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Not Just for Manufacturing, Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Is Indispensable for Any Business

By Andy Marker | April 21, 2017 (updated November 18, 2021)

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Joseph Orlicky, author of the definitive Material Requirements Planning (MRP): The New Way of Life in Production and Inventory Management , said, "Never forecast what you can calculate." Nowhere is this rule more evident than in the manufacturing industry, where determining the right amount of raw material for current demand is a challenge. Underestimating will force you to short your clients, causing them to seek the products elsewhere. Overestimating will cost you money in either waste or storage. 

However, manufacturing is only one industry that relies on the appropriate balance between supply and demand. Whether you work in a bakery or in a technology firm, implementing material requirements planning (MRP) concepts can dramatically benefit your company. Although originally intended exclusively for the manufacturing and fabrication industries, MRP is applicable to almost any industry, including the service industry. This is because MRP focuses on two universal concerns of business — customers and resources. MRP analyzes all company activities in terms of customer demands and manages all company resources via its own logic and data processing. 

The following guide will teach you all about MRP, from basic concepts to more advanced topics, including a detailed definition of the system itself, its benefits and processes, its problems, and its history. It also includes a discussion of similar systems, such as manufacturing resource planning (MRP II), enterprise resource planning (ERP), distribution resource planning (DRP), and production planning. In addition, we offer tips on MRP best practices culled from around the web and from the experts. Finally, we review MRP software, tell you how to select the best one for your needs, and help you determine whether you should consider taking an MRP software course.

What Is Material Requirements Planning?

Material requirements planning (MRP) is a planning and control system for inventory, production, and scheduling. MRP converts the master schedule of production into a detailed schedule, so that you can purchase raw materials and components. Used mostly in the manufacturing and fabrication industries, this system is a push type of inventory control, meaning that organizations use forecasting to determine the customer demand for products. The manufacturing or fabrication company will forecast the amount and type of products they will purchase, along with the quantity of materials to produce them. They then push the products to the consumers. This contrasts with a pull system, where the customer first places an order. The main disadvantage of a push system is its vulnerability when sales vary. In this scenario, the forecasts become inaccurate, which for manufacturing, cause either a shortage of inventory or an excess of inventory that requires storage. 

Inventory is divided into two categories, independent and dependent demand. Independent demand is a desire for finished products, such as cell phones or automobiles, whereas dependent demand is the demand for components, parts, or incomplete assemblies (sometimes called sub-assemblies), such as phone screens or tires for automobiles. You determine quantities for the dependent demand by determining quantities for the independent demand. For example, if you forecast your independent demand for the number of completely assembled cell phones that you expect to sell, you can forecast the quantities of your dependent demand materials, such as your screens, processors, batteries, and antennas. These part quantities depend on the quantity of cell phones you want to produce. This relationship between the materials and the finished product are shown on a bill of materials (BOM) and are calculated with MRP. 

The three key questions that you must ask when planning for dependent demand are:

• What components do we need?
• How many of each component do we need?
• When do we need the components?

In determining how much material your product needs, MRP differs from consumption-based planning (CBP). MRP logic uses information received either directly from customers or from the sales forecast, calculating the material required based on the dependencies of other materials. CBP calculates material requirements only via historical consumption data. CBP does not consider the dependencies between different materials, as it presumes that future consumption will follow the same pattern that the historical data did. 

MRP synchronizes the flow of materials, components, and parts in a phased order system, considering the production schedule. It also combines and tracks hundreds of variables, including:

• Purchase orders
• Sales orders
• Shortage of materials
• Expedited orders
• Marketplace demand
• Bill of material

For all companies, MRP has a few goals in common. These include making sure that the inventory level is at a minimum, but high enough to provide for the customer need, and that you plan all of the activities, including delivery, purchasing, and manufacturing. 

There are some terms that will come up in MRP repeatedly. Some are terms related to MRP as a concept, and some are specific to MRP software. These terms are as follows:

• Item: In MRP, an item is the name or code number used for the event you’re scheduling.
• Low-Level Code: This is the lowest level code of an item in the bill of materials and indicates the sequence in which you run items through an MRP. You use low-level code because an MRP system recognizes and connects the level that an item appears in the product chain and uses it to plan the proper time to meet all of the system demands.
• Lot Size: This is the quantity of units you order during manufacturing
• Lead Time (LT): This is the time you need to assemble or manufacture an item from beginning to end. Two types of lead time are ordering lead time and manufacturing lead time. Ordering lead time is the time it takes from  starting the purchase  to receiving the purchase. Manufacturing lead time is the time it takes for the company to completely manufacture a product from start to end.
• Past Due (PD): This is the time during which you consider orders behind schedule.
• Gross Requirements (GR): You generate this MRP calculation  through forecast scheduling using the number of produced units, the amount of required material for each produced unit, the current stock, and the ordered stock /stock in transit. This is the total demand for an item during a specific time period.
• Scheduled Receipts (SR): These are the open orders for products that the company currently possesses but has not yet fulfilled.
• Projected on Hand (POH): This is the amount of inventory you’ve estimated to be available after you meet the gross requirements. To calculate this sum, you add the POH from the previous time period to the scheduled order receipts and the planned order receipts and then subtract the gross requirements. (Current POH = Previous POH + SR + POR – GR)
• Net Requirements (NR): You generate this MRP calculation through master scheduling using gross requirements, on-hand inventory, and other quantities. This is the actual, required quantity to be produced in a particular time period.
• Planned Order Receipts (POR): The quantity of orders during a time period that is expected to be received. This planning for orders keeps the inventory from going below the threshold necessary.
• Planned Order Releases (PORL): This is the amount you plan to order per time period. This is POR offset by the lead time.
• Cumulative Lead Time: This is the greatest amount of time that it takes to develop the product. You may calculate it by looking at each BOM and figuring out which one takes the longest.
• Product Structure Tree: This is a visual depiction of the bill of materials, showing how many of each part and how many sub-parts  you need to produce the product.

