A "Demand-Pull" System, Often Described as a Materials Requirement Planning

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A "demand-pull" system, often described as a materials requirement planning system, focuses first on the forecasted amount and timing of finished goods and then determines the demand for materials components and subassemblies at each of the prior stages of production.

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Definitions:

Budget Line

A graphical representation of all possible combinations of two goods that a consumer can purchase with a given budget at fixed prices.

Expected Percentage Return

The predicted return on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the initial investment.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from the mean of the dataset.

Weighted Average Return

A return measure that considers the proportional relevance of each component return in the calculation.