| Article ID: | iaor19911932 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Start Page Number: | 27 |
| End Page Number: | 32 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1990 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Ashton J.E., Johnson M.D., Cook F.X. |
MRP-type systems virtually cannot work for short-term shop floor control in complicated system manufacturing environments. The present analysis suggests what does work, which provides management a direction in which to improve their operations results: a ‘material availability’ approach which legitimizes the shortage list approach in a workable manner.