM and AVL module today.

This is just another example of how ManEx is tailored to fit your needs.