ERP software solution for variant manufacturing

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unitop – the end-to-end solution for your industry.

Are you a variant manufacturer and are you looking for a solution that provides end-to-end support for your variants, from sales and marketing to production? With unitop, you can produce compliant and reliably costed quotations and transparently guide them through the planning and production stages. Our business solution is based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and combines sales and marketing, configuration, production, logistics and finances on a single platform. Manage your configuration documents, drawings and successive revisions in an audit-proof way in the integrated DMS: variants are clearly traceable at any time. From commissioning to production feedback, your scanners, label printers and devices on the internal network can be securely connected via the unitop HUB. In the role centre, your sales and marketing and customer service departments can control enquiries, quotation and configurations statuses, deliveries and complaints.

Developed using sector-specific competence & Microsoft expertise

We have a detailed knowledge of requirements in variant manufacturing: options, dependencies, prices and deadlines need to be reconciled in a coordinated way. Based on many years of project experience and our in-depth expertise in the sector, we have developed a solution that combines rules-based derivation, reliable calculation and end-to-end production data within a single system. Whether in variant manufacturing (CTO) or in modular-based ATO scenarios with pre-fabricated modules, unitop can quickly transform a customer’s requirements into a technically consistent, costed order.

As a Microsoft Solutions Partner for business applications, we champion technological ingenuity, scalability and long-term security of investment. With unitop, you benefit from a solution that seamlessly integrates configuration, planning, production, quality and logistics – on a future-proof Microsoft platform.

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Product configurator: ‘Parameter input’ dialogue box with table for type, colour, size and operation

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Goods receipt checking ‘Notepad GOB DIN A4’: View with actual value data entry and test results.

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Sector-specific functions in unitop

Product configuration in sales & marketing (CTO/ATO)

Using our product configurator add-on, you can put together quotations in unitop that are rules-based, consistent and reliably costed. Options and dependencies are traceably controlled; prices and margins remain transparent and free-form texts that are susceptible to errors are no longer needed.

150% lists of materials & work plans

Based on the saved rules and parameters, the relevant items are derived from the 150% list of materials and the 150% work plan, creating order-specific lists of materials and routings that are technically consistent and production-ready.

Variant-specific availabilities & dependable proposals

Variant-specific availabilities for each storage location create clarity. The order processing functionality reliably processes the order requirements: reliable proposed delivery dates take components, alternatives and procurement times into account.

Drawing management & modifications

Drawings, successive revisions and links to items are logged centrally. Releases and approvals are traceable at all times and modifications are documented and reliably transmitted to production. In the integrated DMS, you can archive your documents – from the design version to the production version – in a secure and audit-proof way.

Detailed planning & controlling bottlenecks

When capacities are finite, you can plan for each workplace or shift: staff absences and bottlenecks are taken into account during planning and sequences, and deadlines are adjusted to the latest circumstances.

Shopfloor feedback & final costing

Whether quantities, timings, wastage information and reasons for outages, you can capture your shopfloor data in real time. The actual values are available down to workplace level and feed directly into the final costing.

Quality assurance & evidence

You can control goods inward and in-production testing using defined test schedules, and measuring equipment is traceably managed at all times. You can document the results of your quality testing in an audit-proof way and use them to devise measures and carry out evaluations

Contract manufacturing & provisioning

Production steps performed by third parties, such as heat treatment or coating, can be commissioned directly from within the working process. Provisioning and goods inward can be reliably controlled in unitop and traceably reallocated to the warehouse.

Warehouse & despatch

You can carry out commissioning by scanner, control stock replenishment and packaging, and transmit orders to logistics on time. Stock levels and series, batch and despatch details are traceable at all times.

Seamless connection of specialist software & devices

Whether MES, production data acquisition/MDC, CNC controls, CAD, IIoT or test rigs are involved, unitop provides open interfaces that make individual integration scenarios possible. You can connect devices on the internal network securely via the unitop HUB – the data never leave your IT environment.

Reporting & BI

Your key performance data on the proportion of variants, adherence to deadlines or stock turnover are available in real time. Threshold values and notifications assist you in your day-to-day control activities. On each detailed view, you can also switch from the key performance indicator itself to the underlying entries or series numbers.

AI event & incident management

The AI basics add-on categorises incoming enquiries (e. g. configuration requests, despatch advices or complaints), assigns them to the correct processes or contacts and recognises relevant changes (such as deadlines, quantities or master data). Targeted recommended actions are directly presented in unitop.

DMS, EDI & MDC

Alongside the core, sector-specific functions, unitop also provides some powerful, additional functionalities to make your processes even more transparent and efficient:

In the integrated DMS, you can store any documents or files, such as specifications, drawings, successive revisions, test protocols, certificates, and order and delivery documents. All documents are linked to the relevant data, such as the order number, item number or series number – in a secure and audit-proof way.

If needed, documents such as enquiries, quotations, order confirmations, despatch advices, invoices, and relevant master data and information about revisions are automatically shared with customers, suppliers or contract manufacturers, shortening processing times, reducing errors and creating transparency in procurement and logistics.

Movements of goods, transfers and production feedback can be captured directly in the production hall and the warehouse – by mobile app or scanner. Your stocks, orders, and series and batch transfers are kept up to date and traceability is guaranteed at all times.

Testimonials

Florian Gärtner, CPO of Propain Bicycles GmbH, during the video shoot about the unitop launch.

In the past few years, we have grown significantly and have been continually changing as a result. GOB and unitop have successfully assisted us throughout that process. Any time at all, we can now obtain a razor-sharp overview of availability, stock movements and value flow of our products.

Florian Gärtner, Chief Product Officer
Propain Bicycles GmbH

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With unitop, we can use a single system from the Finance department through to Production. [This therefore] enables us […] to fully implement all of our requirements, including a document management system, Computer Aided Quality (CAQ) and warehouse management.

Michael Kusenberg, company officer & CIO
Teba GmbH

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We provide comprehensive support — from process analysis and the appropriate unitop licensing to implementation and ongoing operation on the Microsoft platform.