The list of required components are time-phased to determine when they need to be ordered or manufactured to fill that demand.

The plan process accomplishes this task in one single pass and does not require the multiple passes common in most MRP packages.

The planning can be done for

The scheduling information can be integrated with the planning.

A Grace Period can be entered that tells the process how many days to wait for orders already placed to arrive before generating a recommended order. This allows the system to overlook temporary stock out situations.

A Minimum Order Period can be entered that controls how often orders are to be released. This permits you to group orders thus minimizing constant reordering.

A Cushion can be set that adds to the lead time required for ordering items.

Order quantities can be calculated for exact quantities to reach the order criteria or for multiples of the standard reorder quantity.

On one screen you can review the complete list of recommended work orders.

The orders on the list may be automatically generated as work orders, individually or in groups.

The list of orders can be arranged by

The list of orders can be filtered by

The PO Requisitions report lists the items that need to be purchased based on the planning process.

The list of items to purchase can be filtered for

• A specific item.

• A location or group of locations.

• A specific vendor.

The list can be ordered by

• Vendor and within vendor by part number.

• Vendor and within vendor by order date.

• Part number.

• Order date.

The date range of the list can also be set by beginning and ending order dates.

The MRP process supports both bucketed and bucketless planning and can be run for any range of dates.

The bucketed process develops time-phased data and accumulates it in either weekly or monthly time periods.

The bucketless approach develops time-phased data and displays it using dated records instead of buckets. This method permits you to see the detail of the MRP process such as the purchase orders, sales orders and work orders.

MRP may be run for

MRP may be limited to

The MRP process can be used as a material shortage report by including only records that fall below safety stock levels or zero on hand stock.

The MRP report can integrate the recommended orders from the Plan Module to show their effect on the material planning process.