ISS Group is excited to announce a new solution called ReplenishmentPlus for the QAD community. It is the world’s first Demand Driven MRP solution that has a new type of planning and execution method. ReplenishmentPlus is a multi-echelon material and inventory planning and execution solution and ISS Group is the first to offer this solution [...]
Epicor Software Corporation recently announced that its customers, Chirch Global Manufacturing, LLC and Semiconductor Tooling Services, Inc. are winners of the seventh annual Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards. The Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards recognizes the best-in-class manufacturers from around the world who are using innovative and advanced technologies, such as MRP, to achieve business transformation. Epicor [...]
NGC recently announced that Valley Manufacturing has implemented NGC’s Enterprise Resource Planning software to bring new efficiency and productivity to the company’s expanding business. Valley Manufacturing is a full package manufacturer of high-quality sportswear and sleepwear for U.S. brands. They are located in El Salvador and have been managing their supply chain with NDC solutions [...]
The IT industry has eliminated the problems of machine communication with the development of factory floor networking techniques such as Modbus, Fieldbus and Ethernet to drive MRP efficiency. Nowadays, any piece of automation can talk to any other and the company’s computer management systems to streamline operations. John Harper, sales manager of logistics solutions supplier [...]
There is a new addition to FabTrol Systems’ integrated steel fabrication management software. FabTrol Field is the newest addition to the FabTrol Systems and it provides job site personnel with remote web-enabled access to real-time project data. With FabTrol Field you can have fingertip access from any smart phone or desktop computer to the information [...]
If you manage a manufacturing company, you already know that there are many different elements that you have to keep track of in order to successfully run your business. You need to know when an order is received, when orders need to be completed, what materials you need, how much material to order, how to [...]
What is the difference between MRP and MRP II? While both concepts share nearly identical names and both deal with manufacturing, these ideas are distinct, though related. MRP, material requirements planning, is used to manage manufacturing processes. An MRP system generally encompasses inventory control, bill of material processing, and basic scheduling. MRP II, manufacturing resource [...]