Enterprise Project Management (EPM) for ETO Manufacturing in Dynamics 365 Finance

The Specialized Solution for Project-Based Manufacturers.

The ETO Manufacturing Kit is an advanced operational module for PlanAutomate’s Enterprise Project Management (EPM) system. Designed specifically for Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturers in industries like Aerospace, Defense, Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, CDMOs, Pharma, Modular Construction, and Biotech, this kit bridges the critical gap between project schedules and your production and supply chain.

As a boutique System Integrator and project specialist, PlanAutomate understands the unique challenge of ETO: the friction between the flexibility of project management and the rigidity of MRP. This kit synchronizes these worlds, ensuring that production, supply chain and your overall project delivery are always in sync.

Why Add the ETO Manufacturing Kit?

• Purpose-Built for ETO: Solves the specific challenges of custom manufacturing that standard ERPs miss.

• Unified Operations: Aligns the Project Manager (WBS) with the Production Manager (MRP), ensuring both are working from the same reality.

• Seamless Integration: Works natively with PlanAutomate EPM Base and Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management for a single source of truth.

Key Capabilities

🔗 Synchronize Engineering & Production

Project-Supply Chain Coordination: Automatically connect your project schedule with procurement and production orders. When supply chain dates shift, your project schedule is updated instantly, eliminating manual communication gaps.

• Benefit: Ensure materials arrive exactly when the project needs them, not too early (carrying cost) or too late (schedule delay).

🛑 Prevent Start-Up Delays

Material Constraints: Link task execution directly to material availability. The system validates that all necessary parts and assemblies are in stock before allowing a task to start, preventing work stoppages and idle shop floor time.

• Benefit: Protect your margins by ensuring production only begins when it can be completed without interruption.

🔮 Predict the Impact of Change

"What-If" Simulation: Run advanced scenarios to see the future. Instantly analyze how a material delay, a production bottleneck, or a scope change will impact your final delivery date and resource loads before you commit to the change.

• Benefit: Make data-driven decisions to mitigate risks rather than reacting to problems after they occur.

📈 Precision Financial Outlooks

Operational Revenue Forecasting: Generate accurate revenue-to-complete forecasts derived directly from the operational Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and production progress.

• Benefit: Gain confidence in your financial projections with data rooted in the reality of the shop floor.

Transform Your Manufacturing Business

Stop struggling with disconnected project and production systems. Empower your organization with Enterprise Project Management (EPM) for ETO Manufacturing by PlanAutomate, the solution built by project experts for the complexities of custom manufacturing.