ALERE DRP MODULE

DRP stands for Distribution Resource Planning. Its purpose is to replenish inventory at warehouses by looking at what is:

• In stock

• On order

• The current demand

• The future demand

Then taking this information and using MRP, a time-phased order point approach, to calculate what purchase orders are necessary to keep inventory at sufficient levels.

The Plan Orders screen is used to run these calculations.

The screen has multiple options to help control and to refine the process.

Recommended orders can then be reviewed, adjusted and automatically create purchase orders on the Generate Recommended Purchase Order screen.

The time it would take one person to manually review a single product line, figure out what to order and then enter the purchase order with perhaps dozens or even a hundred or more items could take hours or even exceed a day's worth of work. The DRP process has the potential of reducing that time to a few minutes. The cost savings to your company could be significant.

Individual sales orders can be planned in a like manner on the Sales Order Planning screen.

The time it would take one person to manually review a single product line, figure out what to order and then enter the purchase order with perhaps dozens or even a hundred or more items could take hours or even exceed a day's worth of work. The DRP process has the potential of reducing that time to a few minutes. The cost savings to your company could be significant.

Individual sales orders can be planned in a like manner on the Sales Order Planning screen.

Planning a sales order means that the list of items on the order are checked to see if there is sufficient inventory on hand to meet their requirements. Like the general planning process there are multiple options to help control and to refine the process.

If there are inventory shortfalls, then a list of the purchase orders and manufacturing orders is recommended. Those recommended orders may be automatically created by the system.

The DRP Module requires that you do a good job of controlling inventory but the rewards are immediate and result in large cost savings.