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As a production planner, you want to be able to build and manage a complete forecast structure from a sales or production order. After all, you want insight into purchasing needs, planning load, and lead times. Forecast explosions can be automatically generated. This article explains how it works.

This article contains the frequently used API calls for Articles and Bills of Materials.

In a bill of materials, calculation or production order, you can manually enter a pre-calculation, but you can also extensively copy it from an existing BOM, calculation or production order. In this article, you will learn how to do that.

Speed up your production process with Snabbt, 90% faster calculation and work preparation! Do your calculators and work planners constantly spend a lot of time preparing and calculating projects for small, frequently changing orders? This repetitive and less challenging work takes up valuable time. Snabbt completely transforms this by automating documentation, calculation and work preparation for both simple sheet and tube parts and complex assemblies. The result? A substantial time saving at the front end of the production process.

Smart input, control, and management of your processes have become within reach. By combining the functionalities of Process Notifications and Field Validation, it is possible to signal and block user actions within MKG. In this article, we illustrate this with an example and two videos.

With the MKG API, it is possible to establish integrations between your ERP package and third-party software. From the Smart Industry perspective, we are working on new applications and technologies, digitizing factories and the supply chain. In this webinar, we will show you the current possibilities to further automate your processes through add-ons. As an example, two integrations are highlighted: SOLIDWORKS and the Logistics Scan System.

In some MKG modules you will find the navigation tree. The navigation tree is a tool that allows you to overview a process and all underlying components at a glance. This article shows where to find the navigation tree and how to use it.

In addition to ERP integration with SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PDM, you can also opt for 3DEXPERIENCE® EBOM & MBOM – ERP integration at CAD2M. This link ensures integration between your ERP system and the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform.

Do you use SOLIDWORKS PDM to manage your product data and do you want to integrate this software with your ERP system? The SOLIDWORKS PDM – ERP integration ensures a seamless link between both systems and contributes to simple data exchange and more effective production processes.

With the SOLIDWORKS – ERP integration you can create and update articles, parts lists and documents directly from SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD in your ERP system. Always work with up-to-date data, reduce the chance of human error and shorten the lead time from design to production.

This list is constantly updated. Every time new features are added, we will complete this list.

How many hours will I run my machines next year? What does that mean for the man-hours? By entering a few variables, you can easily budget all your operations. Per period, you can see at a glance the budgeted machine hours and the required man-hours. This article shows you how to budget your operations.

Using purchase specifications, it is possible to specify the price of a material to be purchased in multiple components, such as cutting costs or setup costs. This specification becomes visible on the purchase order. In this article, we will show you how to apply purchase specifications to materials to be purchased for a workbench frame.

Do you create products that you think you will sell more than once? Make it an item. In MKG, this can be done very easily from an existing sales quote or sales order. It saves a lot of input work when creating the next one, especially if you have an associated calculation that you can use as a bill of materials.

To link actions in MKG's logistical processes to financial bookings, you can use four process groups: for sales, purchases, inventory, and production. The settings of the inventory group(s) can be found in the process table 'Inventory Groups'.

This article describes the administration settings on the 'Calculation' tab. On this tab you will find the settings for 'Calculations', 'Execute Actions only on Assembly', 'Bills of Materials' and 'BOMs/Calculations/Production Orders'.

This article describes the administration settings on the 'Process numbers' tab. MKG has number series for the various processes that may or may not be financial year dependent. You can use the MKG standard or apply your own process numbering.

Dates and times are important in many different modules, for example, to measure the duration of operations or to track employees' working days. This article explains the ways in which dates (days and week numbers) and times (duration or clock hours) can be entered and how to set standards that match your preferences. This way, you can work faster and more efficiently in MKG.