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APS Insight Issue 5 ADVANCED PLANNING AND SCHEDULING Will APS replace MRP? The topicality of eCommerce continues to as many as 40% will adopt APS in the next dominate the news, however when it comes five years. AMR Research suggest the to the crunch customers are interested in payback on APS can often come within the two things - cost and delivery. These are first year, with returns on investment of also the primary concern of their suppliers, between 30% and 300%. so it is with this in mind, we need to look at software that is set to improve both cost What is APS? and delivery performances throughout APS systems were developed to address industry. many shortcomings within ERP/MRP APS - Advanced Planning and Control systems. The major weaknesses of this type Systems are set to challenge the standard of system include: Enterprise/Manufacturing Resource Planning systems (ERP/MRP), that are universally 1) the assumption that supply lead adopted by manufacturers, as their primary times are known constants, and do factory information solution. Is this not vary with flow marketing hype or another fad? Is APS as big a step? Lets investigate further. 2) the system requires fixed processes