According to the three-level standard, currently in China is that limited number of enterprises have been found are at the first level; Except that a few enterprises have realized full operation of
MRP II basically, most enterprises are still at the third level, namely the subsystems run partially, while information sharing in the whole enterprise has not been realized yet.
We have a staff of key people who are just being exposed to
MRP II for the first time," explained Monsanto.
MRP II systems, too, handle aspects of these informational tasks.
Phase 2 continues the
MRP II learning curve "while primarily attacking the continuous, non-seasonal products like our shelf-stable Snack Cups[R] puddings," according to MacPherson.
After a year of running with warehouse management and other key functions of its
MRP II systems in place, the company has reduced supplies inventories by 18% and finished product inventories by 13% by volume for a 10 percent reduction in working capital.
ElJay runs not only Dataport, but also several other Manman modules for integrated
MRP II operations.
A new client-server release, called IQS Business System MQACII, interfaces with a variety of
MRP II packages.
In May 1990, the company purchased an
MRP II system designed specifically for process manufacturing operations.
Later on, if you want to computerize another phase of the business - say, adding
MRP II - you can do a better job, and bring the new system on-line faster."
It's important to note that MES does not eliminate the need for planning software such as MRP,
MRP II, and order management.
Called Molding Process Control (MPC), it runs as an extension to Symix's
MRP II package.
The AS/400 minicomputer hosts a Manufacturing Resources Planning (
MRP II) system and a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).