Overview
Table of contents
Part I. The Whole and Its PartsCh 1: Manufacturing as a ProcessCh 2: Inventory ManagementCh 3: Prerequisites of MRP 3.0Part II. Traditional Methodology Ch 4: MRP LogicCh 5: Keeping MRP up to dateCh 6: Lot sizing and Safety StockCh 7: Data requirements and ManagementPart III: MRP 3.0 Ch 8: Traditional MRP in Today’s Environment Ch 9: MRP 3.0 Component 1: Strategic Inventory Positioning Component 2: Buffer Level Profiling Component 3: Dynamic Buffer Maintenance Component 4: Pull-Based Demand Generation Component 5: Highly Visible and Collaborative ExecutionCh 10: Strategic Inventory PositioningCh 11: Dynamic Buffer Level Profiling Ch 12: Dynamic Buffer MaintenanceCh 13: Pull-Based Demand GenerationASR Demand Generation FeaturesCh 14: Highly Visible & Collaborative Execution Part IV. Applications Ch 15: Developing Valid InputsCh 16: Making Outputs UsefulCh 17: Demand Driven philosophies and MRP Ch 18: Engineer to Order Environments Part V: Looking Backward and ForwardCh 19: Lessons of the pastCh 20: Present stateCh 21: The Future of MRP 3.0
Author comments
Carol Ptak is at Pacific Lutheran University as Visiting Professor and Executive in Residence after years of executive management experience at PeopleSoft and IBM Corporation. Most recently, she served as the vice president and global industry executive for manufacturing and distribution industries at PeopleSoft where she developed the concept of Demand Driven Manufacturing (DDM), credited with significantly improving the company's position in the manufacturing industry software market.
Chad Smith is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Constraints Management Group (CMG: www.thoughtwarepeople.com), a services and technology company specializing in pull-based manufacturing, materials, and project management systems for mid-range and large manufacturers. Clients include LeTourneau Technologies, Boeing, Intel, Erickson Air-Crane, Siemens, IBM, The Charles Machine Works (Ditch Witch), and Oregon Freeze Dry. Chad is an expert in ASR and the Theory of Constraints (TOC).
