We have been using SAP for more than 10 years for MRP, Warehousing, etc. Works wonders, but really expensive overall - though these days you have abridged versions (MySAP) which can be expanded according to needs. Regards Grant Emandien -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pete Houwen Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 15:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] MRP systems Don't tell the accountants how big a bank you need until you show the MRP team how much money they will save. None of the copmprehensive systems are cheap. We used Oracle, but it is extremely cumbersome from the engineering end. Our European group uses SAP, we will eventually migrate to that. For now, we have switched to Omnify ( www.omnifysoft.com ). It is more of a project management and documentation tool, but with the data and reporting it can also do MRP in real time. Our manufacturing group still imports it into Oracle for MRP, because that's what they are used to. We can import our BOMs direct from the CAD software, all of the BOMS, AVL, and pdf docs are right there, release signoffs are on line, plenty of reporting. It took a while to get it set up and everyone trained, but it's the only way we keep track of everything. And for the prototype CM jobs we send out, sorry Bob, we still use Excel. I do generate it directly from the schematic, so we get very few errors. Pete --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** Relevant company disclaimers are available at the following addresses: Tellumat (Pty) Ltd e-mail: mailto:[log in to unmask] Web: http://www.tellumat.com/email.aspx ********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------