Title :
ERP implementation in the stone industry: special difficulties and solutions in the production area
Author :
Carboneras, Manuel Cardos ; Insa, Cristobal Miralles ; Salort, Eduardo Vicens
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Organizacion de Empresas, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
"No standard ERP can cope with our production complexity" is a well-established belief in the stone industry. This document explains the rationale for this opinion, different techniques and concepts to manage the production complexity in this industry and the key benefits obtained.
Keywords :
cutting; enterprise resource planning; grinding; production planning; scheduling; ERP implementation; heuristic algorithm; production area; production complexity; production cost; production planning; production scheduling; reverse bill of materials; stone industry; yield improvement; Africa; Australia; Bills of materials; Costs; Enterprise resource planning; Job shop scheduling; Production planning; Slabs; Tiles; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2003. Proceedings. ETFA '03. IEEE Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7937-3
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2003.1248686
