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The early road to material requirements planning
Author(s) -
Mabert Vincent A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/j.jom.2006.04.002
Subject(s) - factory (object oriented programming) , material requirements planning , computer science , material flow , key (lock) , formative assessment , operations management , phenomenon , business , process management , architectural engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , production (economics) , computer security , sociology , economics , ecology , pedagogy , biology , macroeconomics , programming language , physics , quantum mechanics
Material requirements planning (MRP) systems became a prominent approach to managing the flow of raw material and components on the factory floor in the late 20th century. Its adoption was not an over night phenomenon, but was a slow progression over many decades. This article chronicles many developments and events during the formative years of MRP, highlighting changes in computer technology and contributions by key early proponents of this approach for managing the flow of material on the factory floor.