• Net-Change Systems: These are systems which identify only the changes between the new and old plan.
• Master Production Schedule (MPS): This is the schedule of finished products that drives the MRP process. The quantities in MPS represent what you need to produce to meet the forecast.
• Lumpiness: This is when product/material that is low or at zero suddenly spikes. Examples of lumpy or uneven demand include the need for service parts. You only need service parts when an appliance breaks, so forecasting the need for the parts may be difficult, as the demand is not continuous. 
• Time Fence: Time fences are boundaries between different MRP planning periods. They offer the opportunity for programming changes, such as rules and restrictions. 

What Is the Benefit of Material Requirements Planning?

You may use MRP concepts in a variety of different production environments. You may also use them for service providers, such as job shops. Examples of production environments include instances in which products are complex, products are only assembled to order, or demand items are discrete and dependent. In these cases, MRP can reduce the stored inventory, the component shortages, the overall manufacturing cost, and, therefore, the cost to purchase. This more accurate scheduling improves your company’s productivity by decreasing the necessary lead time, giving your customers a higher quality of production and service. Overall, your company is more competitive in the marketplace.

However, with these advantages come a few drawbacks. Foremost, MRP is only successful if the accounting is accurate. You must keep records of inventory and BOM changes up to date. Inaccurate input causes inaccurate output. Another potential downside to MRP is that it can be costly. If you don’t keep the input in a timely fashion, it can be difficult and expensive when switching over to a new system. 

Material Requirements Planning Steps and Processes

MRP works because it is a well-organized framework of processes and calculations. An MRP system can completely transform a company’s operational procedures. Many people within an organization contribute to the MRP process, including sales, production, purchasing, receiving, stockroom, and shipping personnel. 

MRP consists of three basic steps: 

• Identifying the Quantity Requirements: Determine what quantity is on hand, in an open purchase order, planned for manufacturing, already committed to existing orders, and forecasted. These requirements are specific to each company and each company location and change with the date.
• Running the MRP Calculations: Create suggestions for materials that you consider critical, expedited, and delayed.
• Complete the Orders: Delineate the materials for the manufacturing orders, purchase orders, and other reporting requirements. 

The calculations that MRP performs are based on the data inputs. As shown in the diagram above, these data inputs include:

• Customer Orders: This refers to the specific information you receive from customers and includes one-offs and regular ordering patterns.
• Forecast Demand: This is a prediction from the marketplace about how much probable demand there will be for a product or service. It is based on historic accounting and current trend analysis. 
• Master Production Schedule (MPS): Both forecast demand and customer orders feed into the master production schedule. The MPS is a plan that a company develops for production, staffing, or inventory. It is the production future plan that includes the quantities you need to produce the products in a specified time period. It also includes inventory costs, production costs, inventory information, supply, lot size, lead time, and development capacity.
• Bill of Materials (BOM): Also called a product structure file, this includes the details and quantities of the raw materials, assemblies, and components that make up each end product.
• Inventory Records: These are the raw materials and the completed products that you either have on hand or have already ordered. 

After MRP receives the input, it generates the output. There are four main outputs. These include: 

• Purchase Orders (PO): This is the recommended purchasing schedule that includes the order you give to suppliers to send the materials. The PO includes a schedule with quantities and start and finish dates to meet the MPS.
• Material Plan: This details the raw materials, assembly items, and component needs to make the end products with quantities and dates. We recommend that you use attribute settings to set the time fences and to firm orders.
• Work Orders: This details the work that goes into producing the end product, including which departments are responsible for what part, what materials are necessary, and what the start and end dates are.
• Reports: MRP generates primary and secondary reports. The primary reports include all three of the above — those that deal with production and inventory planning and control. Secondary reports are those that detail things, such as performance control, exception data (e.g., errors or late orders), deviations, and predictors of future inventories and contracts.

The MRP technique can be vague at times because we call it a calculation process without necessarily indicating how to compute the data outputs. MRP is about putting mathematical controls into place using formulas that yield optimal results. MRP is an optimal control problem that calculates the initial conditions, the dynamics, the constraints, and the objective. The variables are the local inventory, the order size, the local demand, the fixed order costs, the variable order costs, and the local inventory holding costs. MRP comprises many methods and calculations. To find the order quantities, you can use any number of methods. Three of the most popular are:

• Dynamic Lot-Sizing: In inventory theory, this model assumes that the demand for product fluctuates over time. This complex algorithm generalizes the economic order quantity model. It requires dynamic programming to perform, so mathematicians also developed the following models.
• Silver-Meal Heuristic: This is an inventory control algorithm, also called least period cost, that minimizes the total relevant cost per unit of time. In other words, you use it to calculate the production quantities needed to meet the operational requirements at the lowest cost possible. 
• Least-Unit-Cost (LUC) Heuristic: Although quite similar to Silver-Meal, LUC chooses the period in the future based on average cost per unit rather than on average cost per period.

