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06/18/2012 10:50 AM
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Being new to manufacturing, I need some guidance on selecting software for controlling the configuration of my products. I am hoping to find open source or very affordable software. I am not even sure of the technical name for this software, but it should allow me to put every part in a database, to enter and maintain the hierarchical parts structure of my products and assemblies, to generate where-used information for every part, to generate a bill of materials for every product and assembly, etc. I need something lean and mean, not a full-blown (and expensive) MRP package. Thanks.
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06/29/2012 11:03 AM
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Hey Jim,
It would be helpful if you described what type of manufacturing and products you are working with. A lot of the cheaper softwares are focused on specific products.
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07/23/2012 11:46 AM
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begin with a spreed sheet for lean tool implementation
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07/23/2012 05:00 PM
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Hi Jim
It sounds to me what you want is a basic data base, for which there are dozens of choices, open source and other wise. I have done similar with Access and with MySQL databases. Though if you have a short list of products you can doit using any spreadsheet program. It takes sometime to set them up properly, but once your done they are cheap to maintain, and guess what all MRPs are basically hybrids of databases and spreadsheet software with fancier interfaces.
One point to always remember keep them as simple as possible, they cause fewer problems that way.
Good Luck
Robert Drescher
ELSE Inc.
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