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Ch. 15: Material Requirements Planning (MRP) SUMMARY. PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. BASIC POINTS. Dependent & independent demand. QUESTIONS. Once a material requirements plan (MRP) has been established, what other managerial applications might be found for the technique?
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POM – J. Galván Ch. 15: Material RequirementsPlanning (MRP) SUMMARY PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
POM – J. Galván BASIC POINTS • Dependent & independentdemand
QUESTIONS • Once a material requirements plan (MRP) has been established, what other managerial applications might be found for the technique? • What do we mean by closed loop MRP? • Discuss MRP. What are the inputs and outputs of an MRP system? • A planning system that schedules the precise quantity of materials needed to make a product is called • flexible scheduling • cycle time management. • material requirements planninge • conomic order quantities.
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