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Your production team should not have to chase customer requirements, material availability, BOMs, machine capacity, work orders and quality records across separate systems. SIX ManufacturingFlow connects planning, resources, production, quality, inventory, costing and delivery in one controlled manufacturing process.
From the moment an order enters production, every team works with the same current information. Plan manufacturing orders, reserve materials, assign machines and employees, coordinate work steps, record production progress and complete quality checks while management follows the entire process in real time.
SIX ManufacturingFlow helps you reduce delays, prevent material shortages, improve resource utilisation and move every finished product smoothly into inventory, delivery, costing and invoicing.
Turn customer demand into structured manufacturing orders with defined BOMs, routings, work steps, machines, employees and production times. Give every team a clear and achievable production plan.
Check material availability before production begins, reserve required components and identify shortages early. Connect production demand with inventory and purchasing to prevent avoidable delays.
Track work orders, machine activity, employee time, quantities, waste and production progress directly from the shop floor. Management always sees what is running, delayed, completed or requires attention.
Complete quality checks, receive finished goods into inventory and compare planned costs with actual production results. Connect every completed order with warehousing, delivery, costing and invoicing.
SIX ManufacturingFlow connects every stage of production, from product definition to the delivery of finished goods. Bills of Materials (BOMs) and routings define what needs to be produced, while factory resources and production orders establish how the work will be carried out. Intelligent scheduling coordinates work centers, machines, and available capacity. Raw materials are picked from inventory, and purchasing requirements are generated when materials are insufficient. Once production begins, actual manufacturing activities, material consumption, and completed quantities are recorded and tracked. Finished goods are transferred into inventory and prepared for delivery, ensuring complete traceability and real-time visibility throughout the manufacturing process.
Connect every stage of manufacturing—from demand and production planning to material requirements, work orders, shop-floor execution, quality control and finished-goods inventory. SIX ManufacturingFlow keeps sales, purchasing, warehouse, production and management working from the same live information.
SIX ManufacturingFlow supports Make-to-Order (MTO) production triggered by confirmed customer demand, as well as Make-to-Stock (MTS) production based on inventory levels, forecasts and replenishment rules. Manufacturing orders can include the correct BOM, routing, materials, machines, employees, work steps and quality requirements.
For hybrid production, standard components and semi-finished goods can be produced for stock, while final assembly or customisation begins only after a customer order is received. This gives your business the speed of available inventory with the flexibility of customer-specific manufacturing.
Plan production intelligently, coordinate materials, machines and employees, control every shop-floor activity and turn completed manufacturing orders into accurate inventory, costing, delivery and business results.
Plan with Make-to-Order, Make-to-Stock or hybrid manufacturing. Produce against confirmed demand, replenish inventory or combine stocked components with customer-specific final assembly.
Check material availability, machine capacity, employee skills and work-centre workload before production begins. Identify shortages and bottlenecks early.
Organise manufacturing orders, routings, operations, setup times and dependencies in one structured schedule. Give every team a realistic production plan.
Reschedule work when machines fail, materials are delayed, priorities change or production takes longer than expected. Keep affected teams informed with current planning data.
Provide employees with the correct product specifications, BOM, routing, drawings, instructions, required materials and quality requirements in one place.
Record start and completion times, produced quantities, machine activity and work-order status directly from the shop floor. Management sees progress in real time.
Capture inspections, measurements, rejected quantities, material waste and rework requirements at the point of production. Prevent incomplete or non-conforming products from moving forward.
Connect materials, batches, serial numbers, employees, machines and quality records with every manufactured product. Preserve a complete production history from input to finished output.
Move approved production quantities into the correct warehouse or storage location. Update available stock as soon as manufacturing is completed.
Compare planned costs with the real consumption of materials, labour, machine time, waste and additional expenses. Understand the true cost and margin of every product.
Update raw-material and component stock from actual consumption. Create replenishment or purchasing requirements when inventory reaches defined levels.
