M3 Manufacturing Operations

Infor M3 Manufacturing Operations suite is designed to support the various aspects of food production such as variable characteristics of inputs and outputs, productivity and yield maximization and a continuous focus on food safety. The processes can be planned and executed down to the minute level and still manage regulatory demands on shelf-life, aging and traceability from outputs back to each ingredient and packaging material consumed in the process.

M3 Manufacturing Operations can handle a wide range of challenges along the Food & Beverage value chains such as:

• Disassembly processing of single input into multiple parallel outputs such as for meat, poultry, dairy and fruit & vegetables processing

• Primary and secondary outputs like co-product and by-products

• Bulk and intermediate products manufacturing

• Packaged items manufacturing containing single or multiple SKUs

• Sub-contracted manufacturing operations for co-packing and outsourced manufacturing

• Make-to-order with custom specific specifications and labeling using M3 Attributes

M3 provides a range of options for manual reporting or automatic back-flushing of materials consumption and labor and process time. Manufacturing statistics and order costing capabilities provides detailed insight to actual versus planned outcome to measure production accuracy, productivity, variances, waste and yield.

Catch weight can be captured on both input and output items to properly measure yield, variances and provide accurate stock valuation for variable weight items such as meat and cheese.

Applications within Manufacturing Operations include:

• Product Data Management

• Manufacturing Order Processing

• Capacity Requirements Planning

• Time and Attendance