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Materials resource planning (MRP) and distribution requirements planning (DRP) are two vital components of the manufacturing industry. Both of these planning methods are beneficial to manufacturing operations that are trying to optimize production...

Material, Lean Manufacturing, ERP, MRP, food manufacturing, Material Requirement Planning, Smart Factory 4.0, Industry 4.0, Distribution Requirements Planning, materials planning, Industry Trends, Industrial Distribution

Supply chain management is a complex process that involves coordinating the purchasing or materials, scheduling of operations, logistics, and planning of resource capacities. With the many aspects involved in supply chain planning, the distribution...

Advanced Planning and Scheduling, manufacturing, ERP, MRP, theory of constraints, enterprise resource planning, Material Requirement Planning, plant simulation, Distribution Requirements Planning, materials planning, Industrial Distribution, DRP

Inventory stock can include anything from raw materials, work-in-progress items, and finished goods. Having high levels of inventory has its advantages and disadvantages. On one hand, high inventory means that you have a product ready to ship out at...

Advanced Planning and Scheduling, capacity planning, PlanetTogether, JIT, Kanban, MRP, enterprise resource planning, Material Requirement Planning, Capacity Modeling, challenges in supply chain, inventory reduction, materials planning, Industrial Distribution