Enterprise Resources Planning and Beyond

Gary Langenwalter has more than 25 years’ experience assisting companies to successfully transform themselves. He is founder and president of Manufacturing Consulting Partners, International, Inc., a firm with 25 consultants who have an average of 20 years’ experience in helping manufacturers achieve their full potential. He has designed MRP II systems, led ERP education for 25 years, and selected and successfully implemented several systems both as an in-house project leader and as an external consultant.

• Preface, Acknowledgments, The Author, About APICS, Testimonials, 1 Introduction, 2 Executive Direction and Support, 3 Customer Integration, 4 Engineering Integration, 5 Manufacturing Integration, 6 Support Services Integration, 7 Technical Considerations (in Nontechnical Language), 8 Other Topics, 9 System Selection, 10 Successful Implementation, 11 The People Side of TEI, Appendix A: Features and Functions for Repetitive Manufacturing, Appendix B: Features and Functions for Process Manufacturing, Appendix C: Professional Associations

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