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Planning Production and Operations source: pexels Some of the major areas of planning and their computerized support are: Materials Requirement Planning (MRP): MRP is a production planning, scheduling and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing process. An MRP system is intended to simultaneously meet three objectives: • Ensure materials are available for production and products are available for delivery to customers. • Maintain the lowest possible material and product levels in store. • Plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules and purchasing activities. • Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II): MRP II is an integrated computer system that connects the regular MRP to other functional areas, especially finance and human resources. It can also be defined as 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 ...