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Education of the people - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Case study of how FMC Corporation focused on the benefits of education to reach their goal of implementing a closed loop MRP system. MORE INFO: Education of the people Case study of how FMC Corporation focused on the benefits of education to reach their goal of implementing a... read article... |
Extending The Pareto Principle To MRP - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Decision aid based on the Pareto principle to enable MRP parameters to be set in a way which will allow prediction of eventual MRP performance MORE INFO: Extending The Pareto Principle To MRP Decision aid based on the Pareto principle to enable MRP parameters to be set in a w... read article... |
Don't overestimate the Regeneration Gap - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Reports on Lansing Bagnall development of a regenerative Material Requirements Planning system. MORE INFO: Don't overestimate the Regeneration Gap Reports on Lansing Bagnall development of a regenerative Material Requirements Planning system. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operat... read article... |
Materials management in British Gas - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Identifies the make up and interpretation of Materials Management in part of the public sector - the Southern Gas region of British Gas. MORE INFO: Materials management in British Gas Identifies the make up and interpretation of Materials Management in part of the public sect... read article... |
CAD into MRP can go - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Discusses the main issues when integrating CAD and MRP. MORE INFO: CAD into MRP can go Discusses the main issues when integrating CAD and MRP. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Vol 11 - No 03 - April/May 1985... read article... |
Product costing in the MRP environment - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Explores the growing application of MRP to cost accounting with advantages including more accurate and accessible data while reducing clerical costs MORE INFO: Product costing in the MRP environment Explores the growing application of MRP to cost accounting with advantages in... read article... |
Control of the business - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Results of survey to find out what was happening with MRP and MRPII. MORE INFO: Control of the business Results of survey to find out what was happening with MRP and MRPII. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Vol 12 - No 04 - June/July 1986... read article... |
Project Manufacturing - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Many companies are involved in manufacturing products to meet the demands of individual customer contracts. The products that they build in this manner may be unique, one-off engineering projects; they may be low/medium volume (and occasionally high volume) build of otherwise st... read article... |
MRP: review of failure and a proposal for recovery - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Highlights the ignored fundamental weaknesses of MRP and proposes a technique for MRP recovery called CBS (Capacity Based Scheduling) MORE INFO: MRP: review of failure and a proposal for recovery Highlights the ignored fundamental weaknesses of MRP and proposes a technique fo... read article... |
Materials flows: implications for costs and design - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: How a supplier has examined the way in which its goods are packed in order to meet the needs of his client with accelerated flows of materials. MORE INFO: Materials flows: implications for costs and design How a supplier has examined the way in which its goods are packed in o... read article... |
MRP Lot Sizing using genetic algorithms - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This paper describes initial efforts to use genetic algorithms to develop a multi-level MRP lot sizing technique. MORE INFO: MRP Lot Sizing using genetic algorithms This paper describes initial efforts to use genetic algorithms to develop a multi-level MRP lot sizing techniqu... read article... |
Who murdered MRP? An industrial mystery - Episode 4 - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: An industrial mystery story which revolves around the breakdown of the company's Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) system. Follow the investigation; learn about the weapons used to kill MRP; discuss who uses them; uncover their motives; expose their alibis. MORE INFO: Who ... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes a method of applying the K-Curve methodology to the setting of the inventory control system within batch manufacturing. MORE INFO: Competitive advantage for batch manufacturing using capacitated batch sizing within MRP: An application of the K-Curve methodology Per) ... read article... |
APS Berk - from arbitration to agility - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Case study of an improvement programme undertaken by APS Berk, the UK's second largest generic pharmaceutical company MORE INFO: APS Berk - from arbitration to agility Case study of an improvement programme undertaken by APS Berk, the UK's second largest generic pharmaceutica... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Primarily focuses on two issues: MORE INFO: Do your business systems help or hinder your company's success? Part 2 Primarily focuses on two issues: What do acronyms MRP, MRP II, ERP, etc, really mean? Is there any logic to the way in which solutions have evolved? PUBLI... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This third article examines the production process and considers those factors key to efficient mass production of custom products. MORE INFO: Mass customisation across the business: Customised production: Part 3 This third article examines the production process and consider... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Focuses on only the main ordering techniques and applications relating to MRP, MRP II and ERP MORE INFO: Do your business systems help or hinder your company's success? Part 3 Focuses on only the main ordering techniques and applications relating to MRP, MRP II and ERP PUBL... read article... |
