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  • 1.  Production Management Plus

    Posted 04-30-2025 14:11

    Does anyone have any clients who have implemented Scanco Production Management Plus?  If so, are they happy?

    Does anyone know the differences between PM Plus and Operations Management? (or can point me to a resource for this)

    Does anyone have insight as to whether Scanco plans to continue to invest in this product in the future?



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    Susan Pawlowic
    Sage 100 Solutions Architect
    RKL eSolutions, LLC
    spawlowic@rklesolutions.com
    (717) 735-9109 Ext. 4352
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  • 2.  RE: Production Management Plus

    Posted 04-30-2025 14:42

    From what I remember Scanco Production Management Plus. (someone correct me if this has changed). The only functionality that it adds is the ability to create a work ticket from a sales order and records a link between the Sales Order and the Work Ticket.

     

     

     

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  • 3.  RE: Production Management Plus

    Posted 04-30-2025 15:38

    Standard Production Management has that functionality.  PM Plus claims to have actual Make to Order capability.  Other than that, I don't know the differences and don't see a comparison matrix on Scanco's site.



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    Susan Pawlowic
    Sage 100 Solutions Architect
    RKL eSolutions, LLC
    spawlowic@rklesolutions.com
    (717) 735-9109 Ext. 4352
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  • 4.  RE: Production Management Plus

    Posted 05-01-2025 07:16

    PM+ adds a button to create right from the SO line which will also feed the bill options to the work ticket. There are also setup options to enable prompting or automation of work ticket creation while in Sales Order Entry. I don't know future plans as I haven't asked. I only have one client on it to help bridge the functionality gap from losing WOEP.



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    Amber Prayfrock, Blytheco
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  • 5.  RE: Production Management Plus

    Posted 05-01-2025 08:40

    Standard Production Management will allow you to make a work ticket for a sales order from work ticket entry but not from sales order entry.  I think that was one of the "features" of PM Plus.  ScanForce also has an enhancement that provides the sales order to work ticket functionality in sales order entry.



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    Bernie Lehman
    Lehman Wesley & Associates
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  • 6.  RE: Production Management Plus

    Posted 05-01-2025 08:59

    So it sounds like neither Scanco nor Salesforce has a product that accomplishes a "true" tie between the work ticket and the sales order.  That's what I needed to eliminate them!  Thanks all!



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    Susan Pawlowic
    Sage 100 Solutions Architect
    RKL eSolutions, LLC
    spawlowic@rklesolutions.com
    (717) 735-9109 Ext. 4352
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  • 7.  RE: Production Management Plus

    Posted 05-01-2025 09:16

    Here is a link to the ScanForce enhancement details and a short demo.  If your customer wants to create a work ticket from sales order entry and have them "linked" where they point to each other I believe this will do that.  https://scanforce.com/sage-100/make-to-order/



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    Bernie Lehman
    Lehman Wesley & Associates
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  • 8.  RE: Production Management Plus

    Posted 05-01-2025 09:30

    @Susan Pawlowic there is no real tie between a PM work ticket that was generated from a button in SO Entry using PM Plus or ScanForce's version of the same thing.  The only product that is a true tie like that is Operations Management.  PM Plus and MTO products are just a convenient way to create a work ticket and it will reference the SO being made for as well as the SO line will reference the WT being made on.  But no real tie with these products because the completions still go into inventory.  You could just as well use IRP to generate work tickets instead of creating one-off work tickets from SO Entry.



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    Jane Scanlan
    Partner
    Next Level Manufacturing Consulting Group
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  • 9.  RE: Production Management Plus

    Posted 05-01-2025 12:02

    Thanks, @Jane Scanlan!  That is exactly what I needed to know.



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    Susan Pawlowic
    Sage 100 Solutions Architect
    RKL eSolutions, LLC
    spawlowic@rklesolutions.com
    (717) 735-9109 Ext. 4352
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