| Article ID: | iaor20001471 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 58 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 173 |
| End Page Number: | 181 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Economics |
| Authors: | Casimir Rommert J. |
In a variant of MRP, production is planned for lots of fixed size rather than time buckets of fixed duration. It is shown that the two methods are equivalent, and that planning of fixed-size lots has some advantages. However, introduction of a lot-bucket MRP system will meet with practical obstacles.