Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) using webERP

This post is #2 in a series on using webERP, and is a work-in-progress. Search for “webERP” to find other posts in the series. Product lifecycle management (PLM) is the act of consciously managing a product from concept through design, into manufacturing and sales, supporting on-going production and sales through sustaining engineering, and finally winding …

PLM using Parts&Vendors

Parts&VendorsTM was the seminal multi-user application in the late 90’s for embedded-electronics design teams to manage parts and assemblies. Running on Windows 98SE (originally), Parts&Vendors managed everything to do with embedded product development, including tracking parts, vendors, manufacturers, purchasing, supporting documents, and even rudimentary stock control for low-volume manufacturing. Teams worked efficiently with more cooperation, less bureaucracy, …

What is an ERP?

I was recently asked by a software developer What is an ERP? At its heart, an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software application or system deals with four basic components of a company’s operation, and the inter-relationships between them. Different terms may be used where you are, but the concepts will be the same. Items. You …