MRP II Standard System, A
Handbook for Manufacturing Software Survival, by
Christopher D. Gray and Darryl V. Landvater, 1989. John Wiley and Sons,
Publishers.
Software has the potential to cause the greatest delay
in implementing MRP II. The MRP II Standard System solves
two problems with software:
1. Understanding how the normal functions of MRP II
work.
2.Evaluating software functionality, regardless of
whether the software is new or an existing homegrown
system.
The Standard System helps take the mystery out of
manufacturing software and offers a logical step-by-step
explanation of required system functions. It details the
logic of MRP, sales and operations planning, master
production scheduling, demand management, the bill of
material, inventory and scheduled receipts subsystems,
plant scheduling and dispatching, capacity requirements
planning. purchasing, DRP, financial planning interfaces,
simulation, and performance measurements.
This recognized industry standard has been used by
hundreds of manufacturers to solve their software
problems. The accompanying workbook guides you through
the points in the MRP II Standard System to help you
evaluate step-by-step the modifications necessary to make
MRP II work in your company.
Click here for a summary checklist of functions covered by the MRP II
Standard System.
MRP II Standard System
Workbook by
Christopher D. Gray and Darryl V. Landvater, 1989. John Wiley and Sons,
Publishers.
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