(The Boeing Company is the selected company)
Develop an Excel
based Distribution Requirements Plan for your chosen product. Use the format
and logic as shown in the illustrative Excel spread sheet to be found under
Course Content. Show at least 4 distribution warehouses with 4 components
planned for each with at least 1 common to all distribution warehouses. Review
the Kaltura presentation for this week, as well as pages 319 through 406 in
your Logistics textbook. Your DRP Excel file will be accompanied by a written
assignment containing:
- Details on
how this module could be implemented (assignment management process, who
should be involved, and why, etc.) within the chosen firm (300 words) - Details on
how this module could be operated (management process, key factors in the
DRP operating policy, who should be responsible and why, the users of
this modules data, etc.) within the chosen firm (300 words) - What could
be the future sources of inaccuracy in the data contained in the module
(300 words) - A comparison
of any 2 DRP schedule formats and logic taken from
http://www.softwareadvice.com/erp/?more=true#more or other DRP types from
your own research of available MRP software (300 words)