By Mike Hart
Manufacturing software should be the driver of your manufacturing activities. MRP should generate all your jobs and POs on a just in time basis. The software should advise when to release jobs to the shop and within each work center, what jobs to run next. All transactions, including job labor, stock issues, and customer shipments, should be recorded in real time as processes are performed.
When a company implements manufacturing software for the first time, its process workflow must be completely revamped in order to utilize the software in the manner described above. All too often, however, the software is used to accommodate existing processes and fails to improve the company’s operating efficiency.
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