本文追溯了计算机化生产管理系统的发展，从MRP系统到MRPII与附加有限容量调度器的混合方法。它还引入了第三代优先级驱动的集成生产管理系统（IMP）。IPM方法结合了库存控制、工厂建模和生产计划的新方法。本文阐述了新技术的必要性，并结合前人的不足，探讨了IPM技术对生产管理的影响。

THE PAPER TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERIZED PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, FROM MRP SYSTEMS THROUGH THE HYBRID APPROACH OF MRPII WITH ADD-ON FINITE CAPACITY SCHEDULERS. IT ALSO INTRODUCES A THIRD GENERATION OF PRIORITY-DRIVEN, INTEGRATED PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (IMP). THE METHODOLOGY OF IPM INCORPORATES A NOVEL APPROACH TO INVENTORY CONTROL, PLANT MODELLING AND PRODUCTION PLANNING. THE PAPER ELABORATES ON THE NEED FOR THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, IN LIGHT OF THE SHORTCOMINGS OF ITS PREDECESSORS, AND EXAMINES THE REPERCUSSIONS OF IPM TECHNOLOGY UPON PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT.