Production planning improvement in a t-shirt printing company using Material Requirement Planning (MRP) approach: a case study

Sulau Padan, Cassandra and Su’ai @ Suani, Nur Ratna and Ruselan, Mohammad Fahmi and Nordin, Muhammad Daud and Raja Mamat, Tengku Nur Azila and Mahmood, Salwa and Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira (2022) Production planning improvement in a t-shirt printing company using Material Requirement Planning (MRP) approach: a case study. In: Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Advanced Technology. Penerbit UTHM, UTHM, pp. 56-61. ISBN 978-967-2817-40-6

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Abstract

Material requirement planning (MRP) is one of production planning and control (PPC) concept used for short-term scheduling. Sibawaih Ventures faced problem in handling customer order when their business receive more order than usual. A case study is conducted to T-shirt A production to assist Sibawaih Ventures in planning their production. By studying product structure of T-shirt A and dependency of each part, as well as lead time required to complete T-shirt A, MRP schedule is generated. MRP schedule shows that, Sibawaih Ventures can produce 800 t�shirts in 7 days time, thus, customer orders can be met in a timely manner. MRP schedule provides all information provided by production people to run production, while management can use MRP schedule to control and monitor production accordingly.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Material requirement planning; operation management; production planning and control
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery > TJ1125-1345 Machine shops and machine shop practice
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering Technology > Department of Mechnical Engineering Technology
Depositing User:	Mr. Abdul Rahim Mat Radzuan
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2022 03:30
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2022 03:30
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/6833

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