Glossary
Finite capacity scheduling
In practice
ERP's MRP mostly assumes infinite capacity. Where sequencing is complex, finite scheduling is the job of an APS; otherwise ERP, or an ERP module, is often enough. MES/MOM feeds back what actually happened.
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