But, the '90s require a re-examination of these techniques as they relate to satisfying plant throughput and customer delivery objectives. It has been proven that when a manufacturing firm can improve and maximize plant throughput, it can compete more effectively in the marketplace. Schedule optimized resource utilization. Synchronize inventories to production. However, making a commitment to a new production technology or philosophy is difficult with so many vendor products available.
Every vendor claims to have the answer.
Your objective is to gain strategic advantage by choosing the right manufacturing information systems functionality. Traditional MRP systems retrofitted with financial and finite or infinite capacity planning logic have become known as MRP-II systems. They claim to be able to effectively manage an unbalanced environment. Now, many other traditional MRP-II based systems claim to be the new answer. New buzzwords have been added to these systems.