Master Production Scheduling (MPS) Features and Functions
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- Classifies supply into types such as materials, purchased, flow, work order, and transfer
- Customizable planning periods and horizons
- Production schedules incorporate demand, product family, and other production schedules
- Generates reports using time-phased buckets
- Institutes multiple planning time fences
- Master schedule can be created at all product levels
- Links multiple work and purchase orders together for job control
- Group work order processing
- Schedule can be edited, changed, or consolidated
- Transmits master schedule requirements (gross or net) to MRP
- Forecasts for units or product groups
- Nets actual demand by sales order
- Uses a time fence to change forecasted customer orders to firm orders
- All levels of a BOM can be added to a master schedule
- Any item can be added to the master schedule at any level
- Finite scheduling
- Infinite scheduling
- Calculates ATP by period
- Open order can be viewed by item, supplier, or master schedule
- ATP and other planning issues can be viewed by item in real time
- Supply and demand pegging for one or more level
- Generates exception reporting by individual responsible for planning
- Repetitive schedule planning with production rate changes
- MPS are relieved as work orders are submitted
- Relieves master demand schedules as orders are shipped
- Real time MPS reports online
- MPS reports pegged to production orders online
- Generates detailed final assembly schedule report
- Track changes made to planning bills and report in real time
- Cost of items used in the MPS is summarized by product line and group
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Production Planning Features and Functions
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