Smarter Manufacturing in Acumatica 25R2

Manufacturing Made Smarter in Acumatica 25R2

Acumatica 2025R2 introduces powerful enhancements designed specifically to support the needs of manufacturers, from cost accuracy to serial traceability and production governance. These updates help teams deliver consistent quality, understand true manufacturing costs, and run operations more efficiently with real-time visibility.

No matter what your manufacturing process looks like, 25R2 gives your business more insight, more automation, and more control; right where it matters.

Top Manufacturing Enhancements in Acumatica 25R2

What’s new for manufacturers in Acumatica 25R2?

• Streamlined cost roll processing for faster and more transparent cost updates.
• Lot and serial attributes captured during production, not just purchase receipt.
• Intercompany drop ship for multi-entity operations.
• Better tracking of cost contributions from production events.
• Increased control from sales order to production order creation.

Streamlined Cost Roll Processing for Accurate Costing

Understanding accurate planned and standard costs is essential for setting pricing, measuring margins, and reducing variance. In 25R2, the Generate Cost Roll-Ups workflow is redesigned for speed, flexibility, and confidence.

You can now:

• Run cost rolls by BOM, revision, material, or item class.
• Exclude non-manufactured or replenishment-based BOMs automatically.
• Preview costs before applying changes; a major risk reducer.
• Archive cost roll results for future audits and comparisons.

This helps teams evaluate scenarios like:

• Component cost changes (material market fluctuations).
• Labor or overhead adjustments.
• New BOM revisions.

Result = Faster what-if analysis with lower risk to live data.

Lot and Serial Traceability: Captured During Production

One of the most requested enhancements in recent versions is here:

Manufacturers can assign lot and serial attributes at the time of production, where previously this was limited to purchase receiving.

Perfect for industries requiring:

• Quality and testing documentation.
• Appearance, grade, or batch differentiators.
• Regulatory traceability (e.g., food, pharma, aerospace)

You can report key data the moment a product is completed:

• Inspection results
• Dimensional tolerances
• Component trace relationships

Result = Better compliance, cleaner data, and less manual rework.

Manufacturing Enhanced Processing for Cost Tracking

Costing improvements don’t stop at roll-ups.

Acumatica 25R2 introduces a new production transaction record that consolidates:

• Material Usage
• Labor application
• WIP cost movements
• Overhead allocation

This means:

• More transparency into how costs were derived.
• Faster ability to troubleshoot variances.
• Streamlined reconciliation between Manufacturing and Inventory modules.

Result = More accurate cost of goods and easier variance analysis.

Intercompany Drop Ship: Multi-Entity Efficiency

For manufacturers operating multiple business units or distribution channels, this long-awaited capability is a game changer.

You can now:

• Sell from Company A.
• Drop ship from Company B.
• Ship directly to the end customer.
• No duplicate data entry required.

The system automatically:

• Creates the linked PO and SO.
• Reduces manual processing risk.

Result = Better service levels and improved internal fulfillment flexibility.

Stronger Order-to-Production Governance

Acumatica 25R2 gives businesses more control over which sales orders can generate production orders and when.

You can:

• Allow production creation only from approved statuses (ex. Open, not Awaiting Payment).
• Configure rules by production order type
• Enable exceptions for strategic or prepay customers.

Result = Production resources stay focused on the right orders at the right time.

Why These Features Matter

Acumatica’s growing investment in manufacturing functions ensures:

• Cleaner data going in means better automated decisions going out.
• Operational control increases without slowing workflows.
• Cost visibility enables smarter pricing and margin protection.
• Production traceability supports compliance and customer trust.

Manufacturers gain an ERP that is purpose-built to improve performance, not just track it.

Algorithm’s Manufacturing Expertise

With over 30 years of experience serving SMBs in manufacturing, distribution, and construction manufacturing, Algorithm has built a proven reputation for helping companies transition from legacy ERP systems to modern, cloud-based platforms like Acumatica. Our 98% first-time go-live success rate reflects our commitment to getting implementations right the first time; on schedule, on budget, and aligned with your business goals.

Algorithm is the partner who helps manufacturers turn these new Acumatica 25R2 features into measurable business improvements. We focus on the details that matter most to production and profitability, including BOM and costing optimization, shop floor workflow design and WIP traceability, intercompany order automation, production scheduling and reporting visibility, and data validation before and after upgrades.

Through our twice-annual Acumatica release webinars, comprehensive sandbox testing guidance, and dedicated consulting team, you always have experts who know your system, and your business. From upgrade planning to post-implementation optimization, Algorithm ensures every improvement in Acumatica translates into real-world efficiency, insight, and growth.

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