| Article ID: | iaor1990897 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Start Page Number: | 15 |
| End Page Number: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1987 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Rice James W., Norback John P. |
Successful development of MRP in discrete manufacturing has led many analysts to try adapting MRP to the process industries. Most firms in the process industries should find an approach based upon a simple matrix data structure to be more suited to their needs for calculating material, capacity, and other resource requirements.