The early road to material requirements planning
回顾了物料需求计划（MRP）在20世纪晚期的形成过程，重点介绍了计算机技术的进步和早期关键贡献者如何推动这一工厂物料管理方法的缓慢发展。
Abstract Material requirements planning (MRP) systems became a prominent approach to managing the flow of raw material and components on the factory floor in the late 20th century. Its adoption was not an over night phenomenon, but was a slow progression over many decades. This article chronicles many developments and events during the formative years of MRP, highlighting changes in computer technology and contributions by key early proponents of this approach for managing the flow of material on the factory floor.