One of the Fastest Ways to Destroy an ERP System
One of the fastest ways to destroy an ERP system is simple: inaccurate bills of material. We’ve seen companies spend millions implementing ERP, only to blame the system when planning starts producing chaos. Dig in, though, and the problem usually shows up quickly — the BOM doesn’t match reality. Components missing, scrap factors ignored, substitute parts not defined, old revisions still being used on the floor.
MRP runs exactly the way it was designed to run. It’s just running on bad information. Then the symptoms show up: purchasing chasing shortages that ‘shouldn’t exist,’ production orders missing parts, inventory counts that never seem to reconcile. Eventually the business stops trusting the system, and once trust is gone, people start working around ERP instead of with it.
ERP isn’t magic. It just amplifies the quality of the data you give it. If the BOM is wrong, the system will scale that mistake across the entire operation.
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