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MRP is not a panacea

I was reading a blog post by Bill Waddell from The Lean Executive (http://leanexecutive.com/blog/?p=24) The thrust of the article is that MRP is not a panacea for manufacturers and I agree wholeheartedly. For those unfamiliar with this acronym MRP stands for material requirements planning or manufacturing resource planning.
MRP software is still a [...]

Time Clock console automates time sheet recording on a factory floor

The Accentis time clock console  is a networked time-in-attendance recording system that enables staff to record when they arrive and leave the workplace and when they start or stop any given task.
Integrated into the Manufacturing, Job costing and Payroll modules, the Accentis Time Clock can be interfaced to barcode readers, touchscreens, radio-frequency identification (RFID) [...]