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Applying MRP with ERP in a modern manufacturing environment

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

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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How an ERP system can help manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Material requirements planning (MRP) The MRP is a system that calculates the inventory needed for production and drives procurement to ensure that items are ordered in time. Managed properly, the MRP can optimize material and product levels. It improves the efficiency, flexibility and profitability of manufacturing operations.

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ERP addresses the challenges of Make to order manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) can be a crucial tool in MTO. MRP is a kind of inventory optimisation system, meaning that it creates recommendations for inventory requirements to maintain the correct levels of inventory. The MRP can also be used to specify alternate materials and suppliers.

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How to create a reliable supply chain with effective forecasting and inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

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.

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Using ERP for flexible manufacturing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

For each different production run, there will be a unique BOM (Bill of Materials), Material Requirements Plan (MRP), and Master Production Schedule (MPS). These must coordinated so that inventory specified in the MRP, derived from the BOM, is ordered at the right time and is in the right place when needed. Shared data is critical.

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Is Your Problem Technical or Adaptive?

The Lean Thinker

Trying Technical Solutions on Adaptive Problems An organization had a culture of working around their ERP / MRP system. In the context of continuous improvement, we are talking about the culture change that has to accompany any technical implementations if they are to stick for more than a few months.

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ERP Boosts Procurement Creating a Channel for Innovative Business

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

ERP or rather MRP systems for many years (in SYSPRO’s case, for 40 years!) have enabled Purchasing via requisitions through approval – then purchase orders with more approval – receiving via a GRN process – and finally payment of supplier invoices.