Production & Materials Planning & MRP

Production & Materials Planning transforms demand into executable production, purchasing, inventory, and material plans that enable predictable revenue fulfillment, superior customer service, and profitable growth. As a critical component of SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations Planning), it aligns supply with demand while improving visibility into capacity, inventory, and resource requirements. Explore articles, insights, and best practices on MRP, production scheduling, material planning, supply planning, inventory management, and strategies to improve working capital, supply chain responsiveness, and operational execution.

Production Scheduling Best Practices Drive Increased Customer Service, Operational Efficiencies & Inventory Turns
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Production Scheduling Best Practices Drive Increased Customer Service, Operational Efficiencies & Inventory Turns

Supply Chain Planning, Production & Materials Planning

Production Scheduling Best Practices Drive Increased Customer Service, Operational Efficiencies & Inventory Turns

Manufacturing has struggled to produce what customers want on-time without spending a fortune and tying up excess cash unnecessarily in the wrong, "just-in-case" inventory. It is a tough environment spiraling out of control with supply chain chaos.

admin2026-06-20T16:09:59-07:00July 8, 2022|Categories: Supply Chain Planning, Production & Materials Planning|Tags: Best of, capacity planning, customer service, inventory reduction, MPS, MRP, On-Time Delivery, operational excellence, predictability, Production & Materials Planning, Production scheduling, productivity, profitability, supply chain planning, Throughput, working capital|

Material Planning Best Practices to Proactively Manage Cost & Service
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Material Planning Best Practices to Proactively Manage Cost & Service

Supply Chain Planning, Production & Materials Planning

Material Planning Best Practices to Proactively Manage Cost & Service

Since the pandemic, it has been a constant battle to ensure material availability, let alone to proactively manage cost and service. Even the most proactive and successful clients have experienced brief shortages of key materials and extended lead-times. The rest have been plagued with these issues.

admin2026-06-20T16:23:39-07:00June 2, 2022|Categories: Supply Chain Planning, Production & Materials Planning|Tags: Best of, customer service, inventory optimization, MRP, On-Time Delivery, predictability, Production & Materials Planning, profitability, replenishment, Resiliency, S&OP, SIOP, strategic sourcing, supply chain planning|

Production Planning Best Practices to Recover Capacity
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Production Planning Best Practices to Recover Capacity

Supply Chain Planning, Production & Materials Planning

Production Planning Best Practices to Recover Capacity

Every production planner has the challenging job of managing a complex set of conflicting priorities - meeting customer requested ship dates and new product trials, supporting manufacturing and logistics performance objectives, and addressing finance's objectives as it relates to inventory levels and cash flow.

admin2026-06-20T17:38:07-07:00February 22, 2022|Categories: Supply Chain Planning, Production & Materials Planning|Tags: Best of, capacity planning, customer service, MPS, MRP, On-Time Delivery, predictability, Production & Materials Planning, productivity, profitability, Revenue growth, S&OP, SIOP, supply chain planning, Throughput, working capital|

Ramping Back Up: Where Should You Focus?
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Ramping Back Up: Where Should You Focus?

Supply Chain Planning, Production & Materials Planning

Ramping Back Up: Where Should You Focus?

We are seeing business just beginning to ramp up. As said in our eBook, Future-Proofing Manufacturing & Supply Chain Post COVID-19, this is not an on/off switch. We should turn the dial carefully (as quickly as possible while accounting for the end-to-end supply chain). Every situation is different. Yet, [...]

admin2026-06-09T23:41:45-07:00August 22, 2020|Categories: Supply Chain Planning, Production & Materials Planning|Tags: scalability|

Top Trending Client Request: Reduce Inventory
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Top Trending Client Request: Reduce Inventory

Supply Chain Planning, Production & Materials Planning

Top Trending Client Request: Reduce Inventory

ore than 50% of client requests in the last several months have related to inventory. In fact, it seems to be a trending hot topic! In today's era of the Amazon Effect where customers expect more and have ZERO patience to wait yet we are in a volatile environment with tariffs and concerns about space, costs and more, more inventory is needed to grow the business yet businesses cannot afford it.