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Sample of CTS's Visual Enterprise™ Review

"Lilly Software Associates has grown from offering one of the first true Windows-based manufacturing systems for job shops into being a leading provider of comprehensive enterprise and supply chain solutions for both manufacturers and distributors. To help companies capture real-time data about their business processes, Lilly Software’s VISUAL suite of products integrates Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Quality Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Performance Management, and Warehouse Management System (WMS) capabilities.

VISUAL Enterprise™, the core of Lilly Software’s suite, is a highly integrated management information and control system for manufacturers that use make-tostock, make-to-order, engineer-to-order, assemble-to-order, mixed mode, or repetitive production strategies.

This discrete manufacturing system differs from a traditional MRP II system. An MRP II system typically works well only in a make-to-forecast environment, where a company focuses mainly on material availability. Most job shop environments, however, focus on capacity availability, while make-to-order or mixed mode (make-to-order and make-to-stock) manufacturers consider both finite capacity availability and material availability. Many MRP II or traditional job shop systems place limitations on manufacturers. These systems falsely assume companies schedule operations independent of order quantity or capacity availability. A capacity constrained manufacturing environment cannot successfully develop a material plan without full consideration of available capacity (typical of the MRP model).

With its patented concurrent scheduler, VISUAL Enterprise™ ensures that companies do not schedule operations without available resources and capacity. It supports variable operation lead times and does not require part numbers for items that companies will not inventory..."
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