Pre-implementation issues in the adoption of manufacturing management software

Wybrow, D H; MacKerron, Grant

Abstract

The North Cape Group is based in Scotland and makes garments and accessories. Within the group, the production planning process has been carried o with the emphasis on meeting the requirements of the Sales Department. With the potential adoption of computerised systems and the rationalisation of production at the two factories, this paper reviews the approach taken. This includes a review of current practices, the need of a new focus of meeting customer requirements and the elimination of the current 'bad' practice. The app functions within the group in order to ascertain the roles and software requirements of the new system. This will identify where information is lost, misused or not processed efficiently/effectively. One of the areas of interest is the idea of moving away from the current sales led approach to a more highly organised production based approach.

• Conference Name: Fifth International Conference on Factory 2000 - The Technology Exploitation Process
• Start Date: Apr 2, 1997
• End Date: Apr 4, 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Deposit Date: Aug 6, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 6, 2015
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1997
• Pages: 517-522
• Book Title: Fifth International Conference on FACTORY 2000 - The Technology Exploitation Process
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/cp%3A19970193
• Keywords: North Cape Group; clothing; computerised systems; customer requirements; garments; manufacturing management software; pre-implementation issues; production based approach; production planning process; software requirements
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8955
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp:19970193
• Contract Date: Aug 6, 2015