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CHAPTER 1 Overview 9

examples are used as much as possible, and there are no pictures of actual forms, docu-
ments, and computer printouts.
The book consists of four parts. Part 1 describes our overall perspective on the cur-
rent manufacturing world. Part 2 examines the detailed MRP concepts as they exist in
reality today. Part 3 details how these concepts are used in different industries and appli-
cations. Finally, Part 4 details the roadmap for the near and distant future for this critical
manufacturing management tool.

It is interesting to note that the number of pages written on independent-
demand-type inventory systems outnumbers the pages written on material
requirements planning by well over 100 to 1. The number of items in invento-
ry that can best be controlled by material requirements planning outnumber
those that can be controlled effectively by order point in about the same ratio.
It is a sign of the adolescence of our field that the literature available is in
inverse proportion to the applicability of the techniques.
—OLIVER W. WIGHT, “DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A MATERIAL
REQUIREMENTS PLANNING SYSTEM,” IN PROCEEDINGS OF
THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF APICS, 1970

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