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Advanced Functionality
April 2011
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers
Manufacturing systems have been with us for several decades, progressing from simple inventory accounting through increasingly complex and comprehensive product suites: MRP, MRPII, ERP, finite scheduling, supply chain, advanced planning and optimization, inclusion of CRM in the suite, and so on.
Posted in Customer Service, ERP/MRP, Inventory, Lean, Manufacturing, Planning, Supply Chain Tagged accounting, advanced planning, competition, CRM, DBR, drum-buffer-rope, Eli Goldratt, Enterprise Systems, ERP, finite scheduling, flow manufacturing, integration, inventory, kanban, Lean, Manufacturing, market demand, MRP, MRPII, optimization, planning, plant floor, poka-yoke, supply chain, theory of constraints Comments Off
A Capacity for Action
While this doesn’t seem logical, the “plan materials first, then check capacity” process has been with us since the 1960s, when MRP first was defined and computer resources were scarce and expensive. Today, the computing power necessary to plan material
Posted in ERP/MRP, Inventory, Management, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Planning, Supply Chain Tagged advanced planning, capacity, capacity requirements planning, CRP, drum-buffer-rope, enterprise resource planning, ERP, finite planning, inventory, management, material, material requirements planning, MRP, operations management, optimization, planning, scheduling, supply chain, supply chain planning, theory of constraints Comments Off
Your Biggest Small Inventory Problems
Investing in process improvement during tough times is difficult, but it can be vital to long-term viability.
Posted in Best Practices, ERP/MRP, Inventory, Lean, Logistics, Operations Management, Planning, Process Improvement, Supply Chain Tagged advanced planning, APICS, APS, bill of materials, BOM, capacity planning, demand, forecasting, inventory, inventory control, Lean, Lean Manufacturing, logistics, lot sizing, material requirements planning, MRP, optimization, planning, process improvement, production, production scheduling, quantity-based pricing, record keeping, SCM, six sigma, supply chain management, transportation Comments Off
