Optymo is a feature-rich electronic design and manufacturing resource management solution designed to centralize and enhance the production process from product concept to delivery. Optymo removes the need for Spreadsheets and supplies you with the tools you need to do your job reliably and successfully.
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Parts management
Optymo manages parts with specific constraints of the electronic industry. It handles single database item with several manufacturers, suppliers, customers references, avoiding duplicates and overstock. Optymo differentiates substitute and equivalence. Amongst other specifics, Optymo can manage several revisions of same part as well as obsolete parts. For simpler management, Optymo provides a unique multi-level hierarchical organization.
BOM Management
The multi-level database structure provides for easy BOMs management. With support for revision for product evolution and configurations for variations, Optymo provides the most sophisticated solution for electronic design companies. Optymo includes production references and manufacturing steps to link with production, whether internal or through sub contractors.
Import / Export
Optymo provides several import / export mechanisms, allowing importing parts from existing database, BOMs from PCB tool or customers databases, create and update full parts list in just a few clicks, or exporting data towards other company tools… making Optymo an open and customizable solution.
Parts Sourcing
Through unique EDI feature, Optymo allows designers to quickly check parts costs and availability, validating budget expectations for new projects. This allows also documenting accurately BOMs, transferring operations the exact references, the potential suppliers and the authorized substitutes, avoiding further errors or waste of time.
Full traceability
Through lots, serial numbers and revisions management, Optymo ensures full parts traceability, whether for maintenance, customer monitoring or industry standards support.
Fast response to RFQs
By combining flexibility and performance in importing BOMs and the unique EDI feature, Optymo provides simple and effective ways to generate RFQs from multiple suppliers, compare prices and deadlines, and establish quote rapidly without taking risk on margins or delays commitments. The response time to the customer may go from several days, or even weeks, down to a few hours.
Inventory
Optymo provides full inventory management, supports internal/external stocks, handles inventory movements, and tracks parts through lots, expiration or serial numbers. With Optymo, users can manage all types of parts, global supply as well as finished goods.
Automated procurement management
With Optymo, users prepare price request based on actual stock, ongoing POs, various project requirements and stock replenishment, in a click of a mouse. Optymo is able to manage different types of procurements, including forward or timed purchases and open orders. Optymo helps the buyers to select the best buying strategy and to generate automated POs, reducing administrative work, errors and overall cost by optimizing the volumes. Optymo supports full process from parts reception to inventory and allocations.
Vendors management
Optymo allows the user to handle all vendors with their locations and contacts. It also maintains accurate information on history relationship, builds communications on facts and data, and gets better commercial conditions.
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Customers management
Optymo integrates a client management module, allowing day to day customer follow up, and accurate customer PO process monitoring, from initial quote to delivery and invoicing. Optymo provides managers and sales real-time vision of operations status, helping in close and accurate customers management.
Sales Process
Optymo provides the tools for accurate sales management, starting with the ability to prepare a quotation based on current prices and desired margins, so Optymo users could be in competitive position without jeopardizing profit on business.
Once the PO received from customer, the quote becomes simply a PO in Optymo database, and PO transforms in work order, launching and monitoring production. With Optymo, sales persons can follow progress and provide accurate information to their customers, helping in customers relationship.
Customers delivery
Optymo generates delivery slips and invoices, closing the loop of the customer relation. With data already in its database, all administrative work is reduced, and errors are eliminated from manual process.
Manufacturing process
Optymo assists users in managing their overall production process, whether the production is done internally, through sub contractors or as a mix.
With Optymo, work orders are created very simply as they leverage info in the database, such as BOMs, customer’s PO, inventory, etc. Work orders can trigger purchasing, monitor deliveries, allocations on productions, and support internal and external stocks for sub contractors’ management.
Optymo is well suited for prototyping, small and medium quantities, as well as larger productions. In a glance, operations manager are able to provide accurate data on production delay as Optymo provides information on parts availability and required resources.
Traceability
Optymo provides full traceability capabilities, through lots and serial numbers management, so that users control their manufactured products, handle maintenance, product management and support for quality insurance.
Resource management
In Optymo, BOM definition includes production steps, covering tools and manpower, helping operations to quantify their needs, schedule the operations, monitor progress and validate costs after production.
