Buffering Decisions under MRP Environment: A Review

• Main Authors: CHU, Chao-Hsien, Hayya, J. C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1988
• Subjects: Computer Sciences; Management Information Systems; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1802; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-0483(88)90069-2
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper reviews the buffering issues in materials requirements planning (MRP) systems, issues whose combined effects have not been adequately dealt with in the literature. Though some factors, such as part commonality and lot sizing, have been dealt with individually, their interactions, for exam...