Lean Thinking
From the onset a core design criterion of WinMan has been to facilitate lean-thinking techniques.
WinMan supports both traditional push (work order) and modern pull (agile, cell, flow, JIT, lean) manufacturing processes in an extremely flexible manner.
Here are some of the features that enable WinMan to support lean manufacturing:
Powerful product configuration tools
Back to back sales order to manufacturing or purchase orders
Internal and highly automated external Kanban routines create a seamless link to suppliers
Flexible backflush processing
Inventory control by location, enabling point-of-use inventory management
Make-to-ship routines and, for lean accounting, automated receiving to accounts-payable processing
Materials control of non-Kanban items supported by superfast MRP and re-order point logic
Planning supported by user-friendly MPS