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Essential Manufacturing

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems can seem like giant beasts when you realize how integrated they can be with nearly every function in your business. From the sales and quoting process through material planning, procurement, scheduling, shop floor control, quality management, outside services, shipping and logistics, customer service, finance and human resource management, an integrated system can be tied into nearly every function. This brief will help you understand how the functions link together.

Why manufacturers are reading this research right now:

Even the smartest decision-makers are confused by ERP.

Even one piece of insight can deliver tremendous value, prestige and profits.
This is a free resource written by an ERP expert exclusively for manufacturers.

Focus Brief - ERP: Uniting Manufacturing and Inventory in Lean Times

It may not be the sexiest use of a hot technology, but helping companies align manufacturing and inventory processes is one of the most critical applications of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). In fact, according to Aberdeen Group, ERP systems and their MRP (Material Requirements Planning) predecessors have been around for almost three decades. But never before has there been such a need for ERP, as more businesses respond to the economic downturn by attempting to reduce waste and establishing “lean” manufacturing.

Why manufacturers are reading this research right now:

Now more than ever, businesses need to discover new production efficiencies.
It's easy to be out of step with the latest ERP solution.
This resource is written by an ERP expert exclusively for manufacturer.