Parameterisation of the MRP method: automatic identification and extraction of properties

The overall context of this paper is the parameterisation of the material requirement planning method. It is crucial to be able to evaluate the potential effects of the parameters on the production system’s performance indicators (PI). This evaluation is generally the result of the combination of an experimental design with a production system simulator. This paper proposes an approach facilitating the interpretation of the effects of the experimental design method. The specific feature of our approach is that it proposes the classification of the effects as a model for the automatic identification and extraction of the properties. These characterise the relations between the parameters and the PI.