Overview of Planning Logic (MRP and Supply Chain Planning Help)


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Overview of Planning Logic

Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning provide many different item and plan level attributes that give you the flexibility for generating material and distribution requirements plans that satisfy your business needs.

The planning process calculates net material requirements from:

the master schedule

bills of material

scheduled receipts

on-hand inventory balances

lead times

order modifiers

The purpose of the planning process is to derive an MPS, DRP or MRP that meets schedule dates while maintaining inventory levels within your "material" policies.

You can validate a material plan against available capacity using rough cut capacity planning (RCCP) or detailed capacity requirements planning (CRP).

You can create multiple MPSs, MRPs or DRPs for simulation purposes and for testing different business scenarios. If you use the Memory-based Planning Engine, you can simulate changes to any MPS or MRP.

Supply Chain planning logic is further described in Overview of Supply Chain Planning Logic

Overview of Planning Logic

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