This essential overview of MRP II shows how the system's standard set of tools are a prerequisite to a standard body of knowledge that is the foundation of any profession. People with these basic tools have demonstrated what they can do to improve productivity in every aspect of a manufacturing business -- and until these fundamentals are mastered, none of the other proposed productivity solutions, such as Theory Z, quality circles, CAD/CAM, are likely to generate anything like the potential results they offer.

This book, written by Oliver W. Wight, is essential for anyone involved in our manufacturing economy -- bankers, economists, educators, journalists, stock analysts -- to understand the contribution that scheduling methods have made to amplify the boom/bust cycle as well as what productivity really means and how to better judge a well-managed manufacturing enterprise.

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