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

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:

1. Why many MRP/ERP implementations fail
2. MRP versus ERP
3. How to win the hearts and minds of staff
4. Planning your software/vendor selection process
5. Data - what to take and what to leave
6. Breaking down the implementation process
7. Managing the go-live process
8. How to measure success
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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.