MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING

A fully revised and updated edition of the landmark work on material requirements planning (MRP), Orlicky's Material Requirements Planning, Third Edition focuses on the new rules required to effectively support a manufacturing operation using MRP systems in the twenty-first century. This authoritative resource offers proven solutions that help you gain the competitive edge through strategic lead time reductions, substantial reductions in total inventory investment, and significant increases in service levels. This is an indispensable tool for manufacturing practitioners and anyone preparing for CPIM certification.

Coverage includes:

• Inventory in a manufacturing environment
• Principles of MRP
• MRP system
• Processing logic
• Lot sizing
• System records and files
• Product definition
• Master production schedule
• Inventory planning and control system
• System effectiveness
• Industry effect on MRP
• Project manufacturing
• Remanufacturing
• Process industry application
• Repetitive manufacturing application
• Sales and operations planning
• Evolution of MRP and planning systems
• Demand driven MRP (DDMRP) logic
• Strategic inventory positioning
• Dynamic buffers
• Demand driven planning
• Highly visible and collaborative execution
• DDMRP performance reporting and analytics
• DDMRP future

Building on the pioneering work of Joseph Orlicky, this new edition of the classic text on material requirements planning (MRP) reveals the next evolutionary step for materials and supply chain synchronization in the modern manufacturing landscape.