Question

1. From IMM readings: Explain the evolution of GSCM planning and control from MRP, MRP II, and ERP systems.

Answer 1

Evolution of GSCM-

GSCM stands for Green Supply Chain Management. The companies establishing control strategies and mitigation of environmental impact and cleaner production, as green supply chain management.

Ex. Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India.

These MSMEs have been involved in such green supply chain practices only to the extent of their participation as suppliers, distributors and in other capacities as business partner.

GSCM is important because the levels of polluting substances in the soil, air and earth grew exponentially, contrary to what happened during the first half of the 20th century the main reason of this alarming levels is world economic production, especially in developing countries that often have few or no environmental laws.

Undet GSCM , environment is make free from pollution and government make policy to control pollution level if any suspect arise then they take appropriate action.

MRP-

It stands for Material Requirements Planning. MRP focused mainly on planning materials and organizing shop floor activities. Thus, their scope was limited to the manufacturing function. Its basic purpose is to measure what material you need, how much of it you need and when you need it by, allowing you to ensure the highest rate of production in your manufacturing center.

MRP I included the following three major functionalities:

• master production scheduling
• bill of materials
• inventory tracking

MRPII

MRP II is an integrated information system used by businesses. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) evolved from early Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) systems by including the integration of additional data, such as employee and financial needs.

MRP II includes those three, plus the following:

• machine capacity scheduling
• demand forecasting
• quality assurance
• general accounting

ERP system-

ERP stands for Enterprise Resource planning. Together, MRP I and MRP II gave rise to the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system

ERP is one of the more common categories of business software, especially among large businesses. ERP systems, like MRP software, help you manage manufacturing processes like production planning, scheduling and inventory management. ERP is a solution for a variety of tasks. By integrating the different components, it can streamline and automate workflows and data collection to reduce human error and increase revenue.