Design-to-manufacture software system

• Book ID: 103970375
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 116 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-5240
• DOI: 10.1016/0951-5240(89)90070-0

✦ Synopsis

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Chameleon in manufacturing

Two years ago Tetra launched a business and accounting software package called Chameleon. The company has now moved into the manufacturing area with Chameleon in manufacturing software which integrates with the original system. The package includes manufacturing control, distribution and accounting modules. It can be used in industries such as electronics, engineering, chemicals, plastics, pharmaceuticals and food.

Chameleon in manufacturing supports 'made to stock' production, 'assemble to order' and jobbing environments. It handles each stage of production from forecasting and planning to procurement, production, despatch and invoicing. JIT and OPT techniques are used including automatic backflushing, bar-coded electronic data capture and bottleneck analysis, as well as MRP and master