Problems with Using Material Requirements Planning Systems

Although using an MRP system is vastly superior to cobbling together a system of spreadsheets and hand calculations, problems do arise. The biggest issue is data integrity. Data that is either not up to date or has errors gives output that is inaccurate and can end up costing your business serious money. You should carefully screen inventory and BOM data. Errors often occur during cycle-count adjustments, input and shipping, and reporting of scrap, damage, waste, and production. Barcode scanning and pull systems can minimize these types of errors. 

Moreover, MRP systems can be rife with error when companies with facilities in different countries do not set up by individual location. For example, the MRP system could indicate that there is plenty of raw material available for production when, in fact, that raw material is on the other side of the world. Staffpower is also not always accounted for in MRP. In these cases, the MRP creates a capacity issue.

In addition, lead times can throw off MRP. The required lead time can change based on the product. MRP assumes that the lead time is always the same for each product, regardless of changes in supply, required quantities, or the possible simultaneous production of other products.

Solving your data-integrity issues may take some concentrated effort. Best practices for ensuring that your data is high-quality before you start your MRP process include:

• Using barcode scanning or a pull system to replace stock and enter products into inventory
• Making sure that shipping prints the container labels
• Requiring advance shipping notifications (ASN) from your suppliers that feed into a label system. In order to detect shortages and over-shipments, match labels with internal company numbers as product arrives. 
• Recording scrap daily
• Troubleshooting and fixing causes of cycle counts that incorrectly change your inventory 
• Confirming the bill of material at the production site

The History of Material Requirements Planning

During the early part of the 20th Century, material and planning control systems started using mathematics to calculate manufacturing lot sizes. In 1913, Ford W. Harris introduced the economic order quantity (EOQ) model , and it is still studied today for inventory management. 

Joseph Orlicky developed MRP in 1964, while working for IBM to perform computerized supply planning. Dr. Orlicky was on a mission to educate senior executive customers to use computer technology to manage their inventory and control processes. At IBM, Dr. Orlicky worked with Oliver Wight, who ended up co-authoring a book with George Plossl in 1967, Production and Inventory Control: Principles and Techniques . 

Long considered a bible of production and inventory control practices, the book’s influence was almost immediate. Black & Decker implemented MRP right away. The three professionals, Orlicky, Wight, and Plossl began the movement that saw nearly 700 companies adopt MRP by the time Dr. Orlicky’s book, Material Requirements Planning , came out in 1975. 

By 1981, about 8,000 companies had adopted MRP. The next generation of MRP was considered closed-loop MRP, because it added a feedback feature that enabled the synchronization and adjustment of the master production schedule, effectively closing the loop . Helmed by the three professionals, APICS, formerly the American Production and Inventory Control Society, undertook a huge campaign called the “MRP Crusade” to tout the benefits of the MRP system and make it the standard  for manufacturing planning in America. Still going strong, APICS now serves as a professional association for supply-chain operations, logistics, and management research and publications.

In 1983, Oliver Wight took MRP a step further and developed manufacturing resource planning (MRP II), also known as material planning. Considered a significant innovation, MRP II includes additional data, such as employee and finance information.

The most recent development for MRP came in 2011 when a new book was published by Joseph Orlicky’s original publishing company, McGraw Hill. This update to Orlicky’s work is the third edition of Orlicky's Material Requirements Planning . This edition introduced demand-driven MRP (DDMRP), with five components, including strategic inventory positioning, buffer profiles, level, dynamic adjustments, demand-driven planning, and highly visible and collaborative execution. 

What Is Manufacturing Resource Planning?

Specific to the manufacturing industry is manufacturing resource planning (MRP II). MRP was so successful that organizations using it wanted more improvements and more automation. MRP II takes the principles of MRP and adds some additional areas, such as rough-cut capacity planning and capacity requirement planning (CRP), to give companies a comprehensive manufacturing plan. CRP is an accounting method that determines the load for each process according to the manufacturing order. CRP takes data from MRP. 

MRP II isn’t solely about the computational needs, but is a management concept that can take many forms. MRP II works within a hierarchy that divides planning into the long range, medium range, and short term. The three main characteristics of MRP II are: 

• A company-wide system
• A financially and operationally integrated  system
• A system with the ability to perform “what-if” scenarios that show different ways to do things

MRP II also relies on the quality and timeliness of the inputted data. Inaccurate information or consistent lead-time fluctuations result in poor planning. These plans can lead to execution failure and even reimplementation. 

What Is Enterprise Resource Planning?

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is an extension of MRP systems that came about in the 1990s. MRP is a planning and control system for the resources in a company and was essentially the harbinger of ERP systems to come. ERP is a solution for the enterprise as a whole, with more functionality built in, extending the concepts of MRP and MRP II. All the functions in an enterprise are tightly integrated, including internal and external information. For example, an ERP system would possess advanced functionality in the areas of financial , customer relationship, and sales order management.

Today, the difference between MRP and ERP is that MRP can be a stand-alone application or just a piece of an ERP, whereas ERP can support the whole company. ERP is a single solution that addresses all business needs, not just the scheduling of resources. ERP has moved away from its manufacturing roots and gone on to support many different types of businesses. It decreases any information redundancies and adds elements, like user-level security. The line between MRP and ERP has blurred, as the more recent ERP systems rely on similar database structures and linkages . To clarify, MRP only concentrates on:

• Job costing
• Controlling stock
• Manufacturing 

Using an ERP system gives your company some strategic opportunities. Companies report that the biggest benefits of their ERP system are increased efficiency, integrated information, more customized reports, higher-quality customer service, and more secure data. A well-used ERP system can enable your teams to be forward-looking and support your strategic vision for growth. A good ERP strategy improves your key business processes. 

