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Manufacturers Should Focus on This Most Critical Component for Manufacturing Operations Excellence

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Getting back to the first post about " What is Manufacturing? ", with MRP we generated Purchase Orders (POs) and Manufacturing Orders (MOs). Does MRP end there? The dates on POs and MOs should be (if managed correctly) offset respecting lead times, and the due dates must meet the Master Production Schedule (MPS).

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Reshoring Or Not, What is Manufacturing? 4 Questions to Ponder with Real American Manufacturers

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GBC: Initially , Production Planning would issue Traveling Requisitions (TRs) to Purchasing with offsetting lead times and a “Due Date” to meet the MPS. But, the accuracies of near 100% daily were absolutely needed to meet the MPS. But, Production Control used Vendor Scheduling to meet production plans and to manage inventory.