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Vol 28 - No 06 - July/August 2002 Application of Finite Capacity Techniques in an ERP Environment This article describes how finite capacity scheduling techniques were applied in an ERP environment. Finite capacity techniques were first introduced in the 1980's and were brought to prominence by Eli Goldratt who developed 'OPT', arguably the first APS (Advanced Planning System), and wrote "The Goal". Many companies have used the techniques of bottleneck theory to improve their business performance with or without APS software. However, the adoption of JIT and subsequent adoption of lean techniques especially in industries such as automotive where efficiencies are gained from levelled scheduling of common components, with little variation in standard times, has meant that finite capacity scheduling has lost some of its previous favour. Page number: 22 Word count: 1500 Related Topics: Enterprise resource planning Planning and scheduling
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