The Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) package shows the planner how well the existing capacity of the shop meets the anticipated load. It also provides tools that enable the planner to adjust the schedule so that it better accommodates capacity.
CRP is primarily an analysis package that analyzes work center loads. It enables the user to merge shop orders, firm-planned orders and computer planned orders directly from their packages of origin, or to merge orders from either Master Scheduling or MRP.
CRP can also automatically reschedule dependent shop orders if changes are required. Once a schedule has been set or required changes made, CRP can automatically update all orders and schedules that have been changed.