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Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Type:
Class Lectures, practical exercises, group discussion, performance feedback

Duration:
Number of sessions: 2
Length of Sessions: 4 hours
Total hours: 8

Target Audience:

The course is designed for employees from all organizations that manufacture a product.

The skills learned apply to middle managers, administrative personnel, and employees who perform planning functions or execute the plans in manufacturing organizations.

Summary of Content:

Overview of MRP inputs, outputs and processing logic.

Nature of demand

How MRP fits in with other elements of an integrated system

Objective of MRP

Inputs to MRP

Bill of Material overview and role in MRP

Lead time overview and role in MRP

Basic MRP functions

Gross and net requirements

Planned orders

Reading the MRP record

Using MRP

Objectives and Benefits:

At the end of this section the student should be able to:

Understand the nature of demand and the use of MRP

Describe the MRP process, its inputs, and its outputs

Understand the role of the Bill of Material in MRP

Understand lead time, its components, and role in MRP

Understand how a planner would use MRP

Originator: Doug Howardell

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