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The basic reason for this is simply that it becomes evident that better re sults can be
had under the MRP treatment. The user at this point normally also has overcome his or
her initial emotional reaction to the elaborateness of MRP procedures (which, after all, are
being performed by a machine with no apparent difficulty or loss of time), and the cost
argument is seen for what it is—the expense of processing some additional items by an
existing MRP system is trivial.

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Wight, O. W. “Time Phasing,” Modern Materials Handling, October 1971.