SYSPRO Smarter ERP
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Charged with this critical task, the purchasing department can leverage its Material Requirements Plan (MRP) to stay abreast of what’s needed, how much and when. MRP runs this information through a series of algorithms and then makes suggested recommendations for what to buy, how much, when and from which supplier.
Material Handling and Logistics
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
For example, if sales typically spike in December, then the expectation is that sales will again spike in the coming December. . For example, ML algorithms may show that once temperatures drop below a certain number, demand significantly drops. For example, if yields are down, then more lots are started to get the throughput required.
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The Lean Thinker
JULY 11, 2024
Trying Technical Solutions on Adaptive Problems An organization had a culture of working around their ERP / MRP system. The expansion, examples and explanations are my interpretation. A new ERP system is a prime example. What Kind of Change Do You Have to Make? What kind of problem are you facing? The software is the easy part.
The Lean Thinker
JULY 2, 2024
The structural designs were far more tolerant of production variation, for example. While the design of the airplane made the airframe much easier to assemble compared, for example, to the 1970 era 747, there were still supplier quality issues and general “stuff” to deal with in production. Usually… overtime.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
DECEMBER 4, 2023
For example, one Australian manufacturer has converted from making just parts for one automotive customer, to being able to produce many different components for a number of different automotive customers. Shared data is critical. They need a system that can easily and effectively handle all the different manufacturing processes.
The Lean Thinker
DECEMBER 9, 2022
When “trams” (coal carts) were in short supply, for example, the “trammers” would horde carts to optimize their team’s performance at the expense of other teams being limited by the number of carts available. this is particularly true in ERP / MRP environments.) This all changed shortly after WWII. .”
GlobalTranz
JANUARY 8, 2016
An Example of Matching Systems with People for Sustained Manufacturing Operations Excellence. Getting back to the first post about " What is Manufacturing? ", with MRP we generated Purchase Orders (POs) and Manufacturing Orders (MOs). Does MRP end there? The next phase of MRP was MRP II. Where did they go?
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