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For manufacturers

Does what happens on the floor match what the system says?

Bill of materials, routing, planning, quality records and traceability — in manufacturing, digital maturity is measured by how much of that chain actually lives in the system. If you manufacture, Smarty's question set runs along that chain, with questions that map to Odoo ERP and abas ERP.

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Sound familiar?

Excel

The BOM lives in two places

The BOM in the system and the spreadsheet production actually uses have drifted apart. A revision lands in one and not the other; which one is right only becomes clear when something goes wrong.

Experience

Planning depends on a person

Work-order sequence, capacity and priority sit largely in the planner's experience. When that person goes on leave, so does planning.

After the fact

Real cost is known only after the job

Scrap, rework and downtime don't fully reach the system, so unit cost stays an estimate; when quoting, which jobs actually earn is unknown.

Blind vs measurement-first

Without measurement

  • One BOM in the system, another on the floor
  • Planning locked in one person's experience
  • Unit cost an estimate, only after the job
  • Traceability assembled by hand when asked for

With Smarty

  • A question set built for the manufacturing profile — service questions never come up
  • BOM, routing and stock in one source
  • Capacity and work-order sequence in the system, not in one head
  • Scrap, downtime and quality records flow into cost

What measurement-first changes

A measured start

DMI measures your maturity objectively across 8 dimensions — you know where you stand by score.

Evidence-based scope

Discover surfaces the real need via evidence — needless modules and rework shrink.

Consultant review

AI drafts, an expert consultant approves — speed and trust together.

Does what happens on the floor match what the system says?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked

Do manufacturers get different questions from service companies?
Yes. When you set your company profile to «manufacturing», questions about bills of materials, routing, work-order planning, scrap/downtime records and traceability open up; the project-hour and resource-planning questions specific to the service profile are not asked. What changes is what is asked, not how many.
Which ERP do you recommend — Odoo or abas?
Measurement first, recommendation after. The assessment and discovery output shows which processes have a standard counterpart and which need customization; the product recommendation is built on that picture. On the manufacturing side both Odoo ERP and abas ERP are in our scope, and they suit different production patterns.
Where should we start?
Get a direction in minutes with the free Mini DMI; then the consultant-reviewed full assessment puts your decision on a numerical footing.

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