{"id":467,"date":"2016-07-13T13:07:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T18:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/prasad\/?page_id=467"},"modified":"2016-07-13T13:07:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T18:07:46","slug":"enhancing-manufacturing-performance-with-erp-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/prasad\/teaching\/independent-study\/enhancing-manufacturing-performance-with-erp-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing Manufacturing Performance with ERP Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rajagopal Palaniswamy and Tyler Frank<\/p>\n

Information Systems Management<\/h2>\n

Summer 2000, 43-55<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Current global environment<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. a) Characteristics<\/li>\n
  2. i) Customer driven markets<\/li>\n
  3. ii) Shorter product life-cycles<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Narrow niches<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. b) Use of manufacturing as a competitive weapon<\/li>\n
    2. i) Enhance manufacturing performance<\/li>\n
    3. ii) Advanced information technology implementation<\/li>\n
    4. c) Manufacturing processes<\/li>\n
    5. i) Now intellectually stimulating rather than physically exhausting<\/li>\n
    6. ii) Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      (1)\u00a0\u00a0 Allows mass customization<\/p>\n

      (2)\u00a0\u00a0 Makes manufacturing processes highly complex<\/p>\n

      (3)\u00a0\u00a0 Caused islands of automation and coordination problems<\/p>\n

      iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barriers<\/p>\n

      (1)\u00a0\u00a0 Incompatability of systems<\/p>\n

      (2)\u00a0\u00a0 Redundant systems<\/p>\n

      (a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waste caused by multiple entry and storage<\/p>\n

      (3)\u00a0\u00a0 Differences in systems between countries<\/p>\n

      (4)\u00a0\u00a0 Lack of control<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. iv) How to overcome<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        (1)\u00a0\u00a0 ERP<\/p>\n

        (a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 End-to-end connectivity<\/p>\n

        2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Problems with disparate systems<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. a) Requires increased coordination<\/li>\n
        2. b) Lack of accurate information<\/li>\n
        3. c) Requires expensice interdaces<\/li>\n
        4. d) Redundancy in information<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ERP Systems<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. a) An IT driven enterprise management system<\/li>\n
          2. i) Seamless integration between supply chains and their systems<\/li>\n
          3. b) Features<\/li>\n
          4. i) Less emphasis on functional silos<\/li>\n
          5. ii) Emergence of a new class of user<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New meaning of decision support<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. iv) Real-time integration of applications<\/li>\n
            2. v) New paradigms for business simulation and optimization<\/li>\n
            3. vi) Increased importance of knowledge and computer-based applications<\/li>\n
            4. c) Evolution of ERP<\/li>\n
            5. i) MRP -> MRPII<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              (1)\u00a0\u00a0 Technique for converting the master production schedule of end products into detailed schedule of materials<\/p>\n

              (2)\u00a0\u00a0 Tool for planning organizational resources<\/p>\n

              (3)\u00a0\u00a0 Less relevant because<\/p>\n

              (a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Make-to-order environment<\/p>\n

              (b)\u00a0\u00a0 Quality and costs are order winners<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. ii) Manufaturing execution system (MES)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                iii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ERP<\/p>\n

                (1)\u00a0\u00a0 Affect\/consider every aspect of an organization<\/p>\n

                (2)\u00a0\u00a0 Smooth flow of information<\/p>\n

                4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ERP Implementation Issues<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. a) Requires business process reengineering<\/li>\n
                2. i) Employees need to understand the system<\/li>\n
                3. b) Employee turnover<\/li>\n
                4. i) Employees with ERP experience are in demand<\/li>\n
                5. ii) Firms will lose their trained employees to better offers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Benefits of ERP<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. a) Cost savings<\/li>\n
                  2. b) Reduced inventory<\/li>\n
                  3. c) More efficient lot sizes and machine allocations<\/li>\n
                  4. d) Improved inter-facility coordination<\/li>\n
                  5. e) Improved information flow<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conclusion<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. a) Organizations must to be able to digest the amount of information to make quick decisions<\/li>\n
                    2. b) ERP can provide : right information in the right place at the right time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                       <\/p>\n

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