Maricopa Community Colleges  MGT145   19942-19972 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/23/93
MGT145 19942-19972 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Material and Capacity Requirements Planning
Principles of Material Requirements Planning (MRP); examining system inputs, processing logic, and system output used to effectively manage the material resources of a business enterprise. Examines the principles of Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP), with emphasis on system interfaces and support of MRP. Includes practical application activities to reinforce principles and concepts. Prerequisites: MGT102 or permission of department.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MGT145   19942-19972 Material and Capacity Requirements Planning
1. Compare and contrast Material Requirements Planning (MRP) with Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII). (I, II, III)
2. Explain the concept and logic of the MRP gross to net requirements netting process. (II)
3. Define the various types of bills of materials and explain their importance to the MRP planning process. (IV)
4. Explain the importance of inventory accuracy to the successful execution of the material requirements plan. (V)
5. Develop a master production schedule and explain how it drives the MRP system. (VI)
6. Interpret specific planned order releases and reschedule notices and the action/exception messages generated when the MRP system is out of balance. (VII, VIII)
7. Describe the role of capacity requirements planning in an MRP system. (IX)
8. Demonstrate techniques to manage priority planning and priority control execution. (X, XI, XII)
9. Compare and contrast regenerative MRP with net change MRP processing methods. (XIII)
10. Define the requirements and necessary steps to successfully implement and MRP system. (XIV, XV)
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MGT145   19942-19972 Material and Capacity Requirements Planning
    I. Planning
        A. The system
        B. Material Requirement Planning
          1. Material requirements planning (MRP)
          2. Manufacturing resource planning (MRPII)
        C. Inventory ordering
        D. Planning
        E. Execution
        F. Business objectives
          1. Improve customer service
          2. Effective manufacturing production
          3. Minimum inventory investment
          4. Improve return on investment
      II. Inventory planning
          A. Demand types
          B. Independent demand
          C. Dependent demand
        III. Basic logic of MRP
            A. MRP's inputs
            B. Projected balance on hand
            C. Scheduled receipts
            D. Time-phased format
            E. MRP gross-to-net logic
              1. Projected on hand
              2. Net requirements
              3. Planned order release
              4. Projected available
              5. Planned order receipt
          IV. Bill of material
              A. Part numbering
              B. Parents and components
              C. Bill of material levels
              D. Explosions and implosions
              E. Phantom bills
              F. Modular bills
              G. Planning bills
              H. Bill of labor
            V. Inventory data
                A. Dynamic data items
                B. Pegging
                C. Data accuracy
                D. Static data elements
                E. Lot sizing
              VI. Master production schedule
                  A. Developing the master production schedule
                  B. Capacity planning
                  C. Guidelines to control the master production schedule
                  D. Time-phased order points
                  E. The master schedule
                  F. MRP system relationship
                VII. Planned order leases
                    A. Releasing manufacturing parts
                    B. Releasing purchased parts
                    C. Safety stock
                  VIII. Reschedule notices
                      A. Expediting
                      B. Dynamics of MRP
                      C. Firm planned orders
                    IX. Capacity requirements planning
                        A. Routing
                        B. Dispatch list
                        C. Capacity planning
                        D. Measuring capacity rates
                      X. Managing MRP priorities
                          A. Dispatch list
                          B. Shop floor control
                          C. Due date must match need date
                          D. Finished goods priorities
                          E. Two-level master scheduling
                        XI. Managing capacities
                            A. Resource requirements planning
                            B. Rough-cut capacity requirements planning
                            C. Capacity requirements plan
                            D. Capacity control
                          XII. Managing technologies
                              A. Make to order
                              B. Lot sizes
                              C. Lead time
                              D. Bills of materials
                              E. Keep it simple/accurate
                            XIII. Net change MRP systems
                                A. Regeneration MRP
                                B. Net change MRP
                              XIV. Implementation
                                  A. Management backing
                                  B. Management involvement
                                  C. User
                                  D. Education
                                  E. Converting to the new system
                                  F. Project team
                                XV. Integrating resources
                                    A. Quality
                                    B. Delivery
                                    C. Cost
                                    D. Marketing
                                    E. Sales
                                    F. Finance
                                    G. Design engineering
                                    H. Production planning
                                    I. Purchasing
                                    J. Manufacturing
                                    K. Production control
                                    L. Manufacturing engineering
                                    M. Data processing
                                    N. Human resources
                                    O. Teamwork
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