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Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in the Manufacturing Industry By James Donegan Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 History of an ERP 4 Impacts of an ERP System within the Manufacturing Industry 6 Effect on Inventory 6 Earlier Prediction of Shortages 6 Demand Management 7 Benefits of an ERP system 8 Cost of Implementing an ERP system 9 Recommendations for successful ERP introduction 10 Inform all involved about the new system 10 All levels of the organisation have a "buy in" to the project 10 Accuracy of Data 10 Full User Training 10 References 12 Books 12 Journals 12 Websites 12 Introduction For an organisation to have efficient manufacturing activities there must be integration and coordination between the flow of materials, flow of information and the flow of costs. Flow of materials relates to the utilisation of resources these could be materials, machinery, manpower, money, or information. Flow of information relates to the planning and controlling of resources. Without -planning we have no basis for action and no basis for evaluating the results achieved, therefore we have no control over the standards of the products. In an effective...

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