John Kenworthy is one of the founding partners of MLG, after a career in planning and control within ICI Pharmaceuticals and some years combining consultancy the role of Visiting Professor in Industrial Studies at the University of Liverpool.

This book was written as one of series instigated by the Institute of Operations Management, the UK’s professional body for persons involved in Production Management, Supply Chain Management and Operations Management in manufacturing and service industries. In it John offers an easy to follow overview of the principles and practice of manufacturing control, with the emphasis throughout on practical approaches and techniques rather than on theoretical discussion.

A key point demonstrated throughout is that many problems are common to different types of manufacturing enterprises, challenging one of the common misconceptions that leads people to believing that their business faces unique issues and therefore cannot make use of generic approaches. Another basic issue addressed is that of best practice being drawn from the whole range of techniques available – in particular that the classic argument of the Western approach of MRP being incompatible with the kanban element of Just in Time (JIT) is completely flawed.

Subjects Covered

Among the subjects addressed are:

• · Types of manufacturing business
• · Business models and approaches to planning
• · Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII)
• · Order policies, lead times and bills of material
• · Sales forecasting
• · Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP),
• · Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
• · Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) and short term scheduling
• · Optimised Production Technology (OPT)
• · Just in Time and Continuous Improvement (Lean)
• · Implementing manufacturing planning and control systems

• Exercises at the end of each chapter help readers assimilate important points. This book is an invaluable aid not only for the industrial managers who are responsible for manufacturing planning and control, but also students, trainers and anyone wishing to increase their understanding of manufacturing control systems.

ISBN: 978-1855733077

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Other books and booklets available from MLG are:

Manufacturing Resource Planning by Robin Goodfellow

Sales & Operations Planning by Robin Goodfellow

Planning and Control of Engineer to Order (ETO) Manufacturing by Ian Henderson