Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) With Introduction to ERP, SCM, and CRM - McGraw-Hill Professional Engineering

MRP is a manufacturing related activity concerned with managing the materials required to produce products. This includes collecting, inventorying, and distributing parts in the most cost-effective and efficient means possible. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) is intended to be a single comprehensive sourcebook for all MRP II-related knowledge from the ground up. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) explains the best ways manufacturing data should be collected (parts, assemblies, resources) the lead-time and cost of component can be predicted under any manufacturing conditions. It discusses methods for calculating delivery time once an order is received and methods on how to streamline the process. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) also provides the readers with methods to keep track of customers, suppliers, and accounting functions as well as Inventory that can be purchased and assemblies made "Just in Time". The purpose is to highlight inadequacies such as overloaded production centers and delays by suppliers. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) addresses some of the functionality issues most often found in MRP II systems:üProduction Planning and SchedulingüShop Floor ControlüJob CostingüFinancial ManagementüTime and AttendanceüForecastingüOrder ProcessingüPerformance Measurement