Materials Requirement Planning Software

	Key to Success # 5 – Advanced Excel Materials Requirements Planning
	Advanced Materials Requirement Planning creates dynamic MRP schedules that optimize the least cost solution for users' manufacturing requirements. Including material purchasing, defines minimum inventory levels, least cost production scheduling.
	With MRP.xla you can create an infinite number of MRP schedules with differing inputs.

Create a Materials Planning Schedule

Open the MRP dialog and create a MRP open schedule.

The table sizes are flexible. You can add as many time horizon columns and number of MRP schedules as you want to the tables via the Materials Requirements Planning dialog form. The instruction arrow directions in the screen below are supplied by the Instructions template, not by the add-in. The colored cells within the tables are calculated values.

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New Versions

New versions of the add-ins are released constantly. The screens above may have been improved beyond the images provided on this page. Refer to the instruction templates for description of added features and improvements. Buyers of our Add-In Collections receive upgrades automatically.

Single or Multi System Editions

Solutions (and functions) are linked to the add-in that creates them. When opened on another computer the reference includes a path to the add-in located on the originating system. Multi system editions provide a Links/Freeze function. Links/Freeze allows you to Freeze the output results created by system 1, copy to another system 2 with the add-in installed, then all outputs display in 2 (and systems 3, 4, 5, etc.). To run this add-in on several systems (work, laptop and at home) you need the multi system edition.

Add-In Menus

The add-in menu on this page is available in Mac versions of Excel. In Windows Excel, the add-in installs into the PJ_MLNS menu which is located on the toolbar. The add-in menu as shown does not display in Windows Excel.

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