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Manufacturing Planning And Control System

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Discuss the application of the MPC framework to a college/university setting. Identify
the front end, engine, and back end.
Manufacturing planning and control system/MPC is concerned with the efficient
management of the flow of materials, to handle the use of equipment and people, and to
answer to customer needs. To meet the client demands, it uses the capacity of suppliers,
that of the internal facilities and in some instances that of the customers. MPC systems
give information which managers use in making crucial decisions. However, the MPC
system is not responsible for managing the operations or in the making of decisions
(Vollmann, Berry and Whybark Pg. 1-2).
In a college/university system, MPC system would involve three parts-Front end,
engine, and back-end part. In a college setting, the front end would be the type of activities
and systems for general guidance setting. The front end staff in a college includes
admission committee, College advisory board, the reception counter, board of Directors,
and the active alumni network as well. This group of individuals steers forward the
direction that the college takes. The engine would include the next in command which
would be the deans of the various schools in the college and the administration department
and all human resource. The group is responsible for the planning and the day to day
running of the activities in the college. Additionally, the engine would also incorporate the
laboratory, the library, students affairs, the laboratory workers as well as all other staff
who directly take part in the execution of the college programs. Lastly, the back end would

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Insert Surname 1 Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Discuss the application of the MPC framework to a college/university setting. Identify the front end, engine, and back end. Manufacturing planning and control system/MPC is concerned with the efficient management of the flow of materials, to handle the use of equipment and people, and to answer to customer needs. To meet the client demands, it uses the capacity of suppliers, that of the internal facilities and in some instances that of the customers. MPC systems give information which managers use in making crucial decisions. However, the MPC system is not responsible for managing the operations or in the making of decisions (Vollmann, Berry and Whybark Pg. 1-2). In a college/university system, MPC system would involve three parts-Front end, engine, and back-end part. In a college setting, the front end would be the type o ...
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