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Setting MRP Parameters and Optimizing the Production Planning Process

Journal

PROCESSES
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr10040690

Keywords

Lean management; Material Resources Planning (MRP); ABC inventory analysis; optimization; planning

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  1. Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
  2. Slovak Academy Sciences [VEGA 1/0641/20]

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This article presents a systematic framework that combines the ABC method and the MRP planning method in Lean management. The benefits of implementing this combination are demonstrated through a case study, showing significant reduction in changeover downtimes and financial savings.
This article describes a methodical framework that combines two specific methods of Lean management, namely the ABC method and the MRP planning method. The article further argues that combining the ABC inventory method with subsequent MRP planning is beneficial if the combination is implemented in practice. To demonstrate the benefits, the framework is tested using a case study company. The presented case-study problem is to reduce the number of changeover downtimes in the environment of an engineering production company. The researched company deals with the problem of setting up production lines in a way to minimize the number of downtimes within one work shift. Within the solution, four possible variants of the production plan are presented. By combining the ABC and MRP methods, up to four changeovers can be saved, which in financial terms represents a saving of about EUR 450,000 per year.

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