Manufacturing Execution via Datatex – Supplementing Tier 1 ERP Systems
Manufacturing Execution via Datatex – Supplementing Tier 1 ERP Systems Bob Beecy CFPIM, CIRM, C.P.M. Scope: Tier 1 ERP suppliers, herein defined as SAP, Oracle and Microsoft, have been extremely successful in promoting and selling their packages as the preferred solution across all business and manufacturing spectrums. The strategy of selling to the top levels of management has been instrumental in their adoption, but has also been a source of pain for a many in these organizations because the tools that upper management sees as critical to running the business do not always translate well onto the shop floor. This is especially true in textile, apparel and rolled products industries (carpet, nonwovens, geo-textiles, building products, etc). The reasons for this are numerous and will be detailed in this paper, but stem mainly from the fact that apparel and rolled products do not fit comfortably into either discrete or process methodologies. In fact, if you attempt to cat