Editorial - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Throughout the last two decades there has been an ever increasing pressure upon manufacturing companies and the supply chain to reduce their inventory levels throughout the business... MORE INFO: Editorial Throughout the last two decades there has been an ever increasing pres... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Part 5 of this series focuses on the typical characteristics and key requirements of selected different environments, i.e. environments with different 'modes of operation'. MORE INFO: Do your business systems help or hinder your company's success? Part 5 Part 5 of this series... read article... |
Simplification projects - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes how a series of projects aimed at simplifying the supply chain, and the processes that support it, have been rolled out in parallel at Hewlett Packard's manufacturing site in Bristol MORE INFO: Simplification projects Describes how a series of projects aimed at simp... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: David Maguire, MORE INFO: Editorial: The Abridged History of Computerised Planning Systems David Maguire, In the beginning there were Bill of Materials processors, originally developed by IBM in the 1960’s. They were simple loop queries that extrapolated the requir... read article... |
The value of IT in the manufacturing sector - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The aims of the article are: to show that IT has penetrated so deeply into every fibre of the business fabric that its deployment and use have become strategic business, not technological, issues; to encourage senior manufacturing executives to seize control of this vital strate... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Addresses in simple terms, the why, what and where of APS and reviews the potential strengths and weaknesses of the different types of APS solutions that have been developed. Probably the most popular jargon term currently in use in the ERP and supply chain solutions marketplace... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: An overview of Advanced Planning and Scheduling. The historical development of APS and its key features. A comparison between APS and ERP, a review of some technical features and explanation of terminology. Concludes with a look at some current application areas and possible fut... read article... |
Editorial: the new century - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The start of a new century (and a new millennium) is a good time to look further ahead, and at a wider range of activities than we might normally do... MORE INFO: Editorial: the new century The start of a new century (and a new millennium) is a good time to look further ahead... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This is the third part of a three part series based upon David Little’s inaugural lecture as professor in manufacturing systems at the University of Huddersfield... MORE INFO: Manufacturing - past, present and future: Part 3: The Future This is the third part of a three part ... read article... |
Numatics International, Chard - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Firstly, apologies for the delay in putting fingers to keys on this particular report. The 28th November seems a very long time ago now, but the memories of our visit to Numatic International in Somerset remain fresh MORE INFO: Numatics International, Chard Firstly, apologies... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Much has been written in recent years heralding Supply Chain MORE INFO: Effective Technology Application within Supply Chain Management Much has been written in recent years heralding Supply Chain Management (SCM)and the benefits it can deliver to an organisation. body) This... read article... |
Lean, Agile - and Simple - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Whilst the attention in recent times has moved away from the old battleground of MRP vs JIT to the new conflict between Lean and Agile we remain in danger of perpetuating one of the greatest failings of our profession. We are also continuing to give insufficient credence to one ... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) A technique for calculating the quantity and due date of production and purchase orders needed to meet the master production schedule. MORE INFO: The IOM Knowledge Bank Issue Number 1: Material Requirements Planning Materials Requirement P... read article... |
Professional Inventory Management - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: It can be difficult to determine when stock is at the optimum level as this is influenced by numerous factors including batching policies, the work centre capability, safety policies and production methods. MORE INFO: Professional Inventory Management It can be difficult to d... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article focuses on an often ignored aspect of operations management – the social and organisational perspective. The underlying motivation for the study described here is the theory that businesses have tended to overlook the potential of the human contribution to ope... read article... |
News & views: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: At the recent ‘Don Ralston Lecture and Dinner’ at which my wife and I were honoured to attend, there was a lively discussion about the success or otherwise of IT in the manufacturing supply chain. Some took the view that none of the MRP/ERP systems that they knew had... read article... |
Editorial: APS - a strategy to win - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Have you ever played chess? Have you ever wondered what separates the ‘men from the boys’ in chess? Why is it that some people can win easily and others never win? MORE INFO: Editorial: APS - a strategy to win Have you ever played chess? Have you ever wondered wha... read article... |
Editorial: Get Value from your SCM Systems - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: There are very significant potential benefits to companies from integrated supply chain management (SCM) systems and from judiciously deployed e-Business software. MORE INFO: Editorial: Get Value from your SCM Systems There are very significant potential benefits to companies... read article... |
The IOM Knowledge Bank Issue Number 7: Supply - Material requirements planning Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: SUPPLY MORE INFO: The IOM Knowledge Bank Issue Number 7: Supply SUPPLY 1. The quantity of goods available for use. 2. The actual or planned replenishment of a product or component. The replenishment quantities are created in response to a demand or products or components ... read article... |
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