Connect completed manufacturing orders with customer orders, picking, delivery, costing and invoicing. Eliminate manual handovers between production, warehouse, sales and finance.
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SIX ManufacturingFlow supports complex production environments where planning, materials, quality, traceability, and delivery must remain closely connected. We specialize in large-scale and mass production, including furniture manufacturing, as well as dairy and food production, medical device manufacturing, concrete and related building materials, and metalworking. Each implementation is configured around the industry’s specific production methods, quality requirements, compliance responsibilities, and supply chain processes.
Large-Scale and Mass Production
Dairy and Process Manufacturing
Medical Device Manufacturing
Concrete and Building Materials Manufacturing
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Metal and Industrial Manufacturing
Successful manufacturing depends on more than machines—it requires demand, materials, people and production steps to work as one connected process. Learn how SIX ManufacturingFlow brings production modes, BOMs, routings, warehouse operations, picklists and shop-floor execution together to improve control, traceability and performance at every scale.
What is SIX ManufacturingFlow?
SIX ManufacturingFlow is the manufacturing solution within SIX ERP. It keeps production connected from the first customer order to the finished product and final delivery. It covers planning manufacturing orders, coordinating machines and employees, managing materials and BOMs, monitoring work steps, performing quality checks and following production progress in real time.
Is SIX ERP suitable for a manufacturer with complex recipes and specifications?
Yes. SIX ManufacturingFlow defines every product through BOMs and routings, which set what is produced, from which materials and in which operations. Operators receive the specifications, drawings, instructions and quality requirements on each work order, and batch and serial records stay linked to every finished product. We support multi-level BOMs, recipe/formulation versions, and yield or by-product handling. Versioned BOMs and Routings allow switch over to newer versions once approved and/or timely delayed.
Can production staff use SIX ERP on mobile devices on the shop floor?
Yes. SIX ERP has web and mobile apps. Employees open work orders, record time, quantities, waste and rejected items, and follow quality requirements, and management sees the status of every active order.
Can SIX ERP manage semi-finished goods and multi-stage production?
Yes. Hybrid mode lets companies stock components or semi-finished products and complete customer-specific final assembly when an order arrives. Operation dependencies, setup times and work-center workload are scheduled in one plan.
Is SIX ERP suitable for furniture, metal, food and other discrete or process manufacturers?
SIX ManufacturingFlow is configured for large-scale and mass production, dairy and process manufacturing, medical devices, concrete and building materials, food and beverage, and metal and industrial manufacturing. For furniture and similar made-to-order businesses, the combination of MTO production, material reservation and live stock tracking applies directly.
Can we start with warehouse and sales and add production later?
es. SIX ERP is modular: SIX StockFlow, SIX SalesFlow and SIX PurchaseFlow can be introduced first and SIX ManufacturingFlow added once inventory data is clean. Because all modules share one database, nothing needs to be migrated when production is added.
How long does it take to implement SIX ERP in a manufacturing company?
12-20 weeks for a company of 20-50 people is a normal timeline. Implementation follows three stages: process consultation, configuration (products, BOMs, routings, warehouses, work centers) and training with go-live support. Timing depends on the number of products, production steps and data to migrate.
Does SIX provide implementation and support for manufacturers in Bulgaria?
Yes. SIX delivers consulting before integration, integration and configuration around how the company operates, and support after go-live. Contact or +359 888380885 or request a demo at https://six.ms/book-appointment/.
Can SIX ERP replace Excel for running a workshop or production floor?
Yes. Production planning, material consumption, working time, waste and finished-goods receipts are recorded in SIX ManufacturingFlow instead of being kept in separate spreadsheets. Stock, costs and delivery update automatically from what was actually produced, which removes the manual re-entry between production, warehouse and finance. We can also import your existing spreadsheets and add information, thus manual adding of data is minimized.
How does a small manufacturing company plan production and materials with an ERP system?
