A computer-aided production planning system for a fertilizer manufacturing company

Abstract

This study aims to design a specific Computer-Aided Production Planning System for a private chemical fertilizer manufacturing company in a recently liberalized market, within the bounds of the environmental and organizational conditions. The respective computer pacage has been designed as an integrated whole to achieve maximum flexibility and ease of application. The package consists of three main modules : Inventory Planning to maintain inventory investment at an optimum level; Material ReqUirements Planning to secure time phased availability of the inventory items and finally Capacity Requirements Planning to match the production schedules with the productive capability of the production centers. The framework includes two supplementary modules, namely ABC Analysis and Bill of Materials and read/write programs for the data files.