[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Looking for MRP system

harry@looking.UUCP (Harriett Hardman) (03/03/89)

I am working with an automotive parts manufacturer startup company.  We need
to find an MRP system that is integrated with bar codes.  We'd prefer a PC
based nework, but are pretty open to anything right now.

The plant is going to be on a JIT system, shipping up to 4,000 parts per day.
Orders come from GM's computer and must be manufactured and shipped within
one or two hours.  As a result, the ability to scan bar codes as the product
is shipped is critical to maintaining the inventory and financial files.

We have a very short deadline--less than three months until the first product
will ship--and we need a glitch-free system (hah!) by then.  Comfortingly, if
we bomb out, we're only closing down an entire GM truck plant waiting for our
parts.

I'd like to start evaluating potential software yesterday, and I'd appreciate
email from anyone with info on an appropriate MRP/financial/manufacturing
system.  I'd particularly like to hear from anyone who has such a system
currently.  Thanks.

Harry  ( harry@looking.UUCP )
H. Hardman & Assoc. Ltd.