MRPeasy, the Best Manufacturing Control Tool on The Market for 2020

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I’ve been working with several of my New York Institute of Technology MBA students in various practicums I’ve setup. I’m finding a lot of them have extensive backgrounds and studies in supply chain management. For someone who consults with many corporations, both large and small, I must admit that when they started using terms like ERP and MRP, I had to look them up.

All manufacturers, big or small, need Material Requirement Planning or MRP software. An MRP system intends to simultaneously ensure raw materials are available for production and that finished products are available for customers. MRP systems also help production managers maintain the lowest possible levels of raw material as well as products in-store. MRP systems also plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules and purchasing goals.

According to Wikipedia, Joe Orlicky developed the first Materials Requirement Planning system for Toyota in 1964. The first company to use the system was Black and Decker. This computerized inventory system must have seemed like rocket science to those companies still using paper management.

In my offices, I use Mac software. When I recently upgraded my operating system, none of my Adobe and Microsoft programs worked. Even though I…