MRP Provides Manufacturing Power

What is Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)?

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

A material requirements planning system is used by manufacturing firms to provision material, machinery, and labor for the completion of manufacturing jobs. MRP relies on bill of material data, inventory, purchasing, and the master production schedule to calculate requirements for materials. MRP systems also make recommendations for purchasing additional materials.

What can Material Requirements Planning (MRP) do for My Company?

You can lower your costs by ordering inventory on an as-needed basis instead of keeping surplus items stocked in your warehouse. This will directly improve your inventory turnover time, and reduce the risk of an inventory shortage.

A shortage that stops your assembly process can lead to employees being sent home or working on other tasks unrelated to the original plan. Using MRP you are able to solve this problem by automating planning production to ensure accuracy and effective use of your employees’ time.

Also, by automating the planning of your material requirements, you can consistently reach your customer due dates. Predicting your shortages and fixing them before it delays production on your customers’ orders will definitely increase your overall customer satisfaction.

Not to mention, there are also price break benefits associated with MRP when ordering based on an economic quantity. The more you order, the bigger the price break you’ll receive per item. With MRP you can determine the correct amount of items to order so that you can qualify for volume item discounts.

Key Benefits of Material Requirements Planning (MRP):

• Reduce inventory amounts in storage with ordering items on an as-needed basis
• Gain better pricing from vendors by ordering economic quantities
• Eliminate production idle time through accurately planning production
• Improve customer satisfaction by predicting shortages before they occur
• Decrease the time needed to fulfill customer orders by combining production forecasts
• Save time by automating the creation of shop floor plans, work orders, and purchase orders