Brilliant minds come along everyday, but few of those minds accomplish that of Joseph Orlicky. Without him, we would have never had MRP, MRP2 or even the modern ERP. When Mr. Orlicky developed the netting algorithm and established the foundational concepts and principles of Material Requirements Planning (MRP), every company relied on different variations of statistical analysis and various reorder point methods. These same companies also carried massive amounts of buffer inventory and safety stock.
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