ERP systems do come with challenges, however. Once you’ve allocated substantial financial resources to a system, you must address the organizational culture, so your staff utilizes the system adequately. With an integrated system, the return on investment depends on the breaking down of company silos to achieve seamless processes. 

What Is Distribution Requirements Planning?

Distribution requirements planning (DRP), also known as distribution replenishment planning, is a continuation of MRP logic that came about in 1981. DRP takes MRP one step further and calculates how to move the materials out of the facility. The product delivery is more efficient because DRP calculates the quantity of each type of goods that requires delivery, as well as where to meet the demand.  DRP is a time-based approach to guarantee that inventory that’s likely to be low has a replenishment plan. DRP is similar to MRP but can work by either a push or pull system.  ERP took over this functionality when it came about in the 1990s. Now, DRP can still be a stand-alone system or act as a module within an ERP system. 

What Is Production Planning?

Production planning is the process ensuring that there are sufficient raw materials in a manufacturing business to create the products on schedule.  More advanced than MRP, it extends the latter’s functionality. Developed to address some of the deficiencies of MRP, production planning expands upon MRP in the following ways:

• While MRP does not assume any limitations on production, production planning takes into account any production constraints.
• Production planning prioritizes and first completes the jobs that are the most lucrative.
• Production planning considers ordered-part lead time.
• Production planning uses more complex algorithms.

Material Requirements Planning Expert Advice

Although MRP may be challenging to implement, it is clearly worth the time, effort, and financial investment. Whether you are with a large organization or are a small business owner, it is important that you figure out how to best implement MRP and what software to use. Across the web, experts in MRP consistently make two suggestions: choose the right software, and keep your data accurate. With the right software for your company, you can harness the power of MRP. Whether you capture MRP in a comprehensive program, on an Excel spreadsheet, or with a stubby pencil and a legal pad, accurate data can consistently get you the right results and keep your business on track. The following are more tips culled from around the web on using MRP successfully. For more regularly updated MRP practice information, check out APICS magazine.

• Review Your MRP Reports with Everyone: MRP should not be only one person’s responsibility in your company, but should be dispersed so that everyone understands and can help solve problems that arise. Help resolving conflicts should come from the department responsible.
• Know Your Production Limitations: Most MRP systems will create a suggested schedule, but it is up to you to put into place your company capacity limits.
• Understand How Your System Accounts for Blanket Orders: It is easy for your system to get thrown off when you put in huge quantity orders without indicating release dates. Ensure that you have multiple dates entered when using blanket ordering, or at least understand how your system can account for these omissions.
• Stay Up to Date: Inaccurate dates on open sales orders, open purchase orders, or production tickets can create the illusion that you are low in materials. As a result, you’ll order more to meet your sales orders that are past due and waste money.
• Have Accurate Lead Times: Know how long it takes to get your materials, and keep accurate sales order dates. Each supplier may take slightly longer than another in getting you your critical supplies, so your MRP will only work if the lead time it calculates includes accurate data. 
• Audit Your Lead Times: Regularly review and adjust your lead times based on your own historical data and your customers’ feedback. Ask customers how long it took to receive their products. Then document those responses. 
• Make Sure Your Orders Consume Your Forecast: You should not be scheduling your production based on the higher number of forecast or sales order. As orders come in, your sales should be eating up your entire forecast. Your MRP report should summarize this for you, so you can figure out how well your production is meeting your demand without having excess inventory.
• Make Forecast Adjustments on a Rolling Basis: Whether your forecast is for sales or production, your system will produce your requirements that match. A forecast should never be a static figure, but should be tweaked constantly to reflect your market trends.
• Audit Your Inventory Balances: Especially when setting up a new system, you should have an accurate count of your on-hand inventory. Bad data in will give you bad data out. MRP excels at giving you data on your material requirements, but it will not do so if your initial counts are wrong.
• Account for Your Loss Factor: Every business will have some loss through the process of making their products. Whether you are a baker and have flour spills or a pharmaceutical manufacturer and have occasional chemical spills, there will be loss in the process. Without putting in a loss factor, you will be consistently short of raw materials. 
• Know the Difference between Safety Stock and Reorder Point: MRP automatically assigns these two factors as hard numbers, but if they need to be more suggestive in nature, you should specify that in your system. Your reorder point should reflect the level at which you need to take action.
• Flag Your Unusual Orders: Odd or atypical orders should not be a part of your MRP history because they are outliers that can throw off your whole forecasting system.
• Match Your Forecasting Period to the Sales Period: Use cumulative data because sales are generally not regularly spaced events. Data based on periods that are longer gives more precise forecasts.

Yury Rachitsky is CEO and Co-Founder of LuxeDecor . He is a consultant specializing in ERP implementations. Here are his own words, including his experience and tips for successful MRP implementation and use:

“I was involved in implementing ERP systems for various manufacturers. MRP was an essential part for production planning and scheduling and was an integral part for ensuring the materials were ordered on time to meet customer demand. During our user-training seminars, it was always challenging to explain MRP to system users not directly involved with production planning and scheduling processes.   

To simplify the MRP process explanation, we created a user-friendly chart that showed how MRP interfaces among different business departments. In short, MRP takes input from customer demand and forecast and produces scheduling recommendations for production and purchasing. MRP can go as far as automatically creating manufacturing work orders and purchase orders to meet customer and forecasted demand.

