1. PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Ch. 15: Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
SUMMARY
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2. BASIC POINTS
Dependent & independent demand
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3. 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.

4. What may happen if you do not plan
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5. What the introduction of computers can do
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