SCM Software for Mills
Ashfaque Ahmed - July 17, 2004

Introduction

Mills produce very different products than products which are made in a typical process or discrete manufacturing. Mill products contain order specific attributes like width, surface finish, length, chemical composition, physical and chemical tolerance limits, and standard product specification (either company specific or more common industry specific). Mill products can be in the form of coils, rolls, bundles etc., and finished mill products are made by operations involving rolling, side trimming, order length cutting, surface treatment etc...