Buzacott, J. A.; Shanthikumar, J. G. - In: Management Science 40 (1994) 12, pp. 1678-1689
The two management set parameters which determine the performance of a material requirements planning (MRP) system are the lead time and the safety stock. The appropriate values of these parameters are influenced by the accuracy of forecasts over the lead time, the variability of processing time...
