Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Process
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A Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Process is a business process that includes production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes.
- Context:
- It can be supported by a Material Requirements Planning (MRP) System.
- See: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Purchasing, Production Planning, Scheduling, Inventory, Manufacturing.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_requirements_planning Retrieved:2020-12-15.
- 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:
- Ensure raw materials are available for production and products are available for delivery to customers.
- Maintain the lowest possible material and product levels in store
- Plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules and purchasing activities.
- 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.