Search Results for: erp

  • How to Understand The Earliest EDI

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … one reads the description, but EDI is intended for pure computer-to-computer communication. When a company has received this file, it is mapped and transformed and brought into an application that can make sense. For instance, this is a purchase order, so the information contained would go through the EDI mapping program and then be brought into the ERP system as the purchase order transaction. These messages can be sent from one company to another at any time and can appear within the receiving ERP system as if a company employee itself typed them in. This EDI format …

  • How to Understand The Electrification of Production Plants

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … much were companies able to change the results under those circumstances? How much was productivity enhanced by moving to MRP systems? How about the productivity enhancement of ERP systems?
    Brightwork’s research into ERP systems’ history shows no productivity or clear-cut productivity enhancement from ERP systems.
    The reason why previously invented and adopted technologies tend to be underestimated and modern technologies tend to be overestimated is that the older technology just becomes part of the background as time passes.
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    Conclusion
    The interplay between power and the assembly line is critical to understanding industrial history.
    With …

  • Book on The Best Process Industry Manufacturing Software

    ByPrimary Researcher

    Process Industry Manufacturing Software: ERP, Planning, Process Control, Recipe Mgmt. & MES Software
    Screenshots and examples from PlanetTogether, AspenTech, HamiltonGrant, ProcessPro, SAP APO, and SAP ERP. 
    What This Book Is About
    The only book which covers process industry manufacturing software, this book covers many different types of process industry manufacturing environments. It describes how the planning needs of the process industries are so unique and stand apart from discrete or repetitive manufacturing. In the book, you will learn how to batch production and batch manufacturing is related to discrete production, and how batch production and batch manufacturing is also related to …

  • A Book on How to Best Perform Enterprise Software TCO

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … but also how to make the broadest IT decisions, such as those related to overall solution architecture, and the integration of best of breed solutions in a far more informed manner. Examples of this analysis are the following:

    Best of Breed Software Comparisons
    Big ERP Versus Tier 2 ERP
    Big ERP Versus No ERP
    ERP Versus Best of Breed
    Two Tier ERP Versus Other ERP Strategies
    Cloud ERP Versus On Premises ERP

    The graphic from the book below explains the scope over which TCO can be used.

    This book is tied to the book The Real Story Behind ERP, with …

  • Our Books on Production and Manufacturing Software

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … comparing processes which would produce a finished good, however in other cases it is a component or subcomponent which is an input to another production process at a downstream factory. (see more)

    Process Industry Planning: Manufacturing Processes and Software
    Screenshots and examples from PlanetTogether, AspenTech and SAP APO and SAP ERP. 
    What This Book Is About
    The only book which covers process industry manufacturing software, this book covers many different types of process industry manufacturing environments, and describes how the planning needs of the process industries are so unique and stand apart from discrete or repetitive manufacturing. The book also …

  • A Book on How to Perform Software Selection

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … implementation, yet software selection is often fraught with issues, and many companies do not end up with the best software for their needs. However, the process can be significantly simplified by addressing the information sources that influence software selection. This book can be used for any enterprise software selection, including ERP software selection.
    This book is a how-to guide for improving the software selection process. It is formulated around the idea that—much like purchasing decisions for consumer products—the end user and those with the domain expertise must be included. In addition to providing hints for refining the …

  • Enterprise Software: IT Decision Making Books

    ByPrimary Researcher

    How are IT and Enterprise Software Decision Made?
    Many years of both project experience as well as research supports the hypothesis that IT decision making in both the US and internationally is poor. Some evidence for this is the following:

    ERP never had evidence that it improved the condition of companies, yet it was widely adopted.
    The average fit between the application purchased and the actual business requirements is poor.
    IT project success ratios continue to be low — and are not improving

    Why is This the Case? 
    Some of the poor IT decision making is buyer based — that is the …

  • What is the Actual Definition of Vertical Integration?

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … alternate routings, routings which sometimes cross between internal locations and partner locations. Most companies now have some requirements which blur the line between what is “inside” and “outside” of the company, and most planning and ERP software are not keeping up. Vendors are often more than happy to tinker with old designs rather than to incur the expense of altering their applications from the ground up. When it comes down to changing the marketing literature, or changing the software, changing the marketing literature will win on most occasions. However, at least one vendor does have this functionality, and it …

  • Evidence of The Surprising Consistency of the Supply Chain Planning Process Over Time

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … On planning projects, we would refer to this as the planned on-hand. This connects and is the input to the available to promise functionality that resides in ERP systems and to a more advanced degree in external planning applications. There is an essential relationship between the quality of the planned on-hand and how far out the available to promise application should commit on orders, which is explained in this article.
    Purchasing (send to the Purchasing Process)
    Manufacturing Scheduling (send to the Scheduling Process)

    The Inventory and Purchasing processes’ output goes into what the diagram calls the “Management …

  • How to Appreciate The Four Supply Planning Threads and Their Timing

    ByPrimary Researcher

    … plan, schedule, or capacity plan is intended to allow higher-ups to gain an overview. But the rough plan, schedule, or rough-cut capacity plan is only a high-level representation of what will occur and it is the starting point.
    The Network/Initial Supply Plan: (performed by MRP in ERP systems)
    Produces initial production and procurement plan. It is focused on bringing stock into the supply network, and in creating inventory with planned production orders. It can also be called the master production schedule (MPS) if the initial supply plan is run under specific criteria. This is covered in …