Precisely Wrong: Why Conventional Planning Systems Fail

by Carol A. Ptak and Chad J. Smith

Overview

At the heart of most supply chains lies a planning tool called Material Requirements Planning (MRP). Invented in the 1950s, codifed in the 1960s and commercialized in the 1970s, MRP became THE way of life for supply order generation and synchronization throughout the world. Yet the people that interact with MRP everyday know that something is very wrong. They may not be able to explain exactly why, but they know that if they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0831136189
• ISBN13: 9780831136185
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Industrial Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"