Controlling Material Flow
Aims:
• Describe the distinctive approach of material
requirements planning
• Use MRP to timetable orders and deliveries
• Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of MRP
• Extend the MRP approach along the supply chain
• Describe the principles of just-in-time operations
• Design kanban systems for controlling JIT
• Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of JIT
• Extend JIT along the supply chain for efficient
consumer response