December 22, 2011
Background I was recently doing some reading for a book on software approaches to improving BOM management and I came across the book Factory Physics. The book has some excellent and very clear definitions of different part types which I wanted to quote here: Part: A part is a piece of raw material, a component, [...]
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November 10, 2011
Background In the upcoming book “Supply Planning with MRP, DRP and APS Software,” I emphasize the importance of keeping the BOM complexity at a manageable level. There are two major issues that undermines companies ability to manage the BOM are listed below: Attempting to manage the BOM without an actual BOM solution. This is mostly commonly [...]
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