Crowe Materials Accelerator
Achieve sustainable growth with a tailored Microsoft™ technology solution.
Materials systems shouldn’t be complex and inefficient
Are these problems slowing your materials company down?
- Manual processes
- Disparate systems
- Infrequent demand forecasting
- Poor visibility
Crowe Materials Accelerator, built on the Microsoft Dynamics 365™ platform, is designed to meet the unique needs of materials companies.
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Prepare your materials business for future growth
Standardize more efficient business processes and increase productivity across multiple material product types, material manufacturing processes, and different end customer needs.
Make smarter decisions faster
Get accurate data and real-time analytics from your materials enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Use these analytics to maximize margins, minimize machine downtime, and increase customer satisfaction.
Enable faster innovation with continual updates
Gain access to the latest innovations from both Microsoft and Crowe rolled out in automatic updates.
Gain a competitive advantage
Implement built-in Microsoft Azure™ AI and machine learning to forecast customer demand and avoid costly machine downtime.
Crowe Materials Accelerator offers an ERP solution specifically designed for the metals industry
An ERP solution built on the Microsoft platform and tailored by materials specialists
E-commerce
Inventory management
Nesting solution
E-commerce
E-commerce
Built on the Dynamics 365 platform, Crowe Materials Accelerator for E-commerce is a pre-built template that enables materials companies of all sizes to easily create and manage a business-to-business e-commerce website for their customers to find, research, and order metal products.
Inventory management
Inventory management
Optimize inventory across multiple locations no matter the form, including coil, bar, plate, pipe, tube, billet, ingot, wire, cable, and fabricated parts.
Nesting solution
Nesting solution
Provide competitive quotes, deliver them quickly, and achieve potential savings on material costs with both linear and plate nesting integrated into quoting and planning.
Specification management
Customer-defined order specifications are linked directly to manufacturing processes.
Inventory by dimension and attribute
Characteristics such as grade, thickness, and diameter are tracked, viewed, and shared seamlessly across all shapes, including coil, sheet, plate, bar, pipe, tube, wire, slab, and billet.
Quality management
Integrated quality checks – from purchased material receipt through production reporting – provide visibility for quality control.
Flexible unit conversions
Flexible conversions allow items to be purchased, stocked, sold, produced, and priced in different units of measurement.
Scrap and remnant material management
Inventory is optimized through cut- and slit-planning and melt makeup workbenches, including a pre-built integration with SigmaNEST® software.
Parent-child material traceability
Heat traceability is maintained throughout the supply chain, including inventory and production processing.
Actual and theoretical weight tracking
Weight variances and random lengths are handled with ease.
Optimized order entry
Inventory can be searched by attribute, and promise dates can be calculated and based on material availability and processing times to help deliver faster customer service.
Pricing built for metals
Flexible price models allow pricing by attribute or weight brackets, cost-plus pricing, and commodity price management.
Mill test reports and product certifications
Mill test reports can be automatically imported from vendors to generate product certifications for customers.
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