Table of Contents

Foreword by David Turbide
Preface
Part 1: Perspective
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. MRP in the Modern World
Chapter 3. The Four Critical Questions Answered
Part 2: Concepts
Chapter 4. Inventory in a Manufacturing Environment
Chapter 5. Principles of Materials Requirements Planning
Chapter 6. The Material Requirements Planning System
Chapter 7. Processing Logic
Chapter 8. Lot Sizing
Chapter 9. System Records and Files
Part 3: Managing with the MRP System
Chapter 10. A New Way of Looking at Things
Chapter 11. Product Definition
Chapter 12. Master Production Schedule
Chapter 13. More Than an Inventory Control System
Chapter 14. System Effectiveness: A Function of Design and Use
Chapter 15. Industry Effect on MRP
Chapter 16. Project Manufacturing
Chapter 17. Remanufacturing
Chapter 18. Process Industry Application
Chapter 19. Repetitive Manufacturing Application
Chapter 20. Sales and Operations Planning
Part 4: Looking Backward and Forward
Chapter 21. Historical Context
Chapter 22. Blueprint for the Future: Demand-Driven MRP Logic
Chapter 23. Strategic Inventory Positioning
Chapter 24. Buffer Profiles and Level Determination
Chapter 25. Dynamic Buffers
Chapter 26. Demand-Driven Planning
Chapter 27. Highly Visible and Collaborative Execution
Chapter 28. Demand-Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP)
Chapter 29. DDMRP Future
Appendix A. Joseph Orlicky's Contributions to Material Requirements Planning
Appendix B. Definitions: APICS Terms and Their Place in DDMRP
Appendix C. New Terms in Demand-Driven Material Requirements Planning
Appendix D. To My Best Recollection: The Eras of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) with Packaged Software
Index

About the Author

Chad Smith (McKinney, TX) has been programming in [incr Tcl/Tk] since 1995 and is the lead GUI designer/developer on his current project at ADC Telecommunications. Chad received his BS in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1996 and is currently working towards an MSEE in Telecommunications at Southern Methodist University. Chad was a high school/junior high school teacher for 4 years and is an excellent teacher and communicator.