How to implement a manufacturing system: Best practices and pitfalls when implementing an MRP/ERP system

Have you ever wondered how to take your manufacturing business to the next level with an MRP system? Martin Bailey reveals the tried and tested formula that has helped hundreds of businesses to streamline their processes, showing what MRP can really do for your business.

If your company has yet to take the leap into implementing an MRP/ERP system or are struggling with existing software, then this book is for you. It explains and breaks down the methodology behind a MRP implementation.

This book will show:

Why many MRP/ERP implementations failMRP versus ERPHow to win the hearts and minds of staffPlanning your software/vendor selection processData - what to take and what to leaveBreaking down the implementation processManaging the go-live processHow to measure success

Regardless of your business or manufacturing process this book is packed with anecdotes of real-world problems and how manufacturers overcame them, breaking down the selection and implementation process in an easy to understand, non-technical way.

Includes a foreword by Dave Tudor, Editorial Director for Production Engineering Solutions magazine.

About the Author: Martin Bailey has written dozens of manufacturing case studies. This is his ninth book, and he regularly writes for the manufacturing trade press.

Martin Bailey is an unashamed geek. His passion for technology started aged 11 when he bought a Sinclair ZX81, and quickly learnt basic programming before migrating to a ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and then onto PCs in the early 1990s. Since 1999 he has worked for software automation specialists JETCAM International, based in Monaco, where he is currently Managing Director. He regularly writes for the manufacturing sector press.