MATERIAL REQUIREMENT

1. Explain what is MRP

  • Material requirements planning (MRP) is a production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. Most MRP systems are software-based, but it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well. Plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules and purchasing activities

2. What are the objectives of MRP?

3. Explain the terms inventory, capacity and priority in MRP

4. Explain types of MRP system

5. What are the challenges in MRP? Briefly explain.

  • Ensure the availability of materials,
    components, and products for planned
    production and for customer delivery
  • Maintain the lowest possible level of
    inventory
  • Plan activities such manufacturing,
    delivery schedules and purchasing.
  • Master production schedule
  • Bill of materials (BOM)

which describes when each product is scheduled to be
manufactured and includes quantities of products to be produced at a given time period

-which lists exactly the parts or materials required
to make each product

  • Inventory Status
    Records

that is up to date status of all items, hands on and scheduled receipts from supplier

  • Unsure in quantity Demands, quantity supplied,
    timing of demand and timing of supply
  • MRP applied in a rolling horizon basis
  • MRP shortcoming or poor implementation thereby
    creating chronic and frequent shortages at various stages
    of production, purchase and material schedule

Capacity:

  • plan for a complete load
  • plan for an accurate load
  • plan for an adequate time to
    view future load

Inventory

  • order the right part
  • order the right quantity
  • order at the right time

Prorities

  • order with the right due
    date
  • keep the due date valid