Hi all,
I have read the previous posts about this but have one more question. We need to keep the financials separate so were leaning towards multi-company. However, they also want to consolidate planning between the 2 facilities. They want to see both shops and pick which one to run the parts at. Can this be done with multi-company (if not natively I would think dashboards could help since you can have multi-company dashboards). Has anyone done this?
Thanks
Melissa
With either selection, you’ll have some things that fit really well and then some things that would have worked better the other way. In general, I find it easiest to plan for production/inventory control issues as these are usually the most complex then once that’s settled, find a way to make the financials fit that solution.
Multi Site: Solves your centralized planning issues and allows you to manufacture/fulfill orders from any facility but you’ll need to figure out how to separate your financials. If you have a division segment in your chart of accounts, most all of the inventory/job cost transactions can be easily split out via that segment. The one thing I can think of off hand that you might have to spend a little time on how you want to handle would be the AP/AR Accounts.
Multi Company: Gives you a nice firewall between companies for full autonomy but the two downfalls there would be visibility across that firewall, which you can solve with custom dashboards. The inter-company sales can be largely automated via your planning tools, but adds a few extra layers of transactions and steps. If multi currency is an issue, that might tip the scales some.
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