Material Requirements Planning – AMGI management

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