COSMO Chemicals

COSMO Chemicals is an industry offering for growing, mid-market chemical manufacturers operating recipe-based and batch-oriented production. Its target sectors include industrial organic and inorganic chemicals, biocides, agricultural chemicals and miscellaneous chemical products. It brings formulation, manufacturing, planning and quality processes into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Recipe development and laboratory-to-production scale-up Develop formulations using component quantities, percentages or proportional shares. Early-stage development structures allow users to work with materials and descriptions before every component has a complete item master record. Move formulations from development structures to laboratory structures for pilot production, then to manufacturing structures for commercial production. Laboratory production orders bring trial batches into material and capacity planning. The resulting manufacturing specification connects the recipe, bill of materials, routing and production instructions, preserving the relationship between product development and manufacturing. Versioned recipes and manufacturing specifications Maintain multilevel recipes that reuse a base formulation within a larger product recipe. Percentage-based raw materials can be combined with fixed-quantity components, such as packaging. Recipe and bill-of-material versioning record formulation changes and provide effective dates for production use. Comparison matrices help users examine component proportions across recipes and versions. Linked routings define manufacturing operations, while production variants accommodate different product configurations and production quantities. Ingredient information and calculations Maintain expected ingredient quantities for raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods. Component ingredient information feeds the production structure and production-order components, while the intended finished-product composition is held at the output level. Ingredient information can also be associated with tracked lots. This connects the nominal formulation with material and batch information used during procurement, manufacture and quality evaluation. Batch production and operational instructions Create production orders from manufacturing specifications and carry the relevant recipe components, routing operations and instructions into execution. Production simulation allows users to examine expected consumption and output before manufacture. Simulation from sales orders helps assess material availability for the proposed production. Track manufacturing dates and maintain lot-number continuity between bulk production and subsequent packaging. Rich-text instructions accompany recipes, routings and production orders so that manufacturing guidance remains connected to the work being performed. Finite-capacity planning and production sequencing Use planning pools to review production orders and component pools to examine their material requirements. Sequence planning arranges production work at designated work centres and connects the schedule with component availability, capacity requirements and production feedback. Planners can move orders within the sequence, reschedule affected work, schedule towards due dates and retain selected orders at fixed dates. Planning dimensions provide criteria for prioritising work. Setup and maintenance events can be inserted into the production sequence, while setup optimisation considers common production attributes. Graphical planning displays production work and capacity on a timeline and supports drag-and-drop scheduling. Capacity warnings help identify conflicts that require a planning decision. Manufacturing resources and shift scheduling Derive personnel requirements from the capacity needs of production operations. Resources can be assigned automatically or manually according to availability, qualifications, skills and teams. Shift scheduling accommodates employee absences, individual shifts and alternating shift patterns. These functions connect the production-operation schedule with the people required to execute it. Cost and price calculation scenarios Create configurable calculation schedules that combine direct costs, capacity costs, overheads and additional charges. Item and capacity calculation groups structure the cost elements used in each scenario. Evaluate formulation costs, production lot sizes, target costs, contribution margins and prices. Currency-dependent calculations support alternative commercial scenarios, and actual production costing allows comparison with the initial estimate. This connects development decisions and production execution with product costing. Quality inspections and test management Define versioned test plans, test methods, sampling arrangements and measurement specifications. Manage test orders and test incidents for incoming goods inspections, production inspections, retesting and ad hoc checks of stored goods. Record measurements and evaluate them against the relevant specifications. Operation-specific test plans connect inspections to manufacturing steps, while inspection records remain associated with materials and production processes. Quarantine, batch release and inventory control Use lot and serial-number statuses to control whether goods may proceed through subsequent processes. Material can remain quarantined or blocked until the required inspection and release decision is completed. Test results can trigger status changes automatically. Lot information can be updated, and lots can be split or merged to reflect inventory organisation and inspection decisions. These controls connect the quality outcome with the availability of the associated stock. Traceability from receipt to shipment Maintain external lot numbers, sub-lot identifiers and additional tracking information alongside inventory movements. Traceability connects received materials, manufactured batches, storage and shipment with the relevant lot status. The relationship between bulk production and packaging helps retain batch identity through successive manufacturing stages. Supplier evaluation and purchasing controls Evaluate suppliers using quality, delivery quantity, delivery date and return criteria. Maintain rating history, classify suppliers, generate performance reports and recalculate ratings for defined periods. Approved-vendor controls support purchasing from accepted sources. Purchase and sales delivery tolerances accommodate permitted differences between ordered and delivered quantities. Document header and line text communicate additional material and order specifications. Certificates of analysis Configure certificates of analysis to present the relevant product and batch quality information for customers. Certificate status and version management distinguish current and historical records, while certificate reporting supports preparation of the accompanying delivery documentation. This connects inspection and batch information with the quality evidence supplied to customers. Platform, availability and implementation COSMO Chemicals works with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and requires the Premium manufacturing experience. It extends the underlying purchasing, inventory, sales and manufacturing processes rather than replacing the Microsoft platform. The published Marketplace offering lists Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Published application languages are English and German; country-specific functionality should be assessed for the intended deployment. Implementation services are separate from the software offering. Customer-specific interfaces, external systems and custom development require their own scope and should not be treated as standard included functionality.