Material Requirements Planning
These articles are organized under various topic headings.
Each bullet point identifies a separate publication.
Contents:
- MRP Concepts
- Applications and Case Studies
- Planning, Implementing and Managing
- Systems Management
MRP Concepts
- The relationship between Material Requirements Planning and Enterprise Resource Planning
- The relationship between Material Requirements Planning and Cost Accounting Systems
- Material Requirements Planning in Purchasing
- The Role of Manufacturing Engineering in Material Requirements Planning
- The Integration of Computer-Aided Design and Material Requirements Planning
- Guidelines for Maintaining Optimum Queue Levels
2. Applications and Case Studies
Material Management Activities and Techniques
- Lot-Sizing Methods for Material Requirements Planning Systems
- Evaluating Lot-Sizing Strategies
- Learning to Use Net Change mrp
- Inventory Performance Measurement: Principles and Reports
- Supplying Maintenance, Repair, and Operating Requirements
- Bar Coding Techniques for Inventory Control
- Computer support for Stockroom Order Picking Operations
- The Role of Purchasing in Developing a Competitive Material Management Strategy
- Implementing an Optical Scanning Data Collection System
- Implementing a Product Standardization Program
Inventory Control and Material Requirements Planning
- Effect of Data Inaccuracy on Material Requirements Planning
- Cycle Counting for Warehouse Inventory Record Accuracy
- Establishing a Formal Stockroom System
- Using Bills of Material to Combine Nonrelated Inventory Items
- Guidelines for Automating Physical Inventory Counting
- Controlling Floor Stock
- Measuring Performance to an Aggregate Inventory Plan
Materials Requirements Planning and Capacity Requirements Planning
- Materials requirements planning and ERP
- Interfacing mrp with cost accounting
- Interfacing mrp with purchasing
- Interfacing mrp with manufacturing engineering
- Interfacing mrp with a CAD system
- Establishing lot-sizes
- Establishing inventory performance measures
- Implementing a data accuracy program
- Conducting cycle counting for a data accuracy program
- Establishing a formal stockroom system
- Material requirements planning in a contract oriented environment
- Organizing for the material planning function
Using Material Requirements Planning in Different Manufacturing Environments
- Perspectives on Selecting Material Requirements Planning Features
- Material Requirements Planning in a Fabrication and Assembly Environment
- Cumulative Material Requirements Planning Systems for Repetitive Manufacturing
- Modifying Standard mrp Software for a Repetitive Manufacturing Control System
- Material Planning and Control Systems for Projectand Contract-Oriented Firms
- Material Management in Repetitive Manufacturing Environments
- Multi-plant Material Planning and Shop Floor Control: Construction Equipment Case Study
- Just In Time for Low Volume Production: Allis Chalmers Case Study
3. Planning, Implementing and Managing
Planning for Material Requirements Planning
- Defining Objectives for Material Requirements Planning Systems
- Organizing for Material Requirements Planning
Implementing Material Requirements Planning
- Ongoing Control: The Data Entry Process
- Guidelines for Piloting a Material Requirements Planning System Conversion
- Post-Installation Audit for Material Requirements Planning Systems
- Making Net Change Material Requirements Planning Work
Managing Material Requirements Planning
- Performance Measurements for Material Requirements Planning Systems
- Lead-Time Management
- Material Requirements Planning System Enhancements
- Managing Routine mrp Processing Activities
- Simplifying Inventory Management with Computer Graphics
- Enhancing a Material Requirements Planning System
Education and Training
- Training program Development for Material Requirements Planning
4. Systems Management
Data Base Organization and Control
- A Checklist of Material Requirements Planning Data Base Elements
- Controlling and Ensuring Accuracy in Manufacturing Resource Planning Data
- Automating Bill of Material Generation
Systems Design
- The Role and Use of Exception Messages in Material Requirements Planning
- Using Microcomputers for Material Requirements Planning
- Development of an Integrated Product Requirements Data Base: Lockheed Case Study
- The Next Generation of Material Requirements Planning Software