For detailed information relating to the individual modules please click on the relevant area in the diagramme.

The FAST-P modules in detail

Overview of all FAST-P modules

Manufacturing

Module | Resources & Bill of materials / Production plan

Characteristics:
- Manufacturing BOM with multiple steps including series update		- Connection between production step and BOM position
- BOM comparison		- Manufacturing materials
- Production plan with series update		- Planning units
- Usage traceability		- Monitoring of manufacturing orders production plan and BOM

Module | Manufacturing & Capacity planning

Characteristics:
- Manufacturing order administration / Order nets		- External manufacturing step
- Graphic capacity monitoring		- Order status by continuous status monitoring
- Capacity availability human resource (groups of) production equipment		- Resources by manufacturing order can be edited independently of base data
- Feedback manufacturing steps

Sales

Module | Debtors & Sales

Characteristics:
- Customer address & alternative addresses		- Stock withdrawal note/delivery note/invoice
- Terms and conditions & contacts		- Cancellation/ credit note
- Delivery date/price positions		- Customer order archive
- Price & surcharge and rebate administration		- Sales parts list
- Call-off order administration		- Customer order input with integrated stock availability checking

Module | Commission payment

Characteristics:
- Representatives' addresses and terms & conditions		- Commission reporting

Module | Calculation

Characteristics:
- Multiple step calculation with flexible surcharge model

Module | EDI

Characteristics:
- Interface for VDA		- Interface for EDIFACT

Quality

Module | Goods inwards control & Supplier performance evaluation

Characteristics:
- Guided non-conformance input		- Automatically generated 8D report
- Supplier information on non-conforming delivery		- Report for delivery quality & delivery time performance

Materials Scheduling

Module | Product & Warehousing

Characteristics:
- Product base data		- Three step warehousing hierarchy
- Stock item data		- Stock level monitoring
- Fast input and one off parts		- Stock movement reporting
- Multilingual parts description		- Various booking types (including lot booking)

Module | Materials Scheduling

Characteristics:
- Flexible materials scheduling by part number		- Planning tool RS-Cockpit MA50
- Scheduling time frame by purchasing type		- Missing quantity check (single or series)
- Multiple process materials requirements analysis generated overnight or manually		- Traceability of scheduling processes by scheduler and by article

Development

Module | Article classification

Characteristics:
- 9999 classification freely definable		- Article search via KL-characteristics
- Ten freely editable classification characteristics		- Indicator of KL-characteristics in parts list environment

Module | Modifications reporting & Evaluation

Characteristics:
- Article base data		- Creditor base data
- Stock article base data		- Debtor base data
- Parts lists		- Representatives base data
- Manufacturing plans

Management

Module | Mandator capable & Connection to production facility

Characteristics:
- Several mandators possible		- Several production facilities within one mandator possible

Module | Human resources management - BDE & ZMS

Merkmale:
- Personel data and base user data		- Final calculation of manufacturing orders
- Performance and productivity evaluation		- Personel data management & Reports
- Presence / absence reports and holiday planning		- Employee authentification via finger print technology

Controlling

Module | Controlling lists & Data evaluation

Characteristics:
- Evaluation and lists for the following business areas: Sales Materials management Purchasing Materials scheduling

Module | Invoice input - Financial accounting (Datev)

Characteristics:
- Accounting/position splitting/release/export to financial accounting

Module | Inventory control

Characteristics:
- Minimum stock lists/processing/evaluation		- Booking of discrepancies
- Check lists (processing status)

Service Provider

Module | Creditors & Purchasing

Characteristics:
- Supplier addresses		- Consignment stock invoicing/administration
- Terms and conditions & contact persons		- Free issue parts list
- Order processing/administration		- Invoice receipts
- One-off articles		- Purchasing archive
- Delivery date positions		- Pricing history
- Price surcharge and rebate administration		- Traceability of purchasing transactions by purchasing groups for each article

Module | Customs & Excise Stock Export/Import

Characteristics:
- Virtual customs stock (stock management)		- Commissioning of loading unit
- Test programmes/evaluations/lists		- Invoicing for export

Module | PDA connection

Characteristics:
- Commissioning goods shipping paperless via PDA		- Stock bookings via PDA

Know How

Module | Tools

Characteristics:
- Quick starter (transactions codes freely definable)		- Messenger (system internal communication medium)
- Printer server		- Data base editor
- Winlink for connection of all current Windows file formats		- English version (user dependable)

Module | Workflow & IWA

Characteristics:
- Supports the base data input process and update		- Guided process flow of manufacturing and purchase orders

Other

Module | Systemadministration & Parameterising

Characteristics:
- System parameterising		- Mask titulation
- Daily close of business activities

Module | User & rights administration

Characteristics:
- Authorisation concept of the menu structure and the mask contents on user group level or user level		- Password protected programme areas

Module | Interfaces

Charateristics:
- Datev		- Data archiving
- ODBC		- Structure parts list + part base + data Export/Import

The following modules will be available shortly for FAST-P

• Automatically generated maintenance orders
• Capacity planning of maintenance staff
• Requirement initiated spare parts management
• Documentation of maintenance intervals

• Project costs are important management data for the calculation of future projects and serve as a basis for the monitoring of project budgets. The recorded cost items can be transferred into the customer order for invoicing.

• FAST-P migrates in Version 3.00 from todays windows capable surface to a Java surface and is getting thereby more comfortable and flexible.