Handbook of Material and Capacity Requirements Planning

by Gary Langenwalter, Howard W. Oden, Raymond Lucier

This step-by-step handbook is aimed at providing production and inventory managers the tools they need to choose and implement an optimal materials and capacity requirements planning (MCRP) system... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070479097
• ISBN13: 9780070479098
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Keys to understanding ERP

Although this book is focused on material and capacity requirements planning from an MRP perspective, the information directly translates into ERP, making this book essential reading for anyone, business- or technically-oriented, in ERP. The reason is the techniques, issues and factors that this book covers are the same for either environment.First, this book thoroughly describes materials management, workflow and production capacity, and does so in a clear manner. I especially appreciate the fact that the authors take pains to define and explain every term and concept that they introduce. This is a refreshing change from many book in which assumptions about the reader's knowledge is made, which often leads to frustration or misunderstanding. It also removes any ambiguity and ensures that terms that can have multiple meaning are placed into their proper context.Second, some of the material is out of date. For example the cited limitations of MRP software applications that existed when this book was written in 1993 have long since been rectified in the newer ERP packages from SAP, Baan and J.D. Edwards. However, even in the obviously out-of-date sections of this book are hidden gems, such as the Class ABCD System that was first developed by Oliver Wright as a means of classifying the maturity of MRP implementations based on answers to a 35 question checklist. This checklist can be applied with virtually no modification to ERP systems. Other gems include the way the authors distill major concepts into their salient points, such as TQM, and show how they relate to MRP, again, the same comparisons can be applied to ERP.The best thing about this book, however, is the detailed treatment of inventory control, materials requirements management, capacity planning and workflow - all of which are as integral to ERP as they are to the older MRP systems that this book describes. As you read this book you will gain an intimate knowledge of how everything works and fits together instead of a high-level conceptual understanding. That, in my opinion, is the best reason to get this book and thoroughly read it. In addition to this book I also recommend "Manufacturing Data Structures: Building Foundations for Excellence With Bills of Materials and Process Information" by Jerry Clement, John Sari and Andy Coldrick. That book adds the information systems perspective that is based on modern ERP systems and seamlessly augments the material in this book.

Usefull and meaningfull book for MRPII practitioners

It provides elementary and important knowledge to those who are interested in implementation of MRPII/ ERP on factories