ERP

How it is used

Almost every plant runs on an ERP system. People enter, book or check transactions in ERP and talk about ERP implementation projects and go-live dates. Turkish teams also use the abbreviation ERP in daily speech.

Example sentences

1. Please book the scrap in the ERP system before the end of the shift.

2. The new ERP goes live in January, so all planners will be trained in December.

Common collocations

• ERP system
• ERP implementation
• enter in ERP
• ERP go-live

Related terms

• MRPShort for material requirements planning: a method, usually run in software, that uses the production plan, bill of materials and stock levels to work out what to buy or make and when.
• bill of materialsA complete list of the parts, materials and quantities needed to make one unit of a product, often arranged in levels from the final product down to raw materials. Shortened to BOM.
• inventoryAll the materials and products a company holds: raw materials, parts, work in progress and finished goods waiting to be sold.
• production scheduleA plan that shows which products will be made, in what quantity, on which line or machine and when, usually for the coming days or weeks.

More terms: Production Planning and Control

• capacity
• lead time
• bottleneck
• demand forecast
• line balancing
• master production schedule
• make-to-order
• ramp up