| Article ID: | iaor1990142 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Start Page Number: | 57 |
| End Page Number: | 64 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1986 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Khumawala Basheer M., Hixon Charles, Law Japhet S. |
| Keywords: | production, production: MRP |
The concepts of production planning and control of MRP II are applied within the service industry. Planning within job-shop manufacturing and intermittently processed services are contrasted. A step-by-step comparison within the MRP II framework provides assistance in answering to what extent a given service should parallel this production planning technique.