It is essential to have all the parameters set up correctly, such as manufacturing lead times and safety stock, to make sure that the resulting MRP recommendations are accurate. For example, if product includes wrong manufacturing or purchasing lead times, MRP will recommend starting production on a wrong date, and that can result in product being produced later than the customer demands it. This can result in loss of customers and decrease in revenue. However, if the data is accurate, MRP plays an integral part in guaranteeing on-time shipping and scheduling. 

There is no question that MRP is a necessary part of every company that strives for efficient production planning and scheduling processes.”

Material Requirements Planning Software

Although MRP is often an integrated, automated system, it can also be handwritten or consist of different applications or modules in disparate software systems. MRP software focuses on the period during which you create a product, identify and purchase raw materials , determine resources, and plan the steps for production. This subset of modern ERP systems is usually available as a module and looks for efficiencies in each step.  The cost of MRP software is a big concern for small businesses, but it’s clear that the investment is a huge money saver in the long run. Furthermore, your business may fiscally require a software system due to the risk of human error, slowed production times, and excessive manual labor costs. Still, companies need to consider what type of software is most appropriate for them category-wise, size-wise, and expectations-wise. For a small business, purchasing a comprehensive ERP suite may not only be wasteful, but also time-inefficient, defeating the system’s purpose.

Although the marketplace has a wide variety of providers, each  claiming to offer the best system available, experts recommend that you carefully consider your needs and options before purchasing software. And while it’s always good to consult your network for a consensus on what others are using, remember that what works for your colleagues may not work for you. Before looking at any features or products, consider your business goals, as well as your current requirements. Some of the features you should consider when choosing MRP software include the following:

• Flexible requirements
• Advanced filtering
• Comprehensive drill-down capability
• Exception management
• Agile order management
• Aggregate requirements
• Workflow support
• Designated time frames
• Multiple quantity display
• Forecast consumption
• Supply-chain visibility
• Integration into multiple environments
• Software support 
• Free trials

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Should You Take a Course on Material Requirements Planning?

Accurately forecasting for materials in your business is a big responsibility, whether you produce automobiles or veal dishes. MRP is meant to assist you in getting the quantities right, so you don’t have critical shortages or a surplus of raw material spoiling or taking up critical storage space. There are numerous online  courses available concerning the concepts and use of MRP. The majority of courses teach you about specific software systems and cost anywhere from nothing to a few hundred dollars. Some of the courses come with certification, especially those for larger software systems, such as SAP. Courses are recommended for all MRP end users and analysts and any new MRP software users. We recommend some type of training for all staff who are new to the software. 

Course topics usually answer the following questions:

• What is the process to plan MRP?
• What are the key settings that influence MRP?
• How do you generate demand through your forecast?
• How do you generate supply with MRP to create planned orders?
• How do you run MRP as a single or as an organization-wide process?
• How do you evaluate your MRP reports?
• How do planned orders become purchase orders?
• How do you resolve your MRP exception messages?

If this guide and taking a course on MRP still does not give you the confidence or proficiency to use an MRP system, you can always hire a consultant who specializes in MRP/ERP implementation and solutions. An outside expert can get to know your business and help you decide what software is right for you, as well as take your business through the steps to implement the system correctly. An independent pro may very well be worth the cost, but be aware that most consultants have their favorite software systems, so they may be biased in their recommendations.

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Implementation of Material Requirement Planning (MRP) on Raw Material Order Planning System for Garment Industry

Nidaul Hasanati 1 , Effrizka Permatasari 2 , Nunung Nurhasanah 2 and Syarif Hidayat 2

Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering , Volume 528 , 11th ISIEM (International Seminar on Industrial Engineering & Management, "Technology and Innovation Challenges Towards Industry 4.0 Era" 27–29 November 2018, Makasar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia Citation Nidaul Hasanati et al 2019 IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 528 012064 DOI 10.1088/1757-899X/528/1/012064

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The increasingly competitive business environment has encouraged many actors to use information and communication technology as a competitive advantage, including the garment industry. So far, difficulties in controlling raw material inventories which causes problems for the production process. If there is a shortage of raw materials, the production process cannot be carried out, on the contrary if the raw material ordered is too excessive it will cause excess and the high cost of raw material inventory. This research develops an information system that can plan the needs of raw materials needed for production. This system is web-based, applying the MRP (Material Requirement Planning) method to develop raw material ordering planning systems, case studies at garment companies, using PHP programming and FIREBIRD databases. This system gets input from the production schedule resulting from production scheduling information system, then provides output in the form of recommendations for scheduling raw material orders. This output can later be used as a reference for the company's operational decisions in planning raw material requirements.

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Materials Requirements Planning Analysis: Case Study

The MRP management is the main content and the key link of enterprise logistics management and it is the premise of enterprise timely and accurate material supplying. This is a case study of applying MRP management in an Aluminum company making Aluminum doors and windows. Through developing a spread sheet using Excel™ to trace the whole processes. This paper presents the MRP management current situation of the company, and thinks due to the staff pay more attention to MRP management work. The proposed system built has a great effect, particularly in purchasing of the exact raw materials required.

