ERP with Ⅱ MRP what is the difference?

ERP was made by the Gartner company (Gartner Group Inc.) in the 90 s proposed first, then the concept of ERP report, but also is according to the development of computer technology and supply chain management, inference all kinds of manufacturing industry in the information age, the development trend of the management information system and the reform; At that time, the application of the Internet is not widely available. With practice and development, E RP has been the deeper connotation, sum up the three main characteristics, is also with Ⅱ MRP ERP the primary difference between:

1. The ERP is a face Supply Chain Management (Supply Chain Management) Management information integration. ERP in addition to traditional Ⅱ system of manufacturing, MRP supply and marketing, finance function outside, on the function will also increase the circulation system of support materials transportation management, warehouse management (supply chain, production, need to offer all links are between transport and storage of the management problems); Support Online analysis (Online Analytical Processing, OLAP), after-sale service and quality feedback, real-time accurately grasp the pulse of the market demand; Support production guarantee system of quality management, laboratory management, equipment maintenance and spare parts management; Support multinational business more national regions,

Many factories, multilingual, more monetary demand; Support for multiple production type or hybrid manufacturing enterprise, mingled discrete production, production and process flow operation characteristics of type production; Support the remote communication and Web/Internet/Intranet/Extranet, electronic commerce (E-commerce, E-business), electronic data interchange (EDI); Support workflow (business process) dynamic model change and information processing program integration of commands. In addition, also support the enterprise capital operation and investment management, various regulations and standard management, etc. In fact, some current ERP software functionality is far beyond the manufacturing of applications, become a strong adaptability, has wide application of enterprise management information system significance. But, manufacturing is still ERP system basic application object.

2. By using the computer and network communication technology of the latest achievements. Network communication technology application is with the Ⅱ ERP MRP and a major difference. ERP system in addition to have widely adopted technology such as graphical user interface (GUI), SQL structured query language, relational database management system (RDBMS), object-oriented technology (OOT), the fourth generation language/computer-aided software engineering, client/server and distributed data processing system and so on technology, but also to get a more open different platform interoperability, the network technology used in the software, strengthening the user defined flexibility and can be configured sexual function, to adapt to the need of user of different industries. Network communication technology of application, make ERP system to realize supply chain management information integration.

3. The ERP system with the enterprise Business Process reorganization (Business Process Reengineering, hereinafter referred to as BPR) are closely related. The development of information technology to speed up the information transmission speed and real-time, expanded business coverage and information JiaoHuanLiang, for enterprise information real-time processing of, make corresponding decision provides the extremely favorable conditions. In order to make the enterprise business process can foresee and respond to the change of environment, the inside of the enterprise business process must keep information of agile unobstructed. As limited to enterprise internal information system is not a real time control of the rapidly changing global may market dynamic, multi-level bloated organizations also inevitable cannot rapidly real-time dynamic changes of market respond effectively to. Therefore, in order to enhance the enterprise the competitive advantage of supply chain management, brings enterprise business flow, the flow of information and the reform of the organization. This reform, has not limited to internal, but on both the supply and the demand and supply chain partner includes come in, the whole supply chain system considering the business process. ERP system application USES technology and the operation must be able to as of the enterprise business flow change and adjust accordingly. Only in this way, can the traditional Ⅱ MRP system on environmental change "should be degeneration (Active)" rise to ERP system through the network information to internal and external environment change "initiative (Proactive)". The concept of BPR from the enterprise internal and application has been extended to enterprise and market demand and supply market supply and demand of the whole chain business process and the restructuring of the organization.

ERP focus on various management information of integration, and CIMS (computer integrated manufacturing system) focus on the integration of information technology, in the content between them have overlap but it is complementary relationship. Manufacturing is realize ERP system, when to realize, depending on the nature of the enterprise, scale and development and business strategies need. But in any case, all should the height of the ERP to the enterprise information construction long-term planning. As manufacturing informatization construction step, from the implementation of MRP Ⅱ, is still the most enterprise necessary and feasible scheme.