Where an order waits
Illustrative. Companies, people and dates are fictional.
Machine shops, fabricators and component makers rarely lose time in the machining. They lose it between the estimator, the planner, stores and accounts.
One order, 25 days. Choose a gap to see why it waited.
The estimator was on the shop floor. The RFQ waited in his inbox.
With the chain: RFQ logged with fields read from the email; review task with a due time.The pricing rule for 17-4PH lives with one person.
With the chain: Rates from the current rate card; only margin exceptions wait for a person.The PO was re-keyed into the ERP two days after the phone confirmation.
With the chain: PO checked against the quote on price, quantity, revision and date, then the job is created.The shortage was found the morning machining was due to start.
With the chain: Stock checked when the order is accepted; a shortage raises a purchase request.The challan reached accounts by hand three days later.
With the chain: Dispatch creates the invoice draft for approval the same day.Illustrative. Companies, people and dates are fictional.
RFQ intake, costing from your rate card and margin approval, so quotes stop waiting for one person. Or dispatch to invoice to collection, so finished work turns into cash the same week. Later: work orders, purchase requests, supplier follow-up, inspection and NCRs, and a view of every committed date.
Bring a job that shipped or invoiced late. We will trace where the days went.