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— This industry is only based upon the price level of items; they do not have any proper inventory status. This results into either too much of stock or sometimes stock out conditions. Hence need of scientific approach and mathematical modelling of process is there. Online information regarding the inventory status cannot be observed. The in-house transactions that take place for the particular section are very complicated. Thus it results into improper ordering and scheduling process. The forecasting procedure presently followed is manual. So every time large number of calculations has to be done. This makes the process complicated and time consuming &also unavoidable manual errors in calculations may hamper the method. The methodology used in developing the proposed MRP software adopts the following components namely a) Problem analysis b) Software algorithm c) Software input d) Software output. In Problem analysis it is useful to form a bill of material & it is convenient to order the items by levels. The level of an item is the maximum number of stages of assembly required to get the item into an end product. If a specific final item named " A " for a manufacturing firm. In software algorithm structure has been used to declare the variables of each item (item ID, item name, inventory level, lead time, number of item needed for each upper item, upper item ID, Number of lower item etc). Input the total number of level and information of each item (bill of materials). Input the total number of deliveries and timing & required quantity of final item for each delivery which Show the output of MRP that is the time-phased requirements for assemblies, parts and raw materials. Show the final inventory level of all items.. Index Terms—MRP, MPS, BOM, Lead time, inventory, software, visual basic 6.0

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How Material Requirement Planning Solutions Helped F&B Player Align with the Demand Forecasts? 

What you’ll find in this case study:.

• Highlights of the Case Study
• Game-Changing Material Requirement Planning Solutions for Food & Beverage Manufacturers
• Material Requirement Planning Challenges of the F&B Client
• Food & Beverage Material Requirement Planning Solutions
• Impact Analysis of Quantzig Material Requirement Planning System 
• The Key Impacts of our Material Requirements Planning Solutions
• Key Outcomes
• Broad Perspective on the role of Material Requirement Planning in the F&B Industry

Highlights of the Case Study:  

Game-changing material requirement planning solutions for food & beverage manufacturers  .

Raw materials used by F&B players are generally perishable and have a short life span. Thus, it is imperative to account for the freshness of the ingredients and better manage inventories. The (MRP) aids F&B players in planning for the forecasted demand and tuning their raw material purchases and production levels as per these forecasts. It helps them place accurate raw material orders at the right time.  

Quantzig offers industry-specific MRP solutions that can enable players in the F&B industry to develop and execute an optimized plan for raw material procurement. Our high-level, real-time analytics provide our F&B clients with insights that aid in better decision-making. 

How Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Works?

• Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a crucial component of modern manufacturing (such as Process manufacturing, and discrete manufacturing), ensuring efficient production processes, optimal inventory levels, and streamlined supply chain management. MRP is a systematic approach that utilizes key elements such as the Bill of Materials (BOM), Master Production Schedule (MPS), and Inventory Status File (ISF) to drive production activities and meet customer demand effectively.
• At the core of MRP is the Bill of Materials (BOM), a comprehensive list detailing the raw materials, components, and sub-assemblies required to manufacture a finished product. Linked to the BOM is the Master Production Schedule (MPS), a strategic plan that outlines the production quantities and schedules for finished goods. This schedule serves as a guide for manufacturers, enabling them to align production with market demand and achieve revenue growth through the timely delivery of products.
• Inventory management is a critical aspect of MRP, addressing the balance between maintaining sufficient stock levels to meet customer demand while avoiding unnecessary carrying costs. MRP II, or Manufacturing Resource Planning, extends the capabilities of MRP by integrating additional factors such as factory workers, material and labor costs, and production delays. This integration enhances overall production efficiency and enables manufacturers to make informed decisions based on real-time data.
• To avoid disruptions in the supply chain, MRP utilizes a closed-loop system. This closed-loop MRP continuously assesses inventory status, making adjustments to production plans in response to changes in demand or supply chain dynamics. By managing inventory stockouts and optimizing lead times, MRP ensures that manufacturers can meet customer lead time expectations and maintain a competitive edge in the market.

Transform your manufacturing and supply chain processes with Quantzig’s cutting-edge Material Requirements Planning (MRP) solutions. Our tailored approach, leveraging advanced analytics and industry expertise, ensures optimal resource utilization, streamlined production, and enhanced overall efficiency. Elevate your operations with Quantzig’s MRP excellence for a future-ready manufacturing ecosystem. To understand how,

• Automation plays a pivotal role in MRP, streamlining calculations and data management processes. Through the integration of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, manufacturers can enhance data integrity and achieve a synchronized flow of information across various departments. This digital transformation supports economic order quantity calculations and aligns with the principles of renowned figures in manufacturing, such as Henry Ford and the Toyota Production System.
• The shift from traditional push production planning systems to pull systems is a hallmark of MRP’s evolution. The American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) has played a significant role in advancing these methodologies. Demand-driven material requirements planning (DDMRP) has emerged as a contemporary approach, integrating lean production principles and prioritizing customer-centric supply chain management.

Advantages and Disadvantages of MRP

Advantages of material requirements planning (mrp):.

• Optimized Production Planning: MRP facilitates optimized production planning by utilizing the Bill of Materials (BOM) and Master Production Schedule (MPS) to ensure that manufacturers have the right materials and components available when needed. This strategic approach minimizes production delays, enhances efficiency, and supports revenue growth through timely product delivery.

• Efficient Inventory Management: One of the key benefits of MRP is its ability to streamline inventory management. By maintaining an Inventory Status File (ISF) and continuously monitoring stock levels, manufacturers can prevent inventory stockouts and minimize carrying costs. This ensures a balanced approach to inventory that supports affordable consumer goods and sustainable revenue growth.

• Enhanced Supply Chain Visibility: MRP provides enhanced visibility into the supply chain, allowing manufacturers to identify potential disruptions and proactively address issues. This contributes to the overall resilience of the supply chain management (SCM) process, aligning with the principles of closed-loop MRP and ensuring consistent product availability.

