Operations Management

Project description
1. Read Case: Aldi, Competitive Advantage Thru Efficiency and Case: Lean Production at Portakabin as well as Article: Crises Make Automakers Rethink Lean Parts Supplies and explain how similar lean production/waste reduction methods are or could be applied to an organization with which you are familiar. You must refer specifically to aspects mentioned in the cases/article (state aspect and case/article explicitly).

2. Try a demo or a trial or review information or cases of MRP/ERP software (suggestions below) and post a commentary with your evaluation of the software. Please refer specifically to at least one aspect you saw in the demo/trial/information/cases/screenshots.

FREE/OPEN SOURCE: http://compiere.consona.com/resources/demo.aspx ; http://www.openbravo.com/ ; http://www.opentaps.org/ ; http://www.openerp.com/ ; http://www.erp5.com/ – good screenshots

OTHER: http://www28.sap.com/mk/get/SEARCH8LP?SOURCEID=41&campaigncode=CRM-US12-PPC-PPCERP&dna=80572,8,0,103586321,801407670,1341945710,erp%20free%20demo,26178939,11177181545,,0&gclid=CIHkkavhj7ECFUcQNAodTmMJ_g free product tour requires sharing your information ; http://www.netsuite.com/portal/industries/manufacturing/lean-manufacturing-mrp.shtml free product tour requires sharing your information ; http://made2manage.consona.com/ppc/demo.aspx free product tour requires sharing your information.

B. Describe specifically how lean/JIT principles can/should be incorporated in aggregate planning and material requirements planning.



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