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Manufacturing with Tessera ERP

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Tessera ERP for Manufacturing

Plan production, control raw materials and work in progress, manage quality, and understand the true cost of every finished product.

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Key metrics

On-time productionInventory accuracyWaste reductionCost varianceSupplier lead times

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Overview

What Tessera ERP helps you achieve

A connected operating system for manufacturing organizations: inventory, purchasing, approvals, reporting, and controls in one place.

01

Production planning tied to BOMs, routing, work orders, and material availability.

Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.

02

Inventory accuracy across raw materials, WIP, finished goods, bins, and warehouses.

Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.

03

Quality checks, batch/lot traceability, approvals, and non-conformance follow-up.

Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.

04

Manufacturing cost variance reporting across labor, materials, overhead, and waste.

Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.

05

Purchasing controls for supplier lead times, landed costs, reorder points, and approvals.

Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.

Integrations

Barcode scannersWeighing scalesLabel printersEmail/SMS notificationsAccounting exports

Manufacturing suite

Connected Tessera workflows for manufacturers

Connect ERP, HR, accounting, and attendance workflows so operational and finance teams work from consistent information.

Manufacturing HR & Payroll

Shift payroll, overtime, allowances, employee records, compliance, and plant headcount reporting.

Manufacturing Accounting

Production costs, WIP visibility, supplier invoices, budgets, VAT, cashflow, and plant profitability.

Manufacturing Time & Attendance

Biometric capture, shift rotations, overtime approvals, exceptions, and payroll-ready exports.

Challenges

Common pain points we solve

Most manufacturing teams struggle with visibility, controls, and reporting. Tessera brings those workflows together.

01

Stock inaccuracies across raw materials, packaging, WIP, finished goods, bins, and warehouses.

Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.

02

Production delays caused by missing inputs, unclear work orders, or late supplier deliveries.

Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.

03

Quality issues without batch/lot traceability, approval history, and rework follow-up.

Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.

04

Cost overruns caused by weak material usage, scrap, labor, and overhead variance tracking.

Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.

05

Disconnected purchasing, GRN, supplier performance, and production planning data.

Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.

Workflows

Key workflows for Manufacturing

These are the most common workflows manufacturing organizations implement first for fast ROI.

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Demand and production planning

Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.

BOM + routing

Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.

Material requirements planning

Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.

Work orders and material issues

Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.

Quality inspection and release

Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.

Batch/lot traceability

Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.

Finished-goods receipt and dispatch

Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.

Production costing and variance

Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.

Common use cases

Bill of materials, routing, and revision control for repeatable production.

Demand-driven purchasing and replenishment for raw materials and packaging.

Shop floor work order progress, downtime notes, and variance tracking.

Multi-warehouse transfers, bin-level stock movements, and cycle counts.

Batch/lot traceability from supplier receipt through finished-goods dispatch.

Cost variance analysis by product line, plant, shift, and production batch.

Quality inspections, rework tracking, and approval history for audit readiness.

Supplier performance monitoring by price variance, delivery reliability, and rejection rate.

Capabilities

What you get with Tessera ERP

A practical feature set designed for manufacturing teams, with controls and reporting built in.

01

Production planning

Plan demand, material availability, production quantities, and work-order priorities from one operational view.

02

BOMs, routing + work orders

Control product structures, production steps, revisions, material issues, output, and work-order status.

03

Raw materials, WIP + finished goods

Track stock by plant, warehouse, bin, production floor, and finished-goods store.

04

Batch and lot traceability

Follow traceable materials from supplier receipt through production, quality checks, rework, and dispatch.

05

Quality controls

Capture inspections, approvals, holds, releases, rejected quantities, and rework history.

06

Procurement + supplier controls

Connect material requirements to requisitions, purchase orders, receipts, returns, and supplier performance.

07

Production costing

Compare planned and actual material, labor, overhead, scrap, and output costs by batch, line, or plant.

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Multi-site operations

Standardize roles, approvals, transfers, and reporting across plants and warehouses.

Reporting

Dashboards and insights

Get visibility that helps teams act faster: drill-down reporting, analysis views, and exportable outputs.

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Common dashboards & reports

Production plan vs actual

Open work orders and material shortages

Raw material, WIP, and finished-goods stock

Batch/lot movement and traceability

Yield, scrap, rejection, and rework

Standard vs actual production cost

Supplier lead time and purchasing variance

Plant, line, product, and batch performance

Built for teams

Secure reporting and controlled exports

Share the right view with the right people using role-based access. Export and schedule reports for finance, operations, and leadership.

Role-based visibilityDrill-down viewsExports (PDF/Excel)Scheduled sharing

Modules

Recommended Tessera modules

Start with the core ERP foundation, then add modules that match your manufacturing workflows.

Manufacturing ERP

Production planning, BOMs, work orders, inventory, quality, and costing.

Accounting & Finance

Cost centres, supplier accounting, budgets, cashflow, and plant profitability.

HR & Payroll

Plant teams, payroll, leave, employee records, and workforce controls.

Time & Attendance

Shift attendance, overtime approvals, exceptions, and payroll-ready reports.

Workflow example

See how the work moves through Tessera

A practical example of how manufacturing teams can connect requests, approvals, operations, and reporting.

01

Plan and prepare

Translate demand into a production plan, check material availability, and raise controlled purchase requirements for shortages.

02

Produce and verify

Release work orders, issue materials, capture output and waste, then route completed batches through quality inspection.

03

Receive and measure

Receive approved finished goods into stock and compare planned quantities and costs with actual production results.

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FAQ

Questions we hear from Manufacturing teams

If you want, we can walk through your exact workflows in a short demo.

Yes. Batch and lot references can be captured from supplier receipt through production, quality checks, rework, and finished-goods dispatch.

Yes. Stock visibility can be configured across plants, warehouses, bins, production floors, and finished-goods stores.

Yes. Tessera can report variance across material usage, labor, waste, overhead, supplier price changes, and production batch output.

Yes. Material requirements, reorder levels, requisitions, purchase orders, receipts, and supplier performance can be managed as one controlled workflow.

Start with inventory, purchasing, work orders, approvals, and reporting, then expand into BOM/routing, quality controls, and production costing.

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We will map your workflows, recommend a rollout plan, and show the dashboards your team will use day-to-day.

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In the demo

Inventory, purchasing, and operations workflows
Approval controls and reporting dashboards
Implementation timeline + support plan
Module recommendations for your team