Material Requirements Planning Systems

What You Will Learn

• 1 Learn the foundational concepts of Material Requirements Planning, including its historical development, core purpose, and role within broader manufacturing and supply chain strategy.
• 2 Understand the Bill of Materials structure and how product-level demand is exploded through multi-level assemblies to generate accurate component requirements.
• 3 Apply inventory record management techniques, including on-hand balances, scheduled receipts, and safety stock policies, to maintain accurate MRP inputs.
• 4 Analyze demand management methods, distinguishing independent from dependent demand, and explore how forecasting and customer orders drive the Master Production Schedule.
• 5 Understand Master Production Schedule development, time fencing, and the process of translating top-level demand into time-phased production plans.
• 6 Explore lot-sizing techniques within MRP, comparing fixed order quantities, lot-for-lot, economic order quantity, and period order quantity approaches.
• 7 Implement lead time management and capacity requirements planning to ensure that planned orders are realistic and aligned with available resources.
• 8 Discover closed-loop MRP and the transition to Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II), including feedback mechanisms that connect execution back to planning.
• 9 Apply MRP outputs, including planned order releases, action messages, and exception reports, to support purchasing, production scheduling, and supplier collaboration.
• 10 Build skills for MRP system performance measurement, continuous improvement, and readiness for advanced planning systems including Enterprise Resource Planning integration.