Editing Material requirements planning (section)

{{Short description|Production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system}}
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'''Material requirements planning''' ('''MRP''') is a  [[production planning]], [[scheduling]], and [[inventory]] control system used to [[management|manage]] [[manufacturing]] processes. Most MRP systems are [[computer software|software]]-based, but it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well.

An MRP system is intended to simultaneously meet three objectives:

* Ensure raw materials are available for [[manufacturing|production]] and [[product (business)|products]] are available for [[delivery (commerce)|delivery]] to customers.
* Maintain the lowest possible material and product levels in store
* Plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules and [[purchasing]] activities.