ABSTRACT
This chapter offers a brief history of the manufacturing information system, introduces the possibility that an improved methodology is available, and lays the groundwork for what is to follow.
I. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
• To provide an overview for this book • To lay a historical foundation
II. THE ADVENT OF THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM
In 1974 Joseph Orlicky documented in his book Material Requirements Planning what had become one of the biggest changes to American manufacturing since the Industrial Revolution. Orlicky presented in intricate detail the design, interface, and calculation issues for what was called the manufacturing information system.
