Material and Production

Contol (MPC):Survey of
Implementation
Developed by: Prof. A. Andijani & Prof. S. Selim
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Systems Engineering Department
Please complete or tick(*) as applicable

1. COMPANY DETAILS
Name……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Location……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Does the Company have a foreign partner: Yes No
Nationality of Partner Company……………………………………………………………………………………….
Classification of business unit:
• Food products industries
• Petrochemical industries
• Metal industries
• Electrical industries
• Paper industries
• Building material industries
• Medical industries
• Other(specify)……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Total number of employees on site………………………………………………………………………………………..

Number of ‘direct ‘production employees……………………………………………………………………………..

2. PRODUCTS
Description……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Order size: Large(>1000 off) A B C D E small(1 off)
Demand: Repetitive Seasonal Random
Process: Jobbing
Low volume batch
High volume batch
Flowline
3. MATERIAL PLANNING AND CONTROL (MPC) SYSTEMS
• How many finished product part numbers do you have?
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• How many part numbers in total do you have ?
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• How many levels in an average bill of material?
1-2 ………. 3-4 ………. 5-10 ……… >10 ………
• How do you authorize production to start?
 Work order: paper .……………………………………………………....
Or : via computer terminal .……………………………………………………….
 Kanban signals .……………………………………………………….
 Daily /weekly production schedules ……………………………………………………….
 Other(specify) .……………………………………………………….
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• Which computerized material control systems are available in the company?
Please specify package
 Material requirement planning (MRP I) ………………………………….
 Mfg resource planning (MRP II) …………………………………
 Just-in-time(JIT) software …………………………………
 Total Quality Management (TQM) …………………………………
 Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) …………………………………
 Automation (AUTO) …………………………………
 Other (specify) …………………………………
• Are you familiar with the benefit of using MPC?
Yes No
 MRP
 JIT
 TQM
 CIM
 AUTO
• Which computerized material control system do you currently use?
Fully A B C D E not at all
 MRP
 JIT
 TQM
 CIM
 AUTO

If a system is not used explain why:

• Which MPC system will be in use in your business in the next three years?
Fully A B C D E not at all
 MRP
 JIT
 TQM
 CIM
 AUTO
 Other (specify)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Why did you implement MPC system(s)?
agree A B C D E disagree

 Business strategy
 Decided to experiment
 Competitors were doing it
 Customer required us to
 Other (specify)
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