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

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