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2. Master production schedule - Wikipedia

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   A master production schedule (MPS) is a plan for individual commodities to be produced in each time period such as production, staffing, inventory, etc. [1] It is usually linked to manufacturing where the plan indicates when and how much of each product will be demanded. [2] This plan quantifies significant processes, parts, and other resources ...

3. Material requirements planning - Wikipedia

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   Material requirements planning. Material requirements planning (MRP) is a production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. Most MRP systems are software -based, but it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well. An MRP system is intended to simultaneously meet three objectives:

4. Production schedule - Wikipedia

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   Production schedule. The production schedule is a project plan of how the production budget will be spent over a given timescale, for every phase of a business project. The scheduling process starts with the script, which is analysed and broken down, scene by scene, onto a sequence of breakdown sheets, each of which records the resources ...

5. Manufacturing resource planning - Wikipedia

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   Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) [1] is a method for the effective planning of all resources of a manufacturing company. Ideally, it addresses operational planning in units, financial planning, and has a simulation capability to answer "what-if" questions and is an extension of closed-loop MRP (Material Requirements Planning).

6. Manufacturing readiness level - Wikipedia

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   The manufacturing readiness level (MRL) is a measure to assess the maturity of manufacturing readiness, similar to how technology readiness levels (TRL) are used for technology readiness. They can be used in general industry assessments, [1] or for more specific application in assessing capabilities of possible suppliers.

7. Heijunka box - Wikipedia

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   Heijunka box. A heijunka box is a visual scheduling tool used in heijunka, a method originally created by Toyota for achieving a smoother production flow. While heijunka is the smoothing of production, the heijunka box is the name of a specific tool used in achieving the aims of heijunka. The heijunka box is generally a wall schedule which is ...

8. Scheduling (production processes) - Wikipedia

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   Overview. Scheduling is the process of arranging, controlling and optimizing work and workloads in a production process. Companies use backward and forward scheduling to allocate plant and machinery resources, plan human resources, plan production processes and purchase materials. Forward scheduling is planning the tasks from the date resources ...

9. Fixed repeating schedule - Wikipedia

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   Fixed repeating schedule is a key element of the Toyota Production System and lean manufacturing. [1] As its name suggests it is a production schedule which is 'unchanging' and repeated perhaps daily or over a longer period such as two weeks or month. [2] If it can be implemented, economies of repetition start to become evident and suppliers ...