Transcript PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

PRODUCTION AND
OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT
Ch. 15: Material
Requirements Planning (MRP)
SUMMARY
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BASIC POINTS
• Dependent & independent demand
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QUESTIONS
• Once a material requirements plan (MRP) has
been established, what other managerial
applications might be found for the technique?
• What do we mean by closed loop MRP?
• Discuss MRP. What are the inputs and outputs of
an MRP system?
• A planning system that schedules the precise
quantity of materials needed to make a product
is called
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flexible scheduling
cycle time management.
material requirements planninge
conomic order quantities.
What may happen if you do not
plan
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What the introduction of computers
can do
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