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Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Definition: Material requirements planning is a computer-driven production methodology that uses bills of material, inventory records, and a production schedule to forecast and order materials, so that those materials needed for scheduled production are available in the correct quantities and on the correct dates. A more advanced version of MRP is manufacturing resources planning (MRP II).