Master Requirement Planning and Master Production Scheduling Software: Hard Facts
Part One: Planning and Scheduling Concepts in Manufacturing
Ashfaque Ahmed - October 11, 2004

Introduction

Any manufacturing activity is riddled with a lot of constraints, and even though the so-called "best enterprise" software companies in the world cannot solve them in their entirety, manufacturers can look for best-of-breed solutions to mitigate problems. Some common problems in manufacturing include long and erratic production lead times, irregular patterns of ordering, high setup and change over times, process bottlenecks, and excess inventory along the process route...