INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY

Long-lead builds without losing the thread

A capital equipment build runs long enough for everything to change at least once: the configuration, the drawings, the delivery date, sometimes the customer's own requirements. The system's job is to keep one thread of truth through all of it.

In Visibility ERP that thread starts at the quote. The rules-based product configurator prices complex machines in order entry without engineering redrawing every option. Won orders land on the engineering backbone, where configurations, revisions and change orders stay straight over months-long jobs. Resource planning and job order pegging tie long-lead purchases to the machine that needs them, and shop floor control keeps the build on schedule and on cost as it moves.

Project accounting carries the commercial side across the build: progress billing, installment billing and revenue recognition that follow the contract instead of fighting it.

The machine's record outlives the build

For machinery builders the shipment is the midpoint, not the end. Warranty, recalls and repairs run for the life of the equipment, and full lot and serial traceability means every field event connects back to the as-built record: which components, which revisions, which lots went into the serial number sitting in the customer's plant.

Service management runs on the same backbone as production, so the aftermarket business reads from the machine's real history rather than a copy of it.

Common questions from machinery builders

How does the product configurator work?

It is rules based: options, constraints and pricing logic are defined once, then sales configures and prices machines in the quote without waiting on engineering. Won configurations flow into BOMs and routings on the engineering backbone.

Does it support progress and installment billing?

Yes. Progress billing, installment billing and revenue recognition run in project accounting against the same job the shop is building, so invoicing keeps pace with long builds.

What is job order pegging?

Every purchase and work order can be pegged to the specific machine that needs it, so long-lead components arrive for the right build, and each job's cost picture stays honest.

How long does implementation take?

Typically four to six months, run by our own team rather than a systems integrator. We have implemented Visibility ERP in house since 1988 without a failure.

Cloud or on premise?

Either. The same browser-based system runs as managed SaaS or on your own infrastructure.