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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

In a manufacturing facility, it is essential that you ensure that materials and resources are fulfilled within the time frame requested. This can be a complex task as potential issues such as a supplier’s factory going down or transportation...

Material Requirement Planning, Demand planning, production scheduling, MRP II, Concurrent Planning and Scheduling