MATERIAL REQUIREMENT PLAN

 


MATERIAL REQUIREMENT PLAN

 


The Material Requirement Plan (MRP) is a plan for the production and purchase of components used in making items in the master production schedule. Companies use material requirements planning systems to estimate quantities of raw materials and purchase or manufacturer specific items.

 

The objective of MRP is to determine what components are needed to meet the master production schedule and based on lead time to calculate the periods when the components must be available

 

It determines the following :

  •     What to order
  •     How much to order
  •     When to order
  •     When to schedule deliver


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