Material Requirement Planning in a Briquette Factory

Abstract

In this study, material requirement planning was carried out for a company that produces briquette, uses several main products and hundreds of raw materials and semi-finished products. The fact that material requirements planning is not applied at the moment is causing the production of customer complaints, causing disturbances and confusion in stocks. This situation, which resulted in poor performance on behalf of the company, made material requirement planning inevitable. For the study, the company's current situation was analyzed first. Using the data obtained afterwards, a regular MRP system was established with Akınsoft Wolvox ERP program and the resulting results were analyzed. The problems encountered are solved by the Akınsoft Wolvox ERP program, in which MRP production is made more efficient and faster than the normal structure, customer satisfaction is increased and inventory confusion is prevented.