Material and Capacity Requirements Planning Course

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a highly effective way of planning the material requirements, at all levels of the Bills of Material (BOM), to meet the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and thus the demand in the marketplace and the higher level plans of the organisation.

MRP suggests additional purchase requisitions and planned manufacturing orders that are needed for the supply to meet the demand. It also checks the timing of the existing supply to meet the demand on time, and when necessary generates action messages to prompt buyers and planners to adjust the current plan. It leaves the fine-tuning to the people involved. Successful MRP requires the right, achievable MPS and accurate data on inventory open orders, planning parameters, bills of material and perhaps routings. The material plan must be matched against the available capacity in Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) and, where there is imbalance, solutions must be found by adjusting capacity and/or load, as appropriate. MRP and CRP together provide the detailed planning of materials and capacity within an integrated business system. The effective and considered implementation of both can dramatically improve customer service, whilst simultaneously reducing stock levels, and helping to improve manufacturing productivity through better planning. An understanding of the techniques and how to apply them, is a prerequisite of achieving these benefits.

• Topics covered on the course include, for each of MRP and CRP:
• Concepts and Principles of MRP/CRP
• Inputs to MRP/CRP
• The logic of MRP/CRP, the MRP explosion process, load and capacity, finite and infinite loading
• Outputs from MRP/CRP
• Refinements to MRP/CRP
• MRP/CRP in various environments
• Working with MRP/CRP, dealing with bottlenecks
• Conclusions, MRP/CRP interfaces

Suitable for:

This course is aimed at anyone involved in the planning process, including materials planners, buyers and capacity planners.


Cost: Members: £680 Non-members: £780

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