THIS PAPER PRESENTS A DEFINITION AND ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF MANUFACTURING LOGISTICS ON THE MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING (MRP) METHODOLOGY. THE SYSTEMIC AND LOGISTICAL ASSUMPTIONS INHERENT IN MRP SYSTEMS ARE DISCUSSED, AS IS THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING MRP'S LOGISTICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN RELATION TO THE FACTORY OF THE FUTURE. CHANGES IN THE MRP LOGIC ARE PROPOSED TO BRING OUT THE METHODOLOGY IN LINE WITH THE LOGISTICAL REALITIES OF A COMPUTER-INTEGRATED-MANUFACTURING (CIM) SETTING, AND TO INCREASE THE USEFULNESS OF MRP AS A MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT TOOL.
| Number of Pages : | 14 |
| Published : | 06/01/1990 |
