Mrp/mrpii, Manufacturing Resource Planning

Categories: Operation and Production,

—process for determining material, labor and machine requirements in a manufacturing environment. MRPII is the consolidation of material requirements planning (MRP), capacity requirements planning (CRP), and Master Production Scheduling (MPS). MRP was originally designed for materials planning only. When labor and machine (resources) planning were incorporated it became known as MRPII. Today the definition of MRPII is generally associated with MRP systems.