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The one aspect of logistics planning that we haven't talked about is where is all starts. Manufacturing planning and production control systems must be in sync with customer demand. Production schedules must be flexible and have the ability to change, shift, and re-focus production to meet changing customer demand. Without continuous communications from the S/M group, orders could be delayed causing a loss in sales. For this reason, MRP (materials requirements planning) and MRP II (manufacturing resource planning) were developed to ensure visibility and control throughout the manufacturing process. Let's suppose you are building an automobile assembly plant. You need to select the appropriate systems for assembling automobiles. What systems would you choose for the efficient building of automobiles.
You will address the following questions:
What manufacturing process type would you choose? Why?
What type of production facility/layout would you choose? Why?
Which type of manufacturing system (push or pull) would you most likely be operating under? Why?
Would the demand for automobiles be considered dependent or independent demand? How did you arrive at your selection?)
Would a bill of requirements (BOM: Bill of Materials) be required for each option of each vehicle? Why?
What level of planning (i.e MRP, MRP II, or ERP) would be needed to procure, manage, and control all of the automobile assembly processes? Would this improve production flows and capacity utilization? (HINT: Review video "Materials Requirements Planning MRP vs MRP 2 vs.ERP. What's the difference? in the Additional Resources folder.)
Attachment:- Logistics and Distribution Management.rar