ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems and their MRP/MRPII (Manufacturing Resource Planning) predecessors have been around for nearly 30 years. Questions and debate still abound as to the effectiveness of these systems and where to go from here. Raymond D. Atkinson discusses the issues.
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ERP, yesterday's great vision! Today we don't discuss it in public! The amount of corporate effort, not to mention cost, that goes into an ERP acquisition and implementation can run into many millions of dollars. Its implementation can severely damage a company and it is not unknown for a company to end up bankrupt as a result.
ERP and Management Commitment! What does it really mean? One of the ten main reasons ERP systems implementations fail to match expectations or fail is “The Lack of Top Management Commitment”. Beyond signing off on the project and committing the company’s resources to the project, what more is expected of the senior management? This article, by Ray Atkinson, talks directly to senior management about their role.
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In the quest to become more competitive in the global economy many companies overlook or badly utilise some of the most simple problem solving tools available to us today. In this article, by Raymond D. Atkinson, examines some of them and what we need to do to change the culture to embed them into our thinking.
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Raymond D. Atkinson, says: There is a real cost and significant damages done to organisations because of ERP failures and companies have simply had enough. They want to hold someone to account for ERP failures and this will inevitably lead to the courts deciding who is in the wrong and what degree of responsibility all parties bear. There is a new era coming to Australia in ERP and this will result in a more open transparent honest relationship between sellers of software and services and the company buying those services.
In this article, Raymond D. Atkinson, discusses the fundamental principles behind Lean Manufacturing and moving on from MRPII; such as waste, type-1 waste, type-2 waste, JIT Kanban, and others.
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Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing thinking? Which is the best one to use for problem-solving across the organisation? This article, by Ray Atkinson, examines from a consultant's practical experience, problem-solving using both tools.
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Australia is at a crossroads in manufacturing. With global competition coming from many sources like India and China we are under threat of losing our manufacturing capability. Can we turn this around? How can we compete in this global society? This article by Raymond D. Atkinson examines the issues involved and the way forward if manufacturing is to survive in Australia.
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Most manufacturers operate in a state of 'constant crisis'. This article examines the issues in manufacturing 'crises' in a series of 'question and answer's. Raymond D. Atkinson, has had 35 years experience in manufacturing and construction and shares this experience here in an interview on crisis management.
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