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Unit 4: Manufacturing Perspective of ERP

Results of CIM notes

Implementing such manufacturing concepts enables a company to quickly respond to and fulfill
customer requirements with high-quality products and services.
Uses of computers in manufacturing include:
1. Computer-aided Engineering (CAE)
2. Computer-aided Design (CAD)
3. Computer-aided Process Planning (CAPP)

4. Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
5. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP-II)
6. Computer-aided Manufacturing (CAM)
Computer-aided manufacturing: CAM systems are those that automate the production process.

Example: This could be accomplished by monitoring and controlling the production
process in a factory (manufacturing execution systems) or by directly controlling a physical
process (process control), a machine tool (machine control), or machines with some humanlike
work capabilities (robots).

Manufacturing execution systems: MES are performance monitoring information systems for
factory floor operations. They monitor, track, and control the five essential components involved
in a production process:

1. Materials
2. Equipment
3. Personnel
4. Instructions and specifications

5. Production facilities.
MES includes:
1. Shop floor scheduling and control systems
2. Machine control systems
3. Robotics control systems

4. Process control systems
Some of the benefits of CIM are:
1. Increased efficiency through:
(a) Work simplification and automation,
(b) Better production schedule planning

(c) Better balancing of production workloads in production capacity
2. Improved utilization of facilities, higher productivity, better quality control through:
(a) Continuous monitoring
(b) Feedback and control of factory operations, equipment and robots.

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