Enterprise Resource Planning System part number description standards
Enterprise Resource Planning System part number description standards
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My company is in the process of implementing an ERP system and we need to develop a standard for the descriptions of all our parts. I know there is an ANSI standard out there somewhere but I'm having trouble finding it. Can anyone direct me in the right direction. Thanks!





RE: Enterprise Resource Planning System part number description standards
RE: Enterprise Resource Planning System part number description standards
We all use excerpts from ANSI, ASME, IEEE, what have you.
If you are developing an ERP system, and use a "pirated" copy, or copy without permission from ANSI, or any copyright holder, for your ERP system, you may be violating copyright laws on the various materials.
ANSI may not come after me is I quote a few paragraphs. If my rather large company is copying ANSI copyright materials into a database, they may come after the company. Similar to microsoft going after companies with pirated software, but not every individual user.
You may wish to purchase a copy of ANSI standards from ANSI for this type of use. Just a thought.
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RE: Enterprise Resource Planning System part number description standards
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RE: Enterprise Resource Planning System part number description standards
Thanks for the reply. It's actually funny that you mention drawings because our current ERP system titles do not always match the drawings right now so once I have a standard I may need to learn how to write a lisp routine to update all title blocks, etc. to make them match. Not quite sure yet what the best option is.
RE: Enterprise Resource Planning System part number description standards
Maybe the mechanical guys can shed more light since they read ANSI standards much more than I.
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RE: Enterprise Resource Planning System part number description standards
Base Name (noun, compund noun or noun phrase), Modifier (as many as required to distinguish between items with the same base name.
Don't use "or" or "for" in titles.
The best thing to consider is to try to think of titles as search terms. Say I'm looking for a M5 flat washer. I would list the title as WASHER, FLT, M5 in our ERP system. But what we have is WASHER, FLT, .396ODx.210IDx.07THK. That's a pain.
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