Demand-driven Manufacturing and Warehousing: Challenges and User Recommendations
P.J. Jakovljevic - September 9, 2005

ASW Manufacturing and Warehousing

The global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management International Business Systems (IBS) offers a modular solution called ASW Manufacturing, which was developed as a demand-driven manufacturing solution geared to handle very fast manufacturing cycles and short lead times, small orders of custom products, and other customer demands. This is because with manufacturing resource planning (MRP) attaining and maintaining agility requires a lot of re-planning to meet customer needs, which causes the so-called "nervousness" of the system. IBS does offer flexible rescheduling tools that integrate with existing MRP systems for companies that have already invested in such systems. Given IBS does not compete in complex engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environments, its manufacturing capabilities revolve around planning, execution, and monitoring high volume light manufacturing and assembly operations. It lets actual demand drive the user enterprise's production, ensuring supply chain flexibility, while planning on several levels and time frames to ensure maximum agility. The system also can configure and build products to company-specific requirements to effectively plan capacity, while handling complex product structures...