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Have you heard that Unanet recently released a new add-on called AIM? AIM is Unanet’s Asset, Inventory and Manufacturing add-on to their powerful GovCon ERP. AIM has been in the marketplace for many years and was recently incorporated into Unanet’s offerings to support GovCon customers, particularly for audit readiness in the Materials Management & Accounting System (MMAS). This article answers the 5 Ws to help organizations determine whether AIM meets their operational needs.
Who Uses Unanet Asset, Inventory and Manufacturing (AIM)?
AIM is for businesses that want to accurately pinpoint when to purchase materials based on production requirements, vendor lead times, and plans for consuming the materials, while maintaining the ability to pass a Materials Management & Accounting System audit. Additionally, there are AIM customers that simply have Inventory requirements, including the tracking of government-furnished equipment (GFE).
What Does Unanet Asset, Inventory and Manufacturing (AIM) Add-On do?
Ultimately, AIM helps companies ensure, through proper inventory tracking and bill of materials (BOM) versions, that the cost of purchased and fabricated materials charged or allocated to a contract is based on valid time-phase requirements. This helps to ensure alignment with governing compliance. With Unanet’s ERP and the integration between modules, this information aligns easily with contracts and projects and provides project managers with a view of the purchase requests and committed use of budgets.
When Does Unanet Asset, Inventory and Manufacturing (AIM) Fit Into the Overall Business Process?
The easiest answer to this question is when a business needs to prepare for a Materials Management & Accounting System pre-award audit or maintain audit readiness. However, even if an audit is not imminent, it may be the right time to consider incorporating AIM into the business process. Often, companies that incorporate the best practices within the AIM system can achieve pre-award audit readiness quickly. Other considerations include the need to formalize the procurement process based on the current inventory counts, production orders and lag time with ease. AIM can identify where inventory and assets are, who is responsible for them, and track the valuation of Inventory, including scrap.
Where is Unanet Asset, Inventory and Manufacturing (AIM) Integrated With Unanet ERP?
The integration is designed to flow into the Purchasing area of Unanet, which provides project-related commitments and updates for project managers to view in the ERP. The Purchasing integration items include:
- Purchase Requests
- Purchase Orders
- Purchase Order Modifications
- Receipts of Items
The integration is also designed to confirm that like variables are consistent across the systems, including:
- Vendor and Customer Accounts
- Person Profiles
- Projects and Tasks
Additionally, the AIM system generates valuable data to update the ERP database, including Journal Entries and Labor Hours. Journal Entries record the costs associated with work-in-progress (WIP), Inventory value, and cost of goods sold (COGS). Labor Hours can be moved from the time required to complete various activities within the bill of materials (BOM) to the user’s timesheet.
Why Not Consider Unanet Asset, Inventory and Manufacturing (AIM)?
Organizations considering Unanet Asset, Inventory and Manufacturing should evaluate how the module supports inventory control, production planning, and MMAS audit readiness within their existing environment. Redstone Government Consulting’s Unanet Implementation team can assist with system configuration, process alignment, data validation, and integration across purchasing and project structures. In addition, our Compliance team supports MMAS audit preparation, including policy development, internal control assessments, documentation support, mock audits, and corrective action planning to help contractors strengthen compliance and operational consistency.
Kristiane Smith serves as a Senior Managing Consultant in Redstone Government Consulting’s Unanet Consulting group, where she supports government contractors in implementing, optimizing, and governing Unanet ERP and CRM environments to strengthen compliance, reporting accuracy, and operational control. With nearly two decades of experience working directly with Unanet customers across implementation, system administration, and enterprise training, Kristiane brings a deep, practical understanding of how system configuration and process design affect audit readiness, billing integrity, and contract performance. Kristiane specializes in translating complex system and business requirements into disciplined, defensible solutions that support compliant project accounting, internal controls, and cross-functional alignment between finance, contracts, HR, and operations. Her background spans full-cycle implementation leadership, enterprise user enablement, and executive advisory support, allowing her to guide clients beyond basic functionality toward sustainable, audit-ready system environments that support the realities of government contracting. At Redstone GCI, Kristiane works closely with government contractors to implement and optimize Unanet ERP and CRM environments that support compliant financial operations, accurate reporting, and effective project execution. She provides hands-on consulting across discovery, configuration, data migration, testing, training, and post-implementation optimization, partnering with finance leaders, contracts teams, project managers, and executive stakeholders to ensure systems align with regulatory expectations and operational goals. Prior to joining Redstone GCI, Kristiane held senior consulting and leadership roles delivering Unanet solutions in regulated environments. She led full-cycle implementations and advised organizations on system design that strengthened project accounting, billing integrity, and internal control maturity. Her experience includes direct operational system ownership as an ERP and business operations lead, where she served as Unanet ERP and AIM system administrator. In that role, she oversaw security and configuration governance, improved cross-functional workflows across accounting, HR, procurement, and project management, and supported leadership with system-based reporting aligned to DCAA expectations. Earlier in her career, Kristiane spent more than a decade at Unanet in progressive leadership roles, including Principal Sales Engineer, Senior Sales Engineer, and Director of Unanet University. As Director of Unanet University, she led the strategic development of enterprise training and certification programs for customers, partners, and internal teams. She implemented scalable learning platforms and built structured curricula focused on system configuration, compliance-aligned workflows, and best practices for finance and operations teams, helping standardize how organizations adopted and governed the Unanet platform. Across her career, Kristiane has supported Unanet implementations for organizations ranging from small professional services firms to large government contractors. Her experience includes designing and supporting integrations with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics SL, QuickBooks, Sage, and MAS products, as well as providing business process consulting across project cost accounting, budgeting and forecasting, invoicing, contracts management, earned value management, and expense management. This combination of consulting leadership, operational system ownership, and enterprise training experience enables her to bridge technical configuration with real-world execution. At Redstone GCI, Kristiane applies this depth of experience to help Unanet clients build systems and processes that are not only efficient, but compliant, auditable, and aligned with the operational demands of government contracting.