Overview of Material Requirements Planning
Material requirements planning (MRP) calculates net requirements from gross requirements by evaluating:
- on-hand inventory balances
It then plans replenishments by creating a set of recommendations to release or reschedule orders for material based on net material requirements. These planned recommendations are stated in:
- discrete quantities, with due dates
- repetitive build rates, with first and last unit start dates
Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning assumes infinite capacity is available to meet the material requirements plan. However, you can use capacity planning to verify that sufficient capacity exists to support your material plan.
Supply Chain Planning users can also generate distribution requirements plans (DRP) and manage their material requirements across multiple, interdependent organizations. See: Material and Distribution Requirements Planning.
See Also
Master Scheduling
Overview of Planning Logic
Overview of Capacity Planning
