Demand to MRP review

Step by step

1. Approve demand Manager

   Production Planner prepares the customer order and item lines. Configure Manager's approval responsibility during setup. Manager checks the customer required date and quantities before moving the order from Draft to Approved. Orders marked Approved or Released within the horizon enter planning.

   • Admit reviewed customer demand
   • Updates Orders, Order lines
   ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.

2. Set the planning window Production Planner

   Production Planner checks the as-of date, horizon end and assigned planner. The default horizon ends thirty days after the as-of date. Confirm the actual window before comparing demand and supply.

   • Establish dates and planner
   • Updates MRP runs, People

3. Run MRP Production Planner

   Production Planner sets the run to Running. Planning considers on-hand less reservations, dated open production and outstanding purchases, and suggestions marked Proposed or Firmed. Inspect the outcome before preparing the review.

   • Invoke documented netting
   • Updates MRP runs, Inventory balances, Work orders, Purchase lines, Purchase orders, Planning suggestions

4. Investigate the result Production Planner

   Production Planner checks exceptions by run and item and follows pegged requirements to customer lines. Compare suggestions for the relevant items and dates with actual supply commitments. Ask the source owner to explain a shortage or changed date.

   • Explain exceptions and demand links
   • Updates MRP exceptions, Demand pegging, Order lines

5. Review the plan Manager

   Under the approval responsibility agreed during setup, Manager reviews a run at Review and approves it when the quantities and timing are understood. Keep the run at Review while an unexplained shortage remains.

   • Record the configured approval decision
   • Updates MRP runs, MRP exceptions, Planning suggestions
   ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.

Production Planner

, Production Operator, Quality Reviewer, Manager.

Configure Manager's approval responsibility before using these decisions.