Orlicky's Material Requirements Planning, 4th Edition ✓ Most Recent [ Active ]

The leading materials requirements planning resource–fully updated for the latest advances

This thoroughly revised guide offers the current and next generation of supply chain professionals a clear explanation of the fundamentals of planning and MRP systems in today's volatile and complex supply chains. Long considered the industry standard, this up-to-date edition is an indispensable tool for manufacturing practitioners and candidates preparing for certification exams, including CPIM, CSCP, DDP, and MRPFP. Streamlined and reorganized, this edition brings clarity and focus to the prerequisites, choices, inputs, outputs, latest techniques, and challenges associated with modern MRP systems across a variety of industries, including project, custom, batch, repetitive, and continuous process manufacturers. Included is the latest evolution of MRP logic, the increasingly popular DDRMP derivative and its components.

ORLICKY'S MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING, FOURTH EDITION COVERS:

The history and context of planning

The true purpose of planning

Product structure data

Inventory data

The demand data input

MRP processing logic

MRP inputs, outputs, decision, and the user experience

MRP applied to different industries

Fixing planning in the VUCA world

DDMRP approach and configuration

DDMRP planning and execution

Completing the DDRMP picture

And much more

This is the sixth collaborative work between CAROL PTAK and CHAD SMITH since 2011. The duo is internationally recognized as thought leaders and innovators in the field of supply chain and operations management, and collectively brings 65+ years of experience to this work. In 2011, they co-founded the Demand Driven Institute, and organization dedicated to advancing planning and operational tactics in today's complex and volatile supply chains, and is the global authority on the demand driven methodology.

Author Carol Ptak Chad Smith