Basics of MRP Overview .............................................................................................................

Session Learning Objectives ......................................................................................................

How Do You Make a Product? ...................................................................................................

Critical Inventory Questions .......................................................................................................

Inventory Management Methods ..............................................................................................

Independent Versus Dependent Demand................................................................................

Problem with Statistical Stock Replenishment ........................................................................

Statistical Replenishment/MRP Comparison...........................................................................

Time Phasing – the Heart of MRP .............................................................................................

MRP Definition ............................................................................................................................

MRP in the MPC Flow .................................................................................................................

MRP Flow ....................................................................................................................................

MRP Objectives and Functions ..................................................................................................

MRP Process Inputs and Outputs..............................................................................................

Using the Bill of Material Structure for MRP.............................................................................

Lead Time Offsetting and Exploding .........................................................................................

Introduction to the MRP Grid .....................................................................................................

PAB and the MRP Grid ...............................................................................................................

Net Requirements and the MRP Grid........................................................................................

MRP Generation Order Policies .................................................................................................

MRP Planned Order Generation ................................................................................................

Terms Check ...............................................................................................................................

Performance Check – Answers and Test Documents..............................................................

Suggested Additional Readings .................................................................................................