noun
Material Requirements Planning; MRP
Computing and manufacturing term for a production planning and inventory control system.
資財所要量計画は、製造業で広く使われている。
Material Requirements Planning is widely used in manufacturing.
The English abbreviation is also used in Japanese business contexts, but 資財所要量計画 is the formal Japanese term.
Compound of 資財 (materials), 所要量 (required quantity), and 計画 (plan), calqued from English 'Material Requirements Planning'.