This week’s community question comes from. Bob S. asks, “Researching our next generation ERP / MRP application for use in a medical device manufacturing shop environment. FDA & ISO13485 level of quality system. Currently using Epicor Vista 8. Is there a better solution?” Our experts compare the leading MRP and ERP software solutions.
InOrder Order Management works across all order and inventory data to make sure that it is consistent across all channels. Each time the customer places an order, the program instantly takes note of it and processes it throughout its entire cycle.
Rootstock Manufacturing Cloud ERP is a robust ERP software solution designed for a variety of manufacturing industries. For order operations, the program works throughout the entire supply chain cycle and processes sales orders, purchase orders and inventory actions.
LessSoftware Light Manufacturing provides users with visibility and control over the entire production lifecycle. The program starts out by displaying entire production calendars and the materials needed for each project.
Plex Manufacturing Operations is a robust cloud ERP solution that supports every aspect of the user’s enterprise manufacturing operations. The software provides users with CRM tools designed to improve the entire order and sales process for manufacturers, tools to monitor the manufacturing supply chain, and over 350 other functional modules to streamline the user’s processes from shop floor control to quality management to accounting.
Media outlets from all over including CBS News, Kansas City Star, and Washington Bureau (to name a few) are reporting increases in manufacturing activity. The national index reported an increase from July ’13 to August ’13, with the The Institute for Supply Management showing a third consecutive month of growth.
Kenandy Cloud ERP is enterprise resource planning software that provides users with an end-to-end Cloud ERP in 150 Business Ready Objects, instead of thousands of disconnected tables and modules. The platform supports not just all the core financials necessary to running a business, but also offers complete Order-to-Cash, Planning and Production, Procure-to-Pay, as well as Inventory and Materials Management.
Godlan SyteLine ERP provides the foundation to improve business efficiency, customer service, and overall manufacturing productivity for a broad range of industries, including metal fabrication, industrial equipment and machinery, high-tech and electronics and more.
This week’s question is from Brenda F., who asks which type of software solution would be a better fit for her business: “ERP vs MRP, which is better for me?” Brenda’s got a business that manufactures tools for the power industry. In addition, the company functions as a job shop, a type of small-scale manufacturing focused on customized items. We help her decide whether a material requirements planning or top ERP solution is best for her company.
Since their advent near the end of the 19th century, factories and mass production have laid layers of science onto the art of manufacturing. Breaking down microeconomics into quantifiable values resulted in the development of different philosophies of organization, two of them being MRP and Kanban. See where the top manufacturing vendors stand on the MRP vs. Kanban ideologies.