You will find the mother lode of information regarding MRP systems at: http://www.managingautomation.com/buyersguide/erp/index.html A year ago I counted 200 different offerings from various vendors. To my knowldge, only 2 of these are circuit board specific. It will take you more time than you think. --- "Stephen R. Gregory" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi ya'll! > > I know this isn't a good question to ask us assembly > type folks (but maybe it > is...), > it has to do with MRP systems. My boss asked me what > I knew about MRP > systems. I told him not much, but I did know that > using the one we have here > is pretty clunky. He said he agrees...hard to do any > sort of queries, layer > upon layer of screens to look at something, etc. > It's an old mainframe based > type of system (Western Data rings a bell, but I'm > not really sure). So he > asked me if I knew of any other MRP systems that > would be easier to use. > > At the last place I worked at, myself, along with > some other people in the > company was given a presentation by some guys on a > system called MRP-9000...I > was pretty impressed. All windows-based screens, can > integrate a barcode > system in it, among many other things. > > Are there any other systems out there that anyone > can recommend looking into? > My boss asked me to try and find a few...I'm pretty > clueless except for > MRP-9000... > > -Steve Gregory- > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC > using LISTSERV 1.8c > ############################################################## > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to > [log in to unmask] with following text in > the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > ############################################################## > Please visit IPC web site > (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at > [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > ############################################################## > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################