MANUFACTURING GLOSSARY / MRP II
MRP II: Manufacturing resource planning
MRP II extends material planning into a broader planning loop that considers production resources, capacity, schedules, and business feedback.
What it means in manufacturing
The term describes a planning approach rather than a fixed modern software package. Vendors may distribute the functions across ERP, APS, MES, and specialist planning tools.
A question to use in evaluation
How does the proposed plan reconcile material, capacity, execution feedback, and financial consequences after a disruption?
Keep the label and the evidence separate
Category terms describe a type of work; they do not establish what a specific software release, configuration, integration, or customer process can do. Test the proposed boundary with representative records, responsible owners, failure cases, and written acceptance criteria.
Your next step
Test the definition against your operation.
Use a real workflow to determine where the record lives, who decides, and what evidence the proposed scope must retain.