All Posts in the Category "ERP/MRP"...
Double-CIick to Schedule
Schedulers have been a part of enterprise resources planning (ERP) and manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) software systems for many years. Recently, new technology is offering increasingly sophisticated systems that apply advanced logic to the scheduling process. However, many companies still find their systems are unable to come up with a schedule that maximizes use and efficiency while ensuring that all work is completed on time.
Accountability and Motivations
March 2013.
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers.
One key aspect of S&OP is that it is the mechanism for connecting the demand side (forecasting and demand management) with the supply side (production).
WIP in Flow Production
February 2013.
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers.
Traditional (discontinuous or batch) production management is mostly a matter traffic control. The key to reducing WIP is managing work flow and paying attention to input/output balance.
Alternative Attitudes
Publicity and promotion are all about getting attention. It’s distressing that hyperbole can plant seeds of doubt in the minds of operations professionals and turn them away from systems and approaches that could be of great benefit. While ERP products aren’t the perfect answer to every manufacturing challenge, they are powerful and useful tools for many companies.
A Time-Tested Technique
Material requirements planning (MRP) is the calculation of potential shortages and replenishment activity from the master schedule using the bill of material and inventory availability data. Developed in the early 1950s, the basic approach still is at the center of every enterprise resources planning (ERP) system more than half a century later.
Change
November 2012 Marketing.
Market Analysis & Communications for the Manufacturing Industry.
Change can be defined as the process of becoming different; there is social change, mathematical change, personal development and many other types.
Replace your ERP system?
November 2012.
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers.
Enterprise software doesn’t usually “break” in such a clear-cut way. There may be “bugs” that get fixed or managed along the way but the system will rarely just stop working and provide a definitive decision point for replacement.
Are Lean and ERP incompatible?
October 2012.
Advice for Manufacturers.
In the earlier days of the spread of Lean Manufacturing, there was a perception among many that you have to make a choice – Lean or ERP.
Gauging the life span of a firm’s computer system can be difficult
ERP is a significant investment for a company, not just in the up-front costs but also in the training and implementation, making it an integral part of day-to-day operations.
