Scheduling, Material Requirement Plan (MRP) And Cash Outflow Analysis :A Case Study
By: Mehendale, Rohit J
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Contributor(s): Patil, Aniket S.
Publisher: Pune NICMAR 2019Edition: Vol.34(3), Jyul-Sep.Description: 5-12p.Subject(s): Construction Engineering and Management (CEM)Online resources: Click here
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NICMAR Journal of construction managementSummary: Scheduling, Material Requirement Plan (MRP) and cash outflow analysis are some ofthe major elements which need to work out in a construction project. Generally, different softwares are available for each ofthis task. When there is a delay in the planned schedule, it is time consuming to get MRP and cash outflow plan updated according to the revised schedule. An ongoing Residential cum Commercial project located at Nasik has been taken up for the present case study. Microsoft Project software for Scheduling and Microsoft Excel software for MRP and cash outflow analysis have been adopted in the present study. As both the softwares are made by Microsoft, they have a built-in feature to interlink with each other. It is found when there is a delay in an activity; the schedule gets automatically updated by changing the starting date ofthe delayed activity. It is also found that it is easier to get the MRP and cash outflow to get updated according to the revised schedule
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Scheduling, Material Requirement Plan (MRP) and cash outflow analysis are some ofthe major elements which need to work out in a construction project. Generally, different softwares are available for each ofthis task. When there is a delay in the planned schedule, it is time consuming to get MRP and cash outflow plan updated according to the revised schedule. An ongoing Residential cum Commercial project located at Nasik has been taken up for the present case study. Microsoft Project software for Scheduling and Microsoft Excel software for MRP and cash outflow analysis have been adopted in the present study. As both the softwares are made by Microsoft, they have a built-in feature to interlink with each other. It is found when there is a delay in an activity; the schedule gets automatically updated by changing the starting date ofthe delayed activity. It is also found that it is easier to get the MRP and cash outflow to get updated according to the revised schedule
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