NetSuite for Manufacturing
From the shop floor to the financials, run production, planning, quality, and costing on one platform, configured by consultants who understand how manufacturers actually build.
Built around how manufacturers actually build
Manufacturers juggle production schedules, materials, machines, labor, and quality, all while protecting margin on every job. Disconnected systems and spreadsheets between the shop floor and the back office create blind spots: late orders, stockouts, scrap, and costs that only surface after the fact.
NetSuite brings production, planning, inventory, quality, and financials onto a single platform. The platform is only as good as the configuration behind it, and Velaura has implemented and optimized NetSuite since 2013, mapping it to the way you run, by work order, by work center, by bill of material.
The pressures NetSuite is built to absorb
Each of these is something we configure NetSuite to handle directly, not work around.
Production visibility
No real-time view of work orders, work in progress, and what is actually happening on the floor.
Materials & MRP
Stockouts that halt the line and excess inventory that ties up cash, driven by manual planning.
Costing accuracy
Standard versus actual cost, scrap, and overhead that never quite reconcile to real margin.
Quality & traceability
Defects, rework, and lot or serial tracking that have to hold up for recalls and audits.
Disconnected systems
Shop floor, inventory, and finance running on tools that do not talk to one another.
Demand & capacity
Balancing incoming orders against the machine and labor capacity you actually have.
Run the floor on real-time data
When the shop floor and the system disagree, you find out the hard way. We configure NetSuite so production status is live, not a guess.
- ✓Work orders, BOM & routingManage assemblies, multi-level BOMs, routings, and work centers with live status.
- ✓MRP & supply planningPlan materials and capacity around demand and lead times to cut stockouts and excess.
- ✓Shop floor & WIPTrack work in progress, labor, and machine time as it happens, not after the shift.
Protect margin on every job
Margin lives in the details of cost and quality. NetSuite captures both as production runs, so the numbers are real and current.
- ✓Real-time costingStandard, actual, and landed cost with labor, scrap, and overhead captured automatically.
- ✓Quality & traceabilityBuild inspections and lot or serial tracking into production for audit-ready records.
- ✓Financials & fast closeTie production straight to the general ledger for accurate, real-time margin.
Everything manufacturing runs on, in one system
No more stitching together a planning spreadsheet, a shop floor tool, and an accounting package that never agree. NetSuite brings the operation onto a single source of truth.
Production & work orders
Plan, release, and track work orders with live status across every job on the floor.
BOM & routing
Multi-level bills of material, routings, and work centers that mirror how you actually build.
MRP & demand planning
Plan materials and capacity against demand and lead times to keep the line running.
Inventory & warehouse
Real-time, multi-location stock of raw materials, components, and finished goods.
Quality management
Inspections, nonconformance, and lot or serial traceability built into the process.
Financials & costing
Standard, actual, and landed cost tied to the general ledger for real-time margin.
Real manufacturing problems, solved in NetSuite
These are the day-to-day situations we configure NetSuite to handle. It is the difference between a generic setup and one built for how manufacturers run.
No idea where a job stands
Customers call asking about an order and the team has to walk the floor to find out where it is.
Live work order and WIP visibility puts the status of every job on one dashboard, in real time.
Stockouts halting production
A missing component stops the line, while other materials sit overstocked and tie up cash.
MRP plans materials against demand and lead times, so the right parts are there when the line needs them.
True job cost unknown until after
Labor, scrap, and overhead are reconciled weeks later, so margin is a surprise, not a decision.
Actual costing captures labor, materials, scrap, and overhead as the job runs, giving live margin.
A defect found late
A quality issue surfaces after shipping, and tracing which units and lots are affected takes days.
In-process inspections and lot or serial genealogy catch issues early and trace affected units in minutes.
Shop floor and finance out of sync
Production records and the books never quite match, so closing the month is a reconciliation marathon.
One platform from work order to general ledger keeps production and finance on the same numbers.
Capacity overcommitted
Sales promises dates the floor cannot hit, because no one can see real machine and labor capacity.
Planning balances incoming orders against actual capacity, so commitments are realistic and met.
Built for every kind of manufacturer
Discrete Manufacturers
Assembled products built from components, BOMs, and routings.
Process Manufacturers
Formula and recipe-based production with batch and yield needs. VERIFY
Industrial & Equipment
Machinery and equipment makers managing complex assemblies and service.
Electronics & High-Tech
Serialized products, fast revisions, and tight component traceability.
Contract Manufacturers
Multi-customer production with job costing and quality requirements.
Make-to-Order & ETO
Configured and engineered products built to each customer order.
A proven path from kickoff to go-live
Every engagement follows the same disciplined sequence, so you always know what is happening and what comes next.
Discovery
We map your production processes, systems, and pain points, by work order and work center, before recommending anything.
Solution design
We design the NetSuite configuration around your real workflows: production, planning, costing, and reporting.
Configuration & build
We configure modules, build BOMs, routings, and workflows, and set up the dashboards your team will actually use.
Data migration
We move items, BOMs, customers, and history from legacy systems and validate every record before cutover.
Training & go-live
We train your team, run a controlled cutover, and stand beside you through the first production cycles.
Optimization & support
After go-live we keep tuning with new modules, automation, and on-demand support as your operation grows.
NetSuite at the center of your manufacturing stack
Manufacturing runs on more than one system. We connect NetSuite to the tools on and around the floor, so data flows automatically and nothing is rekeyed.
CAD / PLM & engineering
Sync engineering data and bills of material so design changes flow into production cleanly.
Shop floor / MES & IoT
Connect machines and shop floor systems to capture production and downtime data in real time.
WMS & barcode scanning
Extend NetSuite to warehouse and scanning systems for accurate, scan-driven material movement.
EDI & supplier networks
Trade with suppliers and customers using EDI for purchase orders, ASNs, and invoices.
Payments & banking
Automate billing, collections, and reconciliation by connecting payment processors and bank feeds.
Analytics & BI
Pipe clean NetSuite data into your reporting and BI tools for the dashboards leadership relies on.
An ERP partner that speaks manufacturing
Plenty of firms can install NetSuite. Few understand a routing, a scrap rate, or what a missing component does to a production schedule.
Process-first, always
We start with how your floor actually runs, then configure the platform to fit, not the other way around.
Working in NetSuite since 2013
More than a decade of implementations, rescues, and optimizations across manufacturing and distribution.
Industry depth, not generalists
Work orders, BOMs and routing, MRP, WIP, and real-time costing, the specifics that make or break a manufacturing build.
We fix stalled projects
Inherited a setup that drifted off course or a rollout that stalled? We assess, stabilize, and get it back on track.
Predictable delivery
A disciplined methodology with clear phases, so projects land on time and you always know where things stand.
Support beyond go-live
We do not disappear at launch. On-demand consultants keep the system improving as your operation changes.
Results from teams who trusted us
"They understood our production and costing before touching the system. Go-live was smooth and the floor adopted it fast."
"For the first time we can see true job cost and margin as work runs. It changed how we quote."
"Our month-end close went from a marathon to a few days. Every phase landed on time."
Common questions
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Does NetSuite support work orders, BOMs, and routing?+
Can NetSuite handle MRP and production planning?+
Does NetSuite support both discrete and process manufacturing?+
How long does a NetSuite implementation take for a manufacturer?+
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Ready to run Manufacturing on a system that keeps up?
Talk to a Velaura consultant about where NetSuite can tighten production, planning, quality, and costing across your operation.
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