• Precision in Demand Planning: MRP supports precise demand planning by considering factors such as lead time, dependent and independent demand, and customer lead time. This precision helps manufacturers align production with market demand, avoiding overproduction or shortages. The integration of advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software further enhances the accuracy of demand forecasts.

Disadvantages of Material Requirements Planning (MRP):

• Complexity and Implementation Challenges: Implementing MRP systems can be complex, requiring significant time and resources. The need for accurate data, proper training, and robust data management practices poses challenges for some organizations. Ensuring data integrity and managing multilevel bill of materials in a dynamic production environment can be demanding.

• Dependency on Accurate Data: The success of MRP hinges on the availability of accurate and up-to-date data. Inaccuracies in data, whether related to lead times, raw materials, or finished goods, can lead to errors in calculations and suboptimal decision-making. Maintaining data integrity is crucial to the effectiveness of MRP.

• Rigidity in Handling Changes: MRP systems can be rigid in adapting to sudden changes in demand or production schedules. In situations where production delays or inventory stockouts occur due to unforeseen circumstances, MRP may struggle to quickly readjust plans. This lack of flexibility can impact the responsiveness of manufacturing operations.

• Costs and Resource Allocation: The initial costs associated with implementing MRP systems, including software, training, and data management, can be significant. For some manufacturers, especially smaller businesses, these upfront costs may be prohibitive. Additionally, ongoing maintenance and updates can strain resources, impacting overall affordability for certain organizations.

Difference Between MRP and ERP:

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) are both integral to the manufacturing and supply chain processes, yet they serve distinct purposes within an organization.

1. Scope and Functionality:

MRP primarily focuses on the planning and scheduling of materials and production processes. It utilizes the Bill of Materials (BOM) and Master Production Schedule (MPS) to ensure the availability of raw materials, optimize inventory levels, and streamline production.

ERP, on the other hand, is a broader system that integrates various business processes beyond materials and production. It encompasses financials, human resources, customer relationship management, and other organizational functions, providing a comprehensive solution for overall resource management.

2. Focus Area:

MRP is specifically geared towards managing and optimizing the production processes, ensuring that the right materials are available at the right time to meet demand.

ERP extends its reach beyond production to include finance, HR, and other areas, offering a holistic view of an organization’s resources and facilitating seamless communication between different departments.

3. Integration:

MRP systems are often standalone solutions focused on material and production planning. They may not integrate as extensively with other organizational functions.

ERP is designed to be an integrated solution, allowing real-time data sharing and collaboration across various departments. This integration enhances overall organizational efficiency.

4. Data Management:

MRP primarily deals with data related to materials, production schedules, and inventory. It requires accurate and timely data specific to these areas for effective planning.

ERP manages a broader set of data, including financials, HR records, customer information, and more. The accuracy and integration of this diverse data set are crucial for the success of ERP.

5. Complexity:

MRP systems are generally less complex than ERP systems, as they have a narrower focus on material and production planning.

ERP systems can be more complex due to their wide-ranging functionality, requiring comprehensive training and often involving a more extensive implementation process.

In summary, while MRP is a specialized tool for optimizing material and production planning, ERP serves as a comprehensive solution that integrates and manages a multitude of organizational functions beyond manufacturing.

The Challenges of the F&B Client  

Our client, a major F&B player, faced severe demand fluctuations for its products due to several factors, such as adverse weather events and rapidly changing consumer trends, which led to volatile consumption patterns. The unpredictability of these factors meant that our client was either experiencing a shortage or a surplus of raw materials. Our client approached Quantzig to implement precise purchasing of raw materials based on accurate demand forecasts . It also sought to optimize its logistic infrastructure to ensure timely delivery of raw materials and finished products. In addition, it wanted us to track and trace the utilization of raw materials to safeguard use before expiration. Adequate visualization of inventory usage is critical in the F&B industry to minimize wastage, promote food safety, and thus adhere to stringent regulations. 

Food & Beverage MRP Solutions  

Our MRP software solutions are equipped with built-in forecasting tools that combine historical sales patterns and ongoing demand fluctuations, enabling our clients to estimate raw material requirements. Our MRP solutions represented an advance over the reorder point (ROP) process that our client previously utilized to restore inventory.  

Our MRP is integrated with handheld barcode scanners that record and track raw materials’ expiration dates. We helped our client implement a first-expiry, first-out (FEFO) picking method through our solutions. Moreover, our client used our MRP system’s vendor modules and traceability features to compare anticipated lead times and actual delivery dates. In addition, it could flag anomalies such as incomplete and incorrect orders, which helped our client switch to better raw material suppliers. 

Impact Analysis of Quantzig MRP system   

Our client used the unique features of our MRP system, such as the time-phased manufacturing and purchasing plans, which helped optimize its inventory and output. The alignment of the entire manufacturing process with demand forecasts helped our client avoid shortages, which would have otherwise adversely impacted sales, revenues, and customer relationships. 

Our solutions also provided our client with a complete view of the supply and demand for raw materials in the manufacturing process. It could create production instructions for its workforce and purchase an adequate number of raw materials based on inputs from the MRP interface. 

