Engineer-To-Order (ETO) industries which are characterized by following, after receiving the customer order, at least the process planning activity, show an extremely complex Manufacturing Planning and Control (MPC) system. Both commercial solutions and the majority of academic proposals are based upon adaptations and combinations of conventional MPC systems, mainly, MRP systems used in the manufacturing management of complex/low-volume products and PERT-type project management systems.
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