A small manufacturer turns each customer order or stock target into a manufacturing order with a BOM and routing. The ERP checks material availability and machine and employee capacity, reserves components and creates purchasing requirements for any shortage. In SIX ManufacturingFlow this happens in one system, so sales, purchasing, warehouse and production work from the same plan instead of separate spreadsheets.
How does SIX ManufacturingFlow turn customer demand into manufacturing orders?
Customer demand becomes structured manufacturing orders with defined BOMs, routings, work steps, machines, employees and production times. Every team gets a clear and achievable production plan.
How does it make sure the right materials are available?
Material availability is checked before production begins. Required components can be reserved and shortages identified early. Production demand is connected with inventory and purchasing, which helps prevent avoidable delays.
What can be planned before production starts?
Material availability, machine capacity, employee skills and work-centre workload can be checked before production begins. Manufacturing orders, routings, operations, setup times and dependencies are organised in one structured schedule.
What happens when machines fail or priorities change?
Work can be rescheduled when machines fail, materials are delayed, priorities change or production takes longer than expected. Affected teams are kept informed with current planning data.
What information do operators see on a work order?
Employees receive the product specifications, BOM, routing, drawings, instructions, required materials and quality requirements in one place.
What can management see during production?
Work orders, machine activity, employee time, quantities, waste and production progress are tracked from the shop floor. Management sees what is running, delayed, completed or requires attention.
How does SIX ManufacturingFlow handle quality, waste and rework?
Inspections, measurements, rejected quantities, material waste and rework requirements are captured at the point of production. This helps prevent incomplete or non-conforming products from moving forward.
What traceability does SIX ManufacturingFlow provide?
Materials, batches, serial numbers, employees, machines and quality records are connected with every manufactured product. This preserves a complete production history from input to finished output.
How are production costs calculated?
Planned costs are compared with the real consumption of materials, labour, machine time, waste and additional expenses. This shows the true cost and margin of every product.
How does raw-material stock stay up to date?
Raw-material and component stock is updated from actual consumption. Replenishment or purchasing requirements can be created when inventory reaches defined levels.
How are finished goods received into inventory?
Approved production quantities are moved to the correct warehouse or storage location. Available stock is updated as soon as manufacturing is completed.
How does a completed manufacturing order continue into delivery and invoicing?
Completed orders are connected with customer orders, picking, delivery, costing and invoicing. This removes manual handovers between production, warehouse, sales and finance.
Which teams work from the same information?
Sales, purchasing, warehouse, production and management work from the same live information. This means fewer missed details, materials arriving on time and resources used effectively.
Can I see SIX ManufacturingFlow in action?
and describe your manufacturing process. A SIX specialist can show how ManufacturingFlow fits it.
Which production modes does SIX ManufacturingFlow support?
SIX ManufacturingFlow supports Make-to-Order (MTO), Make-to-Stock (MTS) and hybrid manufacturing. Companies can produce against confirmed customer orders, replenish inventory according to demand or combine stocked components with customer-specific final assembly.
What should a manufacturing company in Bulgaria look for when choosing an ERP system?
Check six things:
SIX ERP is built by SIX MS Ltd, a company operating since 2009 with Bulgarian-language support and covers all of these in one system together with sales, purchasing, warehouse and finance.
How does SIX ManufacturingFlow help prevent production delays?
The system checks material availability, machine capacity, employee resources, work-centre workload and operation dependencies before production begins. Shortages, bottlenecks and scheduling conflicts can be identified early, while affected manufacturing orders can be rescheduled when conditions change.
Can production activity be recorded directly from the shop floor?
Yes. Employees can access work orders, BOMs, routings, instructions and quality requirements while recording working time, machine activity, produced quantities, waste, rejected items and production progress. Management receives a current view of every active manufacturing order.
What happens after a manufacturing order is completed?
Approved products can be received into inventory, consumed materials are deducted and actual production costs are calculated. The completed order can then continue into warehousing, delivery and invoicing, while batch, serial, employee, machine and quality records remain available for complete traceability.
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