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What are MPS, MRP & DRP? Select one:

a. Some of the tools for Material Supply Planningb. Acronyms used in Demand Planningc. Used only by the Information Technology Functiond. none of the above

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Question added by Wasi Rahman Sheikh , WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR , AL MUTLAQ FURNITURE MFG
Date Posted: 2016/04/25
Mohd Arifuddin
by Mohd Arifuddin , Lead Consultant , Binzagr CO

b. Acronyms used in Demand Planning

For decades, manufacturers have used material requirements planning (MRP) to coordinate the resources needed for production and synchronize their supply chains.

The main function of material requirements planning is to guarantee material availability , that is, it is used to procure or produce the requirement quantities on time both for internal purposes and for sales and distribution. This process involves the monitoring of stocks and, in particular, the automatic creation of procurement proposals for purchasing and production.

In doing so, MRP tries to strike the best balance possible between

  • optimizing the service level and

  • minimizing costs and capital lockup.

    Master production scheduling (MPS) is a form of MRP that concentrates  planning on the parts or products that have the great influence on company profits or which dominate the entire production process by taking critical resources. These items are selected for a separate MPS run that takes place before the MRP run.  The MPS run is conducted without a BOM explosion so that the MRP controller can ensure that the Master schedule items (MSI) are correctly planned before the detailed MRP run takes place. 

Distribution Resources Planning (DRP):

DRP Provides the basis for integrating supply chain inventory information and physical distribution activities with the manufacturing Planning and control system.

Managing the flow of materials between firms, warehouses, distribution centers.

DRP helps manage these materials flows just like MRP did in Manufacturing.

Links Firms in the supply chain by providing planning records that carry demand information from receiving points to supply points and vice versa.

Prabin Rai
by Prabin Rai , inventory officer , bijaya motor

I would like to vote for option  a. Some of the tools for Material Supply Planning

MADAN MOHAN GAJULA
by MADAN MOHAN GAJULA , Material Coordinator , Sadara Chemical Company

b. Acronyms used in Demand Planning ===================== is the right answer

Sathish Prabhu.V
by Sathish Prabhu.V , Manager - Operations & Process Improvement , Revolution Valves

MPS, MRP &  DRP are tools for planning materials. Hence correct answer is Material Supply planning tools

Saiyid Maududi-Oracle Applications Consultant
by Saiyid Maududi-Oracle Applications Consultant , Entrerprise Architect , US Technomatrix, Inc

Hello Team,

Multiorganization material requirements plans (MRP), master production schedules (MPS), and distribution requirements plans (DRP) explode through the bill of material to generate component requirements by evaluating:

    • order modifiers
    • production and transportation lead times
    • sourcing strategy
    • bill of material changes
    • engineering changes
    • item information

It then calculates time-phased material requirements. Each item may have different attributes that affect the recommendations generated by the planning process.

Review Plan Generation for information on plan generation in Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP.

Regards,

 

Saiyid

Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi
by Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi , Shared Services Supervisor , Saudi Musheera Co. Ltd.

option " B "                           .

Nadeem Asghar
by Nadeem Asghar , Supply Chain Consultant/Trainer , Independent Practitioner

I would go for A as the right answer.

Eng Ahmed Elsharkawy
by Eng Ahmed Elsharkawy , Civil Engineering Project Manager , Altwijry office

I apologize for the answer,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I leave the answer to experts specialists in this field that's not my specialty field

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