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Applying MRP with ERP in a modern manufacturing environment

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Material Requirements Planning for a modern manufacturing environment Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is software that helps companies estimate the required quantities of raw materials, maintain inventory levels, and ensure manufacturing has all the items needed to make products to satisfy demand.

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ERP addresses the challenges of Make to order manufacturers

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Coupled with the art of trying to balance unpredictable material demand with volatile prices and its effects on the business, with the need to keep raw material to a minimum to free up capital juxtaposed to the need to import raw material with long lead times.

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What is the difference between ERP, Supply Chain Management and CRM

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When it comes to selecting software for the enterprise, decision-makers must choose between multiple solutions. This may include choosing software for managing the enterprise (an ERP system), for supply chain management (SCM) or for customer relationship management (CRM). What is ERP?

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Using ERP for flexible manufacturing

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Capacity takes a back seat to production flexibility as the key performance indicator for factory managers. To deal with these changes, manufacturers have to look at new software solutions, and processes will need to be adopted. With modern ERP systems , manufacturers can still be productive, as well as being agile.

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How ERP can help the automotive parts and accessories industry in a post-COVID world

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This means automotive parts and accessories businesses must start looking at changing their business model and will need technology to help support the change. Electrification requires fewer moving parts, and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems are expected to lower collision rates. The new normal for automotive.

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Making Sense of Supply Chain 4.0

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In supply chain management, it was all anyone could talk about. The trouble with this definition is that it doesn’t explain what exactly changes in supply chain management—that is, what gets “transformed”—when digital technologies are adopted. Inputs will not be of the quantity or quality required. Yield rates will vary.