A Comparative Study on Material Requirements Planning and Just-In-Time
物料需求计划与准时生产制的对比分析

In this paper, a comparasion on backgrounds, components, operations and preformances of two production control methods, Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Just-In-Time (JIT) is given. The studies on hybrid Push/Pull control strategies which combined MRP and JIT are surved too. It is also discussel that which strategy is easy to be integrated with manufacturing process in CIM. Considering the condition in China, we recommend that the Push/Pull hybird control strategy is more applicable.