Applying material requirement planning system for Saigon Garmex Company

Abstract

Garmex Saigon Company has been suffered uncontrollable material requirement for years. Sixty percent of necessary material for production is imported from China, which lead to many problems for the company. The precise time and quantity to release the purchasing order also needs for Return on Equity and competitive ability of the company. The main reason is that the Sale Department was mainly based on experiences without helping of specialized information technology tool. This thesis presents a design of MRP system for Garmex Saigon Company to improve its material requirement planning. The system utilizes several tools of inventory management and scheduling for calculation of required materials, quantity and time to release orders. Keywords: material requirement planning, MRP, inventory management, scheduling, quantity, time for releasing order.