sum of two units years ago, Richards Manufacturing, Duncan, Okla., a manufacturer of wireline measurement and sensing tools for the oil industry, diversified into other areas like as aerospace and hand tools. After nearly doubling its production, the company reached a point where manually keeping track of orders, inventory, and work-in-process became impractical.
To correct this situation, Richards Manufacturing first tried a DOS-based manufacturing rule It seemed as though the rule would routinely crash three or four times