Order Promising and the Master Production Schedule*
通过模拟物料需求计划环境，研究了主生产计划方法的选择如何受最终产品需求波动影响，并发现缓冲库存放在与主生产计划相同的产品结构层级能提升特定方法的有效性。
ABSTRACT Previous research on material requirements planning (MRP) systems has rarely considered the impact of the master production scheduling method used to promise customer orders and to allocate production capacity. Based on a simulation study of an MRP environment, we show that the correct selection of a master production schedule (MPS) method depends on the variance of end‐item demand. In addition, we find evidence that the effectiveness of a particular MPS method can be enhanced by holding buffer inventory at the same level in the product structure as in the MPS.