| Article ID: | iaor1991425 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Start Page Number: | 28 |
| End Page Number: | 31 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1989 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | LaForge R. Lawrence, Aull Rhonda L. |
| Keywords: | production: MRP |
Recent studies suggest that the incremental approach to part-period balancing for determining lot sizes is both easy to understand and cost effective in single- and multi-level environments. This incremental version can also be used to determine how sensitive the timing of planned orders is to changes in demand or forecast errors.