Revision as of 07:04, 3 January 2011

Manufacturing Module - ADempiere Team Learning 01

Dear all,

I am going to launch a team learning on ADempiere Manufacturing Module.

Please feel free to comment or join. Any suggestions or questions are welcome. :-)

This idea is first initiated from a Case Study in Chinese , so I need a few days to translate it.

-- Peanut Blake Jan 03, 2010.

General

Background

• The Manufacturing Module integrated in ADempiere is a proven function in real cases. This is distinctive in open source ERPs.
• But it is very difficult to learn due to lack of documents and the complexity of manufacturing itself. It really frustrates lots of people who wish to learn it and use in their real cases.
• However, if we are united, through team learning, we will do it easier and faster.

Introduce

• This project is to form a team to carry out systematic learning on ADempiere's Manufacturing Module.
• This project will be carried out both in English and in Chinese. Synchronization will be done every week.

Time line

• Current phase: Scheme discussion.
• Team Learning will start around Jan 25, 2011.
• Project created: Jan 03, 2011.

How to Participate

• If you want to join the team, you can sign up below or sent an email to peanutblake <at> yahoo. com.
  • At least 4 hours per week is required, for team learning and self-directed learning.
• If you don't want to join the team, you can also participate in these ways:
  • Writing down your comments on wiki pages under the Let's Discuss column.
  • Writing an email to discuss. Currently is peanutblake <at> yahoo. com.

Sign up for Team Learning

• Your name ...
• What you are interested ...

• Peanut Blake
• I will do my best from the view of the manufacturing operation and function usage.

Outline

• Purpose:Master ADempiere's Manufacturing Module and apply it in real case.
• Scope:Core functions of ADempiere Manufacturing Module.
• Strategy:
  1. Combining theory and practice. So that you can both know how and know why.
  2. Combining function and case study. We learning the functions with a case study.
  3. Focusing on core function. Don't waste to much time on unimportant function or development. Otherwise it will make this project too long to control.
  4. Coincide Environment. For example, some functions may be different between version 3.5.4a and 3.6.0LTS.

Coincide Environment

• ADempiere ERP: Version 3.6.0LTS.
• JVM: sun-java-1.6.0.
• Operation System: suggest to use Linux, reducing trouble from virus or Trojan.
• Database: suggest to use PostgreSQL 8.0 or above.

Scheme

• Duration: 40 weeks.
• Scheme Discussion: 2~3 weeks.
• Theory about manufacturing. 6 weeks
  • Basic terminology: BOM, workflow, ...
  • Core module: MRP, CRP, ...

• General scope on ADempiere's Manufacturing Module. 2 weeks
• Engineering Management. 6 weeks
  • BOM. 2 weeks
  • Resource. 2 weeks
  • Manufacturing Workflow.2 weeks
• Planning Management.8 weeks
  • Product Planning. 1 week
  • Forecast. 1 week
  • Material Requirement Planning. 3 weeks
  • Capacity Requirement Planning. 2 weeks
  • Distribution Resource Planning. 1 week
• Production Management. 4 weeks
  • Manufacturing Order
• Distribution Management. 4 weeks.
• Quality Management. 2 weeks
• Standard Costing Management. 4 weeks

Suggested Reading

1. Production and Operation Analysis - Sixth Edition. Stevn Nahmias.
2. Libero - General list.
3. Libero-MFG-alpha User Manual. Nice manual in PDF format.
4. A Step by Step Guide to Libero Manufacturing. from Kittiu.

Let's Discuss

Hi, let's discuss it here.

Links

• This Team Learning in Chinese
• Team Learning