MRP II: still number one! (manufacturing resource planning)(includes related article)

Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) has retained its dominance of the application market for manufacturing management. This tool helps in linking different business management applications to the original MRP, which is actually a material requirements planning instrument that is future-oriented. Therefore, the MRP II covers all major functional business areas and harmonizes all activities toward the common objective of manufacturing the appropriate product at the proper time. The typical elements of MRP II are planning applications, customer service applications, execution systems and