Overview of Repetitive Planning
You can plan your repetitive assemblies in terms of daily production rates rather than discrete quantities. Many of the repetitive planning functions are similar to those of discrete planning.
MPS and MRP Planning for Repetitive Assemblies
You can use repetitive planning to plan supply and demand for repetitive assemblies using daily production rates rather than discrete quantities.
Repetitive Planning Periods
You can use bucket days and planning horizons to define three repetitive planning regions. You can define smaller planning periods in the short term, to maintain an optimal balance between smoothing production and responding to daily demand fluctuations. You can define larger planning periods for your long-term plan plans, to monitor supply and demand trends for your repetitive assemblies.
Anchor Date
You can define a repetitive anchor date to stabilize the repetitive planning process during subsequent planning runs within the same repetitive planning period.
Component Demand
You can pass demand down from repetitive assemblies to repetitive components, from repetitive assemblies to discrete components and from discrete assemblies to repetitive components.
Safety Stock and Order Modifiers
You can use safety stock and order modifiers to implement your inventory and production policies for your repetitive assemblies.
Repetitive Schedule Allocation
You can allocate suggested aggregate repetitive schedules across individual production lines according to line priorities and line speeds you define in Oracle Work in Process.
Firm Repetitive Schedules
You can firm part or all of your current repetitive schedules in Oracle Work in Process to prevent the repetitive planning process from suggesting daily rates that differ from your current firm rates.
Repetitive Planning Control
You can use planning time fences, acceptable rate changes, and overrun percents to control the nervousness of your repetitive plans and to minimize disruption of your short term shop floor and supplier schedules.
Repetitive Schedule Implementation
You can use the Planner Workbench to implement suggested repetitive schedules as current repetitive schedules in Oracle Work in Process.
Repetitive Reports and Inquiries
You can use a comprehensive selection of reports and on-line inquiries to review and monitor all aspects of your repetitive planning process.
See Also
Overview of Repetitive Manufacturing
Overview of Material Requirements Planning
