Where can I find reference information on terminology and entities used in MRPII or Production Control systems?
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I am beginning a basic shop floor control system for a client who currently consults giving advice on optimizing manufacturing processes. My problem is that he uses very broad and vague terminology in descriinbign requirements to me, and I would like, ideally, to consult some reference models or diagrams or such systems, but Google research is proving quite slow and not to fruitful. For example, my client uses the term 'machine' for what I have found out could rather be called a 'work center', and has no term for what I have found out should be called a 'work center'. Adding additional tables required for a nice system design but don't feature in his paper design adds more challenge. What do I call the definition of 'the process done by a work center to produce a product (or BOM item)' etc.
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I am beginning a basic shop floor control system for a client who currently consults giving advice on optimizing manufacturing processes. My problem is that he uses very broad and vague terminology in descriinbign requirements to me, and I would like, ideally, to consult some reference models or diagrams or such systems, but Google research is proving quite slow and not to fruitful. For example, my client uses the term 'machine' for what I have found out could rather be called a 'work center', and has no term for what I have found out should be called a 'work center'. Adding additional tables required for a nice system design but don't feature in his paper design adds more challenge. What do I call the definition of 'the process done by a work center to produce a product (or BOM item)' etc.
There's no guarantee that the client is using accepted terminology. What you might want to do is to include a definitions section in your documentation that ties the terminology down; we've done this in the past and it's surprising how well it works when the client uses 6 or 7 terms to describe exactly the same thing.
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There's no guarantee that the client is using accepted terminology. What you might want to do is to include a definitions section in your documentation that ties the terminology down; we've done this in the past and it's surprising how well it works when the client uses 6 or 7 terms to describe exactly the same thing.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
There's no guarantee that the client is using accepted terminology.
Never mind a guarantee; there's hardly even a vague suggestion that he is using accepted terminology. I'm trying to find a nice taxonomy I can use for candidate terms we can agree on and move forward with. I found Openbravo[^], an open source ERP system, which is very promising. Will look at it tonight.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
There's no guarantee that the client is using accepted terminology.
Never mind a guarantee; there's hardly even a vague suggestion that he is using accepted terminology. I'm trying to find a nice taxonomy I can use for candidate terms we can agree on and move forward with. I found Openbravo[^], an open source ERP system, which is very promising. Will look at it tonight.
I believe Oracle ERP documentation is available online. Try Googling for that.
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I am beginning a basic shop floor control system for a client who currently consults giving advice on optimizing manufacturing processes. My problem is that he uses very broad and vague terminology in descriinbign requirements to me, and I would like, ideally, to consult some reference models or diagrams or such systems, but Google research is proving quite slow and not to fruitful. For example, my client uses the term 'machine' for what I have found out could rather be called a 'work center', and has no term for what I have found out should be called a 'work center'. Adding additional tables required for a nice system design but don't feature in his paper design adds more challenge. What do I call the definition of 'the process done by a work center to produce a product (or BOM item)' etc.
Oracle documentation can be found here[^], (EBS, MRP, basically the whole line of their products) and I've been banging my head on the desk for the last 3 days trying to find any documentation even remotely useful. I'm working on a highly-customised E-Business Suite (so maybe lack of documentation shouldn't come as a surprise), and I need to call some APIs to automate some tasks (No, I don't need help, yet :) ) All I'm saying is, Oracle documentation is :sigh: :wtf: :omg: X|, but it might prove useful for your MRP research terminology
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