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2. Material requirements planning - Wikipedia

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   Material requirements planning (MRP) is a production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. Most MRP systems are software-based, but it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well. An MRP system is intended to simultaneously meet three objectives:

3. Manufacturing resource planning - Wikipedia

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   Material requirements planning (MRP) was an early iteration of the integrated information systems vision. MRP information systems helped managers determine the quantity and timing of raw materials purchases. Information systems that would assist managers with other parts of the manufacturing process, MRPII, followed.

4. Materials management - Wikipedia

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   Materials management is a core supply chain function and includes supply chain planning and supply chain execution capabilities. Specifically, materials management is the capability firms use to plan total material requirements. The material requirements are communicated to procurement and other functions for sourcing.

5. Joseph Orlicky - Wikipedia

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   Joseph Orlicky (December 31, 1922 – December 1986) was a Czech-born American pioneer of computerized materials management, manufacturing specialist and author who created the Material requirements planning (MRP). [1] [2] He was the author of the first book on Material Requirements Planning in 1975. [3] [4] [5]

6. Operations management - Wikipedia

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   Meanwhile, in the sixties, a different approach was developed by George W. Plossl and Oliver W. Wight, [27] this approach was continued by Joseph Orlicky as a response to the TOYOTA Manufacturing Program which led to material requirements planning (MRP) at IBM, latter gaining momentum in 1972 when the American Production and Inventory Control ...

7. Production planning - Wikipedia

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   Production planning is the future of production. It can help in efficient manufacturing or setting up of a production site by facilitating required needs. [2] A production plan is made periodically for a specific time period, called the planning horizon.