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We implement a Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP II) system that considers the process that begins when an order is placed by a customer and ends with the production of the corresponding item. Two implementations, in a printing shop and in an appliance factory, show that the success of such a system depends on its capability to complement, rather than replace, the human planner. Such a capability is based on the system’s architecture: The data structure, the scheduling heuristic, and the graphic interface required by the user in the shop floor.
Partial support for this work was provided by Fundación Andes, project C-13222/7
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Nussbaum, M., Singer, M., Garretón, G., Hernandez, O. (1998). An Interactive MRP II — Scheduling System. In: Drexl, A., Kimms, A. (eds) Beyond Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03742-3_14
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