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Manufacturing

Manufacturing ERP Software
in the UAE

Dexter Plus connects production, inventory, and accounting to track your operations from raw materials to finished goods. Procurement, production costing, and supplier payments post to your ledger in real time for immediate product cost accuracy.

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Industry challenges

Why Manufacturing Is Hard To Run On Spreadsheets

A factory has many moving parts at once: materials arriving, orders in production, stock at every stage, and a large workforce to pay. When these sit in separate files, the numbers stop matching and control slips. These are the pressures generic accounting software was not built for.

01

You Cannot See The True Cost Of What You Make

Unlinked material costs leave unit pricing estimated, hiding actual profit margins until jobs finish.

02

Purchase Orders And Supplier Payments Drift Apart

Disconnected purchase orders, receipts, and invoices trigger duplicate supplier payments and time-consuming disputes.

03

A Large Production Workforce To Pay, On Time

Manually handling WPS payroll, worker housing, and end-of-service gratuities for large teams invites errors.

04

Production Stalls When Materials Are Not Planned Against Orders

Unlinked material planning causes mid-run production halts or ties up cash in unneeded stock.

05

No Clear View Of Work In Progress

Lacking work-in-progress visibility conceals capital tied up in unfinished goods and masks floor bottlenecks.

Buyer education

What A Manufacturing ERP Should Do

If you are comparing systems, these are the capabilities that separate a manufacturing ERP from accounting software with a stock feature added. Each one maps to a real cost that spreadsheets leave exposed.

Term What it means Why it matters
Bill of materials (BOM) The recipe: every part needed for one unit Drives costing and purchasing
Work order An instruction to produce a set quantity Builds up true cost as it runs
Material planning (MRP) What to buy and when, from orders and stock Stops runs stalling on a missing part
Product costing Materials + labour + overhead per unit Shows real margin, not an estimate
Challenge What Dexter Plus does The outcome
Unit cost unknown till month-end Cost built as production runs, from BOM and payroll Margin per product, in real time
Duplicate supplier payments Three-way match: order, receipt, invoice Clean spend, fewer disputes
Runs stall on missing parts Materials planned against orders Fewer stoppages, less tied-up cash

Core modules: Finance, Inventory, Expense, Payroll, and Projects. VAT applies across purchases, production, and sales, with FTA-ready records and e-invoicing readiness.

How Dexter Plus helps

How Dexter Plus Handles Manufacturing

Dexter Plus is set up for production, not a general ledger asked to act like a factory system. The parts below carry the work a manufacturer does every day.

Explained

True Product Cost

Spreadsheets deliver delayed unit cost estimates across materials, labor, and overhead. Dexter Plus captures true product cost in real time by linking bills of materials and payroll, revealing accurate product margins while you still have time to act.

VAT & e-invoicing

UAE VAT and E-invoicing For Manufacturers

Dexter Plus automatically applies correct UAE VAT across manufacturing purchases, production, and sales, keeping FTA returns continuously audit-ready. Built to support the UAE’s phased e-invoicing mandate, it ensures your manufacturing invoicing remains fully compliant as new rules take effect.

Relevant modules

The Modules Manufacturers Use

Most manufacturers start with these and extend from there. Each links to full features and pricing.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. It builds product cost as production runs, drawing material cost from the bill of materials and labour from payroll, so you can see margin per product without waiting for month-end.

Yes. Dexter Plus works out what to buy and when, based on your orders and current stock, so a production run does not stop for a missing part and cash is not tied up in materials too early.

Yes. It generates WPS SIF salary files, GPSSA contributions, and gratuity for your whole production team every pay cycle, and connects that labour cost to the right job.

Dexter Plus applies UAE VAT correctly across purchases, production, and sales, and keeps FTA-ready records. It is built to support the UAE's phased move to electronic invoicing as the mandate takes effect.

Most mid-size manufacturers go live in weeks rather than the many months larger manufacturing ERP projects take, using a pre-configured chart of accounts and a guided rollout.

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