It is important for us to understand your manufacturing environment. Please answer the following questions as best as possible. If the question does not apply or you are unsure, simply leave it blank. Completing this questionnaire will assist us in asking you the right questions, focusing on your unique requirements and identifying potential problems as quickly as possible.
1. Is your environment a Make to Order, Make to Stock, Assemble to Order or a combination of these methods? If a combination, at what ratio?
2. Is your manufacturing process primarily materials or process oriented?
3. Would you describe your operational environment as a repetitive, discrete, process, job shop, or a combination of these environments?
4. Does your company follow a master schedule, drive manufacturing directly from sales, utilize an MRP system or use some other method in planning production?
5. What types of products does your company manufacture?
6. What types of issues might differentiate your manufacturing process or software requirements from typical manufactures of similar products?
7. Do you require/use a Product Configurator?
8. Do you require/use Scheduling software in your manufacturing environment?
9. Do you require/use Production Routing?
10. Do you require/use MRP?
11. Do you require/use Capacity Planning?
12. Are you planning to incorporate bar coding or any other sort of automated data collection system?
13. Numbers…. Number of concurrent users, bills of materials, average components per bill of material, maximum components, average routing steps per assembly, inventory ID length? Concurrent Users: 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-25 26-35 36-50 51-65 66-75 >75 Bills of Materials: <100 101-500 501-1000 1001-2000 2001-5000 5001-10,000 >10.000 Average Components per BOM: 1-3 4-6 7-10 11-15 16-20 >20 Maximum Components per BOM: Average Routing Steps per Assembly: Maximum Inventory ID Length:
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