planning system:
"The functions and processes that review requirements and defined parameters to suggest new operating, material and capacity plans and changes to existing plans, but are not used for the activities that carry out (execute) those plans. "

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Definitions of terms related to planning system:

• advanced planning and scheduling (APS)
• Aggregate planning
• Business plan
• Capacity planning
• Capacity requirements planning
• capacity requirements planning (CRP)
• client/server system
• Closed-loop manufacturing system
• computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)
• database management system (DBMS)
• Distribution resource planning
• Finite capacity planning
• Infinite capacity planning
• Long range planning
• manufacturing execution system (MES)
• Manufacturing resource planning
• manufacturing resource planning (MRP II)
• Material requirements planning
• p chart
• planning horizon
• Process planning
• Production plan
• production planning
• pull system
• push system
• reorder point (ROP) system
• Resource planning
• Rough cut capacity planning
• Sales planning
• Strategic planning
• supply chain planning (SCP)
• Two-bin system
• Vendor capacity planning
• warehouse management system (WMS)