--- title: "Material Requirements Planning (MRP I)" canonical: "https://wiki.soft1.eu/space/SS5EN/189268631/Material%20Requirements%20Planning%C2%A0(MRP%20I)" format: markdown --- #### Material requirements planning (MRP I)  From SOFT1 ERP 5. 00. 521 version onwards, new jobs/ functionalities & parameters have been developed for SOFT1 ERP ERP Commercial Management, which significantly enhance the monitoring and material requirements planning of products and/or goods, at all stages of the commercial and/or production process regardless of the business model/ way of working. From the moment of the initial demand - order to the delivery of the products and/or goods, your business can now have a complete recording and monitoring of material requirements in order to: - timely supply goods for each scheduled work. - have sufficient stock level to meet the needs of customers, but without a surplus. Namely this could apply to: - a non production company that purchases goods to cover customer demands, for example, based on seasonality, - a production company with constant/ smooth production of Make to Stock - Involves the process of producing or manufacturing goods massively based on anticipated consumer demand, such as, consumer products, pharmaceutical and household products, or/and Make to Order - Involves the process of having orders generated through consumer demand and then producing that order for the individual customer that ordered it, e.g. textile products etc. - a company combining the above mentioned processes/ procedures. Regardless of the way a business works, the new SOFT1 ERP functionalities that have been designed and related to the Demand Planning Process (Task menu> Commercial Management> Warehouse> Inventory Requirements (MRP) are described in detail below, considering all possible scenarios. --- --- --- --- --- ---