Catalyst Manufacturing software is a full-featured Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system designed to meet the planning, scheduling, and inventory needs of the small and midsized manufacturer in make-to-order, assemble-to-order, make-to-stock, and engineer-to-order/configure-to-order production environments.  

Catalyst Manufacturing provides extensive manufacturing functionality to manage and plan people, equipment, materials, suppliers and ultimately satisfy customer demand. On the financial side, Catalyst enables you to leverage your existing capabilities and expertise with standard interfaces to QuickBooks® and Peachtree Accounting®.

From a structural standpoint, the client database is based in Microsoft Access® which provides an easy-to-use configuration tool to make custom changes and develop ad hoc queries and reports. The server database is available in either Microsoft Access® or SQL Server®.

• Visibility of material and labor cost variances, late orders, material shortages, over-capacity resources, and other production problems so you can proactively address before they affect your bottom line.
• Material and capacity planning tools to identify and respond to resource constraints that would otherwise limit throughput.
• Business transaction reporting of inventory and labor so you can track the status of production and what resources were consumed in the process.
• Database repository for all organizational data including customers, vendors, items, product route, bill-of-material, and work centers.

• Standard interfaces to QuickBooks® or Peachtree Accounting® software packages.

• Material Requirements Planning (MRP) generated planned orders based on gross requirements netted against on-hand and on-order inventory
• Multi-level bill-of-materials with indented reports and graphical views
• Ability to maintain lot and serial number control with multi-level how-made/where-used lot traceability
• Material management and control of outside process operations and contract locations
• Material allocation to highlight inventory available for new production or customer orders
• Features & Options setup and quote configuration for engineer-to-order/configure-to-order environments
• Finite capacity scheduling with Gantt chart production schedule board
• Material backflush and labor backflush with backflush confirmation at receipt
• Consignment of finished goods at customer location
• Cycle Count module to identify inventory errors and apply corrective actions
• Net change physical inventory capability
• Streamlined shop order and purchase order release process
  • Convert MRP generated planned orders to shop orders based on release date, item, order type, and other filter criteria
  • Consolidate planned orders for purchased items and convert to purchase orders with a single click
• Over 150 standard reports that can be easily customized to meet your specific business requirements.