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Methodologies for the structured development and
documentation of manufacturing planning and control systems

Stirling, MD

Authors

MD Stirling



Contributors

T Wood-Harper
Supervisor

Abstract

Computerised Manufacturing Planning and Control, (MPC), systems are used by many
manufacturing organisations and there has been a significant amount of research into the
implementation and use of these systems. It is apparent that these systems, once
implemented, require continuous development to meet changing business requirements.
What is not well understood is the optimal approach for this development process. This
thesis presents the findings of a collaborative industrial research project that addresses
this issue. The collaborative partner was Ferodo Ltd., Chapel-en-le-Frith, a leading
automotive friction product manufacturer. The project was conducted under the Total
Technology scheme.
A review of the development of MPC systems is presented. This review considers three
approaches to MPC; Manufacturing Resource Planning, (MRPII), Just in Time, (JIT)
and Optimised Production Technology, (OPT). It is shown that whilst there is diversity
between these approaches and their application in industry, there is convergence between
their data structure requirements. The work presented in this thesis is based around the
MRPII package used within Ferodo. The research concentrated on defining
methodologies for structured systems development, with two main themes:-
1. The development of a multi-stage methodology to assist in the appropriate choice
of systems development technique for creation of an effective manufacturing
database.
2. Following on from the above, the thesis identifies the need for structured,
hierarchical documentation to accompany a manufacturing database. A
methodology for creation of this documentation is presented which is based on a
pre-defined, top level, template. The methodology uses modelling techniques and
defines four levels of documentation to help system developers derive
comprehensive documentation from this template. Intranet technology is
proposed as a mechanism for providing general access to this documentation.
Proposals for further work are presented which include additional testing of the systems
development methodology and creation of templates for different industrial scenarios.

Citation

documentation of manufacturing planning and control systems. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

Thesis Type Thesis
Deposit Date Jun 9, 2009
Publicly Available Date Jun 9, 2009
Additional Information Additional Information : PhD supervisors: Dr David Petty and Professor Trevor Wood-Harper
Award Date Nov 1, 2000

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