chapter 14 Flashcards
whats an Independant Demand?
a finished good
what are Dependant Demands?
raw materials, component parts, sub-assemblies
what is the definition of BOM?
a listing of all the assemblies, sub assemblies, intermediates, parts and raw materials that go into a parent assembly, showing the quantites and relationships required to make the assembly
what is the use of Bill of Materials in SAP?
- calculate order quantities (purchase orders, production orders), for all the components and sub assemblies of the BOM
- calculate scheduling of orders of components and sub assemblies
- product costing
what does a Work Centre consist of?
machine or machine groups, production line, assembly line, employee or group of employees
what is the Work Center used for?
- capacity available : number of shifts, hours/day
- scheduling of jobs/tasks
- costing of jobs/tasks
- each machine has a diff rate/hour
- each work centre is assigned to a cost centre
- maintaence planning
what can MRP is Services be used for?
can be used when demand for service or service items is directly related to or derived from demand for other services
what are some examples of MRP in Services?
- airlines (flight Toronto to Tokyo-b breakfast, dinner, gas, drinks, pilots, flight attendance, other)
- restaurant - food items required for each meal
- hospitals- implement for surgery
what are thr two main principles of Enterprise Resource Planning?
- manages COMPANY WIDE business operations in a highly INTEGRATED fashion
- uses a COMMON DATA-BASE and shared managment reporting tools
what are the three Manufacturing Roots of ERP?
- Materials Requirements (only material) Planning - MRP 1
- Manufacturing Resource (only manufacturing - material, labour, machines) Planning - MRP 2
- Enterprise (manufacturing, finance, marketing, HR) Resource Planning - ERP
what is a well known ERP software called?
its called SAP
what is SAP?
it is a standard software, which could age changed (configured), to some extent, to fit different companies in different industries in different countries (languages, currencies)
what happens when SAP is implemented in a company?
it replaces most of the many existing software packages. but sometimes, 1-2 very unique software packages should be linked to SAP
what industries is SAP used in?
engineering, electronics, food, pharmaceuticals, furniture, chemical, retail, schools and universities, hospitals
what are the Advantages to ERP systems?
- replacing many isolated and different types of software
- integration of all business departments and immediate update of information
- one entry of data and data accuracy
- save time
- save money
