Enables the user to create forecasts to plan purchase and
production in advance, even before the actual sales orders are
received. Forecast can serve as additional requirements source for
the MRP run. You may receive sales orders in short notice, however
the lead time to manufacture the product is long in most cases.
Therefore, you produce the product for the forecast and when the
actual sales orders arrive, you are able to supply the goods even
in short notice.
To fully utilize this functionality, the following products should be evaluated
Guides the user through 5-step process of defining new MRP
scenarios and analyzing the MRP results. MRP recommendations are
presented on screen or in a report.
The user is able to create, maintain, run, and save MRP scenarios, analyze MRP results.
To fully utilize this functionality, the following products should be evaluated
Enables the user to display the list of all MRP recommendations
before the release according to user defined selection criteria.
The report shows what items have to be purchased and what items
have to be manufactured.
In addition, the report runs in accordance with the results of the MRP recommendations. It enables you to automatically create production and purchase orders.
You can also change quantities and items and delete the recommendations.
To fully utilize this functionality, the following products should be evaluated
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