Manufacturing
Manufacturers compete on thin margins while managing complex, multi-level bills of materials, volatile raw-material costs, multi-site production, and rising customer demands for shorter lead times and full traceability. Disconnected legacy ERPs — or QuickBooks stitched together with spreadsheets — cannot deliver real-time visibility into work in progress, accurate landed and standard costs, capacity-aware scheduling, or audit-ready quality records. NetSuite replaces that patchwork with a single cloud platform that unifies financials, inventory, procurement, production, quality, and CRM, giving manufacturers one source of truth from the shop floor to the boardroom.
How Novelance Approaches NetSuite for Manufacturing
Our manufacturing implementations begin with a process model, not a software configuration. We map discrete versus mixed-mode production, BOM complexity, routing and work-center requirements, shop-floor data capture, lot and serial traceability, and any outsourced or contract manufacturing.
From there we sequence a phased rollout: Phase 1 establishes financials, inventory, procurement, and standard work orders; Phase 2 layers in Advanced Manufacturing, WIP and routings, demand planning, and shop-floor scanning.
We treat BOM accuracy as a go/no-go criterion for go-live — flawed BOMs produce flawed costs, inventory, and schedules — and we prove the model on a single product line before scaling across the operation.
Key Benefits and Outcomes
- Real-time visibility into production, inventory, and financials
- Lot and serial traceability for recall readiness and regulatory compliance
- Accurate standard and landed costs that finance can defend
- Capacity-aware scheduling and improved on-time delivery
- A single source of truth across multiple plants and subsidiaries
Common integrations
- CAD and PLM
SolidWorks PDM, Arena, PTC Windchill - Sales Tax
Avalara - Integration Platforms (iPaaS)
Boomi, Celigo - TMS (Shipping)
ShipHawk, FreightPOP - E-Signature
DocuSign, AdobeSign, JotForm - Payments
VersaPay, Stripe, Adyen, Braintree - CMMS
Limble, Shepherd - Barcode and RF Scanning
RF-SMART, Scanforce
Every NetSuite module, configured for your business
Standard Manufacturing
Work orders, assembly builds, and multi-level BOM management.
Advanced Manufacturing
Finite capacity scheduling, manufacturing execution, and advanced planning.
WIP and Routings
Routing definitions, labor and overhead absorption into assembly cost.
Advanced Inventory Management
Bin management, lot and serial tracking, multi-location stock, reorder points, expiration, and FEFO.
Demand Planning and MRP
Demand forecasting and supply planning.
NetSuite CRM
Sales and account management, opportunity-to-order, and sales force automation.
Quality Management
Inspection plans, non-conformance, corrective and preventive actions.
NetSuite Manufacturing Mobile
Shop floor scanning and operator data capture.
Procurement
Purchase orders, vendor management, requisitions, and RFQ.
Fixed Assets Management
Depreciation and tracking of plant, equipment, and other assets.
Got Questions? We Have Answers
Manufacturers capture real-time shop floor data by integrating NetSuite's Manufacturing Mobile with RF scanning tools. Operators scan materials, log labor and overhead, and record assembly completions directly on the floor, providing immediate visibility into WIP, inventory, and production costs.
Manufacturers often struggle with thin margins, volatile raw-material costs, and complex, multi-level bills of materials (BOMs). Disconnected legacy systems fail to deliver real-time visibility into work-in-progress (WIP), capacity scheduling, or accurate landed and standard costs. NetSuite replaces this patchwork with a single database that unifies financials, inventory, production, and CRM, giving leadership a single source of truth to manage operations and defend margins.
