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Using educational software to enhance the teaching & learning in computer integrated manufacturing: Material requirements planning module
Author(s) -
Cvetić Biljana,
Ilić Oliver R.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/cae.21641
Subject(s) - software , computer science , software engineering , engineering management , selection (genetic algorithm) , educational software , material requirements planning , manufacturing engineering , engineering drawing , engineering , artificial intelligence , programming language , production (economics) , economics , macroeconomics
The material requirements planning (MRP) is a traditional topic in operations management and industrial engineering education. This paper presents an application of custom‐made selection procedure of MRP educational software. The results of evaluation from the three generations of students showed that the selected MRP educational software was very useful in acquiring advanced students’ MRP skills. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. Comput Appl Eng Educ 23:682–693, 2015; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae ; DOI 10.1002/cae.21641