MANUFACTURING RESOURCES PLANNING


MANUFACTURING RESOURCES PLANNING


 

Manufacturing resource planning is a method for efficiently planning the use of a company's resources. It allows manufacturers to create a specific future production plan that reduces costs and maximizes the use of resources available to them.

By combining the average use for a scheduled replenishment lead time with the safety stock that is needed to protect against stock-outs, manufacturing resource planning determines the optimum order quantity and frequency for raw materials.

The aim of Manufacturing Resource Planning is to extend the capabilities of Material Resource Planning as far as possible.

MRP II is used widely by itself, but it's also used as a module of more extensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) is an integrated information system used by businesses.

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