The Dynamics NAV Solution for Manufacturers

MetaMan, designed specifically for the UK SME market, is built around the power of Microsoft’s Dynamics NAV package. It has the strategy, planning and deployment functionality that manufacturers need to help streamline their operations and to respond quickly to changing market conditions.

MetaMan provides a quick, responsive and adaptable way to plan manufacturing, assess capacity available, offer projections of delivery date, put plans into action, track, progress, cost and analyse performance of all aspects of the manufacturing process.

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Manufacturing is extremely process-centric. A variety of pre-established steps go into the creation of each product, while other sets of defined processes support materials procurement, scheduling, and shipping arrangements.

To succeed in today's challenging market, manufacturers need to optimise the whole process to get maximum efficiency. This means that you need a system that controls every aspect of the cycle, shortening manufacturing times and eliminating excess cost.

MetaMan offers a modern, easy to use, cost-effective solution that delivers a real return on investment to a range of different types of manufacturing organisation.

MetaMan provides a robust set of tools to manage and analyse every aspect of your business. It is specifically designed and enhanced to offer a solution to a number of manufacturing subsectors including:

• Engineering
• Consumer Goods
• IT Products
• Hi-tech Goods

Key Functions

MetaMan offers a range of functions that address every aspect of your business.

• Finance and Administration
• Sales Order Management
• Pick, Pack & Despatch
• Sales Return Order Management
• CRM
• Configurator
• Service Contract Management
• Purchase Order Management
• Receiving, GRNs & QC
• Requisition Management
• Purchase Return Order Management
• Inventory & Warehousing
• Inventory Optimisation
• Production Management
• Bills of Material (BOM)
• Graphical Scheduling
• Advanced Finite Scheduling
• Order Promising
• Demand Forecasting & Supply Planning
• Capacity Planning
• MPS & MRP
• Manufacturing Costing
• Automated Data Collection
• Traceability
• Subcontract Processing
• BI, Dashboards and KPIs
• Workflow & Document Management
• Desktop Integration & Mobile Applications

The Benefits of MetaMan

MetaMan delivers key business benefits.

•Boost operational efficiency

With MetaMan, you can respond quickly to last minute requests for changes and take advantage of new opportunities to help your business stay ahead of the competition.

•  Simplify your processes

Streamline your processes by offering users rapid visibility of work-in-progress (WIP), support for order-by-order workflow and the ability to implement additional functionality as business needs become more complex.

•  Improve business performance

Streamline your operations by automating manufacturing processes and gain greater visibility into all aspects of your operations from order entry to production, from warehouse management to delivery.

•  Information you can count on

MetaMan provides customers, suppliers and your own staff with more accurate information that allows them to make better decisions.

Offer better customer service by providing highly accurate promises on delivery.

Let suppliers see key information they need to help meet your deadlines.

Give users confidence in the system – deliver accurate information, available instantly.

Download the full MetaMan flyer here. (PDF)

Download the MetaMan for Engineers flyer here. (PDF)

Download the MetaMan for Consumer Goods flyer here. (PDF)

Download the MetaMan for IT and Hi-tech Products flyer here. (PDF)