Overview
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a material planning tool used to plan and manage the materials used in the manufacturing process. The MRP system is intended to ensure material availability, maintain inventory levels in accordance with company policies, and plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules, and purchasing activity.
MRP incorporates the variables from multiple disciplines (Supply, Demand, Engineering, Sales, Forecast, Manufacturing, etc.) in creating a Material Plan that reflects the operating practices and strategies of the company.
The Material Plan represents a focus point for responsible parties to analyze output and take action. Managing and controlling the Material Plan provides a predictable outcome from which business decisions are made.
MRP is controlled and managed via major functional areas within the system. Within each area, related settings affect the control and logical behavior of the system. Some areas allow the user to interact with the plan by taking control and transitioning from an MRP plan to an actual plan (confirmed by the user).
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MRP Application: How the MRP tools assist in the day to day process of managing the Material Requirements for your organization.
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MRP Data Sources: Master data setup and source transactions that impact the output produced by MRP.
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MRP Terminology: Terminology and Order Status' used in the MRP application and knowledge articles.
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MRP Planning Policies and Quantities: The types of Planning Policies used in MRP that are set against the Inventory Commodity Code and Inventory Item Master.
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MRP Lead Times: Lead time settings used in MRP that are set against the Inventory Commodity Code/Inventory Item Master and PO Commodity Code/Purchase Item Master.
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MRP Processing Overview and Generated Output: How to generate MRP and the outputs produced.
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MRP Action Message Search: How to access and understand the MRP Action Messages.
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MRP Mass Firm: How to efficiently convert MRP Planned Inventory Requisitions and Planned Work Orders, generated in MRP, to Firm status.
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MRP Net Change: How does the Net Change mode within MRP impact MRP Processing.
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MRP Primary Record Types: List of system records used in MRP Processing.
SEE ALSO
MRP Launch
MRP Scheduling (Automate MRP Processing)
Rootstock Custom Settings - MRP Related
Inventory Item Master MRP Policies tab
