| Article ID: | iaor199196 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Start Page Number: | 1 |
| End Page Number: | 5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1988 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Maruchek Ann S., Peterson David K. |
| Keywords: | manufacturing industries |
This is the second of two articles surveying material describing microcomputer-based applications to manufacturing planning and control. Most of the applications use general-purpose software-like spreadsheets. Part II focuses on applications that serve to execute the planning functions discussed in the first article and to support the MPC system. [See previous abstract.]