The key impacts of our Material Requirements Planning solutions included the following:  

• Reduced lead time required to procure raw materials from 30 days to 5-10 days 
• Improved cash flow due to accurate planning of raw material purchasing 
• Used historical sales data to forecast demand accurately throughout the year 

Key Outcomes  

The adoption of Quantzig’s MRP interface helped the client optimize its manufacturing process. Our system helped implement precise purchasing of raw materials based on accurate demand forecasts . It also streamlined the logistics base to ensure timely delivery of raw materials and finished products. The ability to track and trace the utilization of raw materials facilitated a reduction in wastage and adherence to food safety compliance regulations. 

Broad Perspective on the role of Materials Requirement Planning in the F&B Industry:  

The food and beverage industry are highly competitive, making it necessary for key players to leverage tools and resources to optimize the manufacturing process. Only a handful of solutions can handle businesses’ unique inventory management needs in the F&B industry, and even fewer partners can deliver the correct answers. Quantzig focuses on providing our clients in the F&B industry with new ways to improve their material planning, considering the fast-changing megatrends observed in the industry. Some of the significant trends in MRP technology include the following: 

• Self-reporting inventory: MRP systems can now leverage the Internet-of-things (IoT), including smart devices and connected sensors, to deliver automation and self-reporting for materials resource planning. 
• Mobile MRP solutions: Mobile-ready MRP solutions have become a norm as they offer inventory managers on-the-go access to data. 

Key Takeaways  

• Material requirement planning (MRP) tools are essential for optimum inventory utilization 
• Tracking and tracing of raw materials to help to reduce wastage and maintain food safety 
• MRP tools leverage business intelligence to forecast demand, analyze trends, and review order patterns 
• Real-time analytics provide better visibility of the process 
• Production planning tools create a synergy between demand and supply, which is essential in driving sales and revenues  

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Material Requirements Planning (Mrp)

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) An overview of MRP Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a software based production planning and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. Although it is not common nowadays, it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well.

Is a computer based information system that translates the finished product requirements of the master schedule into time- phased requirements for subassemblies, component parts and raw materials, working backward from the due date using lead times and other information to determine when and how much to order.

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Material requirements planning is as much a philosophy as it is a technique, and as much approach to scheduling as it to inventory control. MRP begin with a schedule for finished goods that is converted into a schedule of requirements for the subassemblies, components parts, and raw materials is needed to produce the finished items in the specified time frame. Thus, MRP is designed to answer three questions: what is needed? How much is needed? and When is needed?

Manufacturing industries must follow planning processes for every product, from its developmental stage to initial production and to final product. To outline each part of production planning, businesses use computer-based information tools such as material requirements planning, or MRP, and manufacturing resource planning, or MRP I. They function as integrated manufacturing control and activity systems MRP inputs An MRP system has three major sources of information: a master schedule, a bill of materials file, and an inventory records file.

A master schedule is also referred to as master production schedule, states which ends items are to be produced when they are needed, and in what quantities. Then, a bills of materials(BOM) contains a listing of all the assemblies, parts, and raw materials that are needed to produce one unit of a finished product. Thus each finished product has its own bill of materials. And lastly, inventory records refers to stored information on the status of each items by time period, called time buckets. This include gross requirements, scheduled receipts, and expected amount on hand.

It also include other details for each items, such as supplier, lead time, and lot size policy. MRP Systems MRP systems use production stage charts, materials requirement planning and master production schedules to outline the process of creating final products. It outlines the time needed during each production stage, status of outstanding orders and inventory needs for the initial process. It determines the time required for each production stage and demand for the final product. MRP1 Systems MRPII adds data resources to the original MRP manufacturing information systems.

MRPII incorporates plan activities–such as a detailed production schedule and financial needs, inventory management, demand planning, shop-floor control and performance measurements–into manufacturing groups, such as the car industry and Marine Corps logistics. MRP and MRPI Integration MRP and MRPI systems are normally integrated into other production systems, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), but are still found separately today due to computer prices. The system a company uses depends on requirements.

Just In Time (JIT) inventory strategy will sometimes supersede MRP during repetitive manufacturing processes, since receiving the raw materials during production cuts down on warehouse space and costs. For pharmaceutical and defense manufacturing industries, which use non repetitive production processes, the MRP system is still preferred.

Project Benefits MRP allows for organization of the process as a project instead of continuous operation. The project engineer can produce a project master document with such information as division into units, date of the plan and name of the project. A project team is formed.

The name of the team, role of the team and role of any team member or employee using MRP will be defined. Activities in the project can be linked through the use of planning, control of activities and co-ordination. MRP can be used to compute the earliest and latest possible start date for each activity of the project.

MRP utilizes reject codes to assure consistent product quality by identifying units out of compliance. MRP further assures quality by using quality assurance methods to monitor line production. Rejected lots of product are tracked by operation work centers. Rejection of materials is tracked by vendor.

Guidelines are developed for inspection of finished products as well as at pre-determined points in the manufacturing process.

Outgoing goods’ quality control and quality certifications are utilized. The benefits of the implementation of MRP versus of the cost of the system are considerations for companies examining this method. Lower end estimates for the cost of such a system are approximately $93,000 for a small company to $1,633,000 for the largest companies. However, the implementation approach, management support and degree of computerization have been found to be more important in achieving benefits than the cost of the system.

The size of the company and the nature of the process or product appear to have little effect upon success.

MRP will plan production so that the right materials are at the right place at the right time. MRP determines the latest possible time to product goods, buy materials and add manufacturing value. Proper Material Requirements Planning can keep cash in the firm and still fulfill all production demands. It is the single most powerful tool in guiding inventory planning, purchase management and production control. MRP is easy to operate and adds dramatically to profits.

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