• Stock location or status not nettable for MRP

    We have a requirement to have some items in stock but not show as available for MRP. I looked for a flag on the location or location type to say not for MRP, but can't seem to find anything. We want MRP to see Quality stock including status R since…
  • Ability to split purchase order suggestions by a defined percentage between suppliers.

    Some clients have arrangements where they award 80% of the business to a primary supplier and 20% of the business to a secondary supplier. It would be great if the purchase suggestions can see a split of the business across various suppliers and factor…
  • Anyone else interested in a separate MRP/Planning forum?

    Might be good to have something very specific for manufacturing and distribution. Sage 500 had that and it was really good.
  • How to inform MRP of regular receipts

    We have a process similar to a bottle return, where we regularly receive 60/widgets back from customers a week. How can I inform MRP of these POSs? Forecasts show planned deductions, how do i show planned receipts without creating POP/POF?
  • MRP Starting Stock

    MRP Starting stock What is Starting stock in MRP? A variable is used to maintain the quantity of stock available throughout the MRP process. This available stock is updated by .. initialized to the quantity of stock available at the start of the…
  • Does MRP pegging only do suggested materials and not loads?

    Still a newbie here....
  • How does MRP determine Suggested Work Order Start date

    Can someone shed some light on how MRP calculates the suggested work order start date. We have a demand forecast for quantity 1 in week 4 of Feb When we run enterprise planning it shows that the requirement date based on the demand forecast…
  • Requirement parameters

    In requirements parameters, replanning rules, if I set the type WOF to simulation, I don't get any WOS's. When I set the method to Messages only, I get WOS's but the message is to Cancel. Also it seems to be planning for way too much expected stock. I…
  • Grouping lines on Projected Stock enquiry screen

    Hi all, I have a client who processes lots of small suggestions daily on MRP. They then use the Projected Stock enquiry to view stock levels for the next few weeks. This is obviously throwing up hundreds of lines per day (as it pulls through all the…
  • The Impact of the Reorder Policy on MRP

    The reordering policies are set for a given product to specify certain details during the requirement calculations (MRP & MPS) to identify the suggestion type, the reorder quantity, the splitting, the safety stock, the use of the loss percentage and the…
  • What's on the Horizon?

    MRP (Material Requirement Planning) is a calculation process that looks at the requirements of products and calculates the necessary production/purchasing schedule considering the production/purchasing lead time of each product. One special aspect of…
  • What is the difference between OPEEND and INFCAPEND in the OPERATIONS table ?

    I'm trying to understand the relationship between these two fields, the MRP structure and the Work Center Structure. The INFCAPSTR dates are never on Fridays, but the OPEEND has some Fridays. the MRP structure has 10 hours on Fridays, but the work…
  • Do MRP Replanning messages apply to WO that were manually created?

    I have a planned WO that was manually created on 6/3 that was manually created stock went below the safety stock limit on 5/15 my MRP replanning messages have a 120 backword and foreward lead time, and under "replan dates" it's set to "Early" …
  • OPE LT in Production BOM

    Has anyone used this field before? I tried to test it and I never saw the lead time reflected on my component's MRP suggestion.
  • MRP Settings - Load Calculation and Production Lead Time

    MRP Settings have the load calculation at 26 weeks. The production lead time is set to Routing/Product Lead time From what I can see in the load graphs, I only see load for 6 months. and from the MRP results, I can see that the routing is used for…
  • Demand Horizon and MRP

    Does anyone have a better definition of the demand horizon than what has been in the training material ? Also does anyone know what the affects of having the demand horizon set to 0 means for a manufactured good? Thank you!
  • MRP - Replanning

    I have entered a demand forecast and a purchase plan for 6 months out (essentially weekly purchase requests for the next 6 months). What configurations to MRP should I make in order to have the system not modify any of these purchase requests, but to…
  • "Inconsistent duration" message in MRP log

    What does this message mean when I see it in my MRP log? I believe it started after I changed some work center structures to be different than others. The raw WIP work centers are at a 15 hour capacity structure, and the finished goods work centers…
  • Consequences of MRP Daily bucket set to 0

    Looking through the training material for MRP, most of the suggestions have the daily bucket set to 30. What are the consequences of having it set to 0 ?
  • MRP not suggesting to build to safety stock

    When I look farther out in my projected stock inquiry, the WOS suggestions do not seem to be suggesting to build the stock to safety stock, but just a reflection of the demand. What settings influence this behavior ? How can I ensure my stock level is…
  • Demand Horizon for "Purchased" Products

    In the product-site record there is a demand horizon. From my understanding, anything before that time MRP considers Firm SOs and anything after is Firm SOs and Forecast Demand. For me this makes sense for the products that are manufactured What…
  • MRP Processing: MRP creating a new PO suggestion for raw material when I have a firm PO for the same raw material

    Hello All, I having an issue with MRP setup for it consider a firm PO for raw material which has an expected receipt date of a week late from the actual requirement of the product. For example, I have a raw material requirement on 1/14/18. I have a…
  • Statistical Re-Ordering - ACODNUM ERROR

    Getting the above error message when running statistical re-ordering function. All the sequence seem to be in place. Thanks to advise.
  • MRP ORDERING QUESTION

    Hello, When I order a raw material that is on MRP, it doesn't come off MRP unless I keep the date on the PO as today's date. This effects how I send purchase orders to our suppliers, because it states the current date rather than the date I need it…
  • Control Credit Limit when in MRP Suggestions SO

    Hi guys, Is there a way to control if SO are not considered in MRP Suggestions when the credit limit of the sales order is not OK? We don't want the POS to be generated if the Sales Order is not Credit OK. Thanks.