IT Support of Production Efficiency Analysis in Ecological Aspect - Technology Management for Sustainable Production and Logistics - page 203

Table 3 Possibilities of using ERP in production management
Functional range Possible use

Production planning Automatic generation of production plan on the basis of orders

from the recipients (production on order)
Creating a plan by the user (production for warehouse stock
including the service of minimum and maximum statuses)
Automatic setting of the date of production task launch against
the planned date of product delivery
Carrying out MRP balancing allowing for launching a
production order or generation of material purchase demand
Connecting orders from recipients with a production
process- order confirmation connected with stores analysis and
production capabilities

Description of operation in the technology of a product or
semi-product manufacture with the definition of production
process
Possibility to create base and alternative technologies
Service of parallel, sequence and network processes
A list of input materials and raw materials with substitutes
Standard working time of operators and machines

Technology

Automatic record of GIN (Goods Inward Note) and GRN (Goods
Received Note) warehouse documents with the possibility to
service the shortages
Service of work records of people (with automatic connecting
with the payrolls) and of machines
Service of cooperation connected with documents of the
acquisition of services
Possibility of using barcodes reader tools
Scheduling of orders and balancing charges of stores used in
production operations

Production orders

Lowering costs
of production

Control of the duration of production processes, allowing to
improve their efficiency
Reducing the stock of raw materials, blanks and finished
products
Current inspection of production costs through the quick access
to current cost data and its multi sectional balance sheets
Optimization of the technology based on analysis of the
available resources

Production settlement Appointing the actual cost of production

Calculating the cost of the work in progress
Comparing standard costs and real costs

Using dedicated IT systems for the environmental management [the so-called
Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS)] facilitates the meas-
urement of the environmental influence of processes and technological operations.
The EMIS system is integrated, largely automatic IT solution assisting individual
stages of decision making in the environmental management. The main aim of
EMIS function is planning, monitoring the compliance and assessing the influence