Increasing Manufacturing Productivity With MRP/ERP/MIS

Benefits of MRP II

Benefits of MRP II include design and management improvements to improvements in the financial arena. For management, MRP II provides a method that is systematic for everyone in the organization to follow so that everyone is on the same page in how to manage the business and events that cause problems in the company. Management of records becomes better improved in an environment for MRP II. Needs of customers are of the highest importance and faster deliveries occur when adhering to an MRP II system. If faster deliveries occur, there is quicker cash flow. Production systems and inventories become controlled better as do schedules. These are just some of the examples of the benefits of implementing an MRP II system in a manufacturing environment.

ERP and MIS

Enterprise resource planning is ERP and considers the expansive topics of operations, commercial topics such as marketing and commercial planning, finance, distribution, and materials. Under operations, ERP handles the flow of work orders, capacity requirements, manufacturing systems such as for support, simulation and engineering changes, and the management of data for the product is handled in the operation category as well. In the commercial category of ERP is commercial planning, conducting sales, and preparing systems for marketing. In the finance category, accounts receivable, accounts payable and financial planning are handled. In the materials phase, inventory management is handled as is the MRP scheduling. The distribution phase handles the product's distribution systems. An ERP system also handles human resources. A management information system is an MIS. Both MRPs and ERPs manage information at a software level and are therefore in the category of management information systems.

Measurements

Measurements can be used to ensure that the steps taken for MRP II are functioning. Utilizing Systems for MRP can help grow the bottom line for businesses that practice it. It can also aid in business productivity and in monitoring of inventories.

MRP and CAM Integration

A relatively new capability is an MRP system that can act by itself but can additionally function with a computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system-the two can be integrated together. Usually, all of the material ordering is handled by an MRP system. The CNC programmer then must review the MRP system orders to interpret them him or herself and input the drawing and information into the CAM system. Having an automated system where the MRP system communicates all information that is necessary with the CAM system will save time on inputting data manually into the CAM system and will help prevent human error.

There is much to gain from using ERP and MRP systems. There is always room for improvement in a business and these valuable tools could help any business become more successful.

MRP and MRP II

MRP can stand for one of two things. In a manufacturing environment, it can refer to computer application software, or Material Requirements Planning. It is then just referred to as MRP. The software assists in material tracking involved in the manufacturing of the product. It is important to mention the materials' focus in MRP when speaking of Material Requirements Planning. MRP can also stand for Manufacturing Resource Planning, and is then referred to as MRP II. MRP II still involves a computer software application but focuses on all of the resources of an organizatio