Is it True that MRP is a Poor Fit for ETO and Project Based Production Scheduling?
… manufacturing issues that affect the sequence in which operations should be run.
Project management software’s features are inadequate when projects require the manufacture of more than one piece. After the initial design work is done, this is often the case in ETO environments. Project management software typically does not handle standards expressed in time per piece or pieces per hour, per unit conversions, operation overlaps based on pieces complete, and production reported in pieces. – Waterloo Manufacturing Software
This goes back to Murgiano’s earlier comment about how project software was developed out of the US defense complex. So imagine …