MRP,DRP & VMI

MRP is focused on

• Inbound Supply Chain

• Outbound Supply Chain

One of the goals of the MRP is to maintain ___level of inventory

• Lowest

• Highest

• Moderate

How MRP started?

• Install MRP

• determine the independent demand

• determine the dependent demand

• get customer order

One of the keywords of MRP would be

• Unit based planning

• Month-phased planning

• time-phased planning

• Quality based planning

It specifies the exact amount of raw materials, components, and subassemblies needed to produce an independent-demand item. Besides identifying gross requirements as needed quantities.

• Master production schedule (MPS)

• Bill of materials file (BOM)

• Inventory status file (ISF)

• DRP

Based on actual customer orders as well as on demand forecasts, the ______ drives the entire MRP system. It details exactly what independent demand items an organization must produce and when they are needed. In other words, it provides a detailed schedule of the production timing and quantities for various products.

• Master production schedule (MPS)

• Bill of materials file (BOM)

• Inventory status file (ISF)

• Sea Waybill

Which one is WRONG about the characteristics of MRP

• Can also fit for highly customized in low volume

• More suitable for batch production or projects

• Coordinate material ordering from different points

• suitable when the customer order and forecast on independent demand

4 Disadvantages of MRP

DRP is focused on

• Inbound Supply Chain

• Outbound Supply Chain

Can we use data in DRP for the material requirement planning?

• Yes

• No