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You can use the Planner Workbench in Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning to automatically implement some or all suggested repetitive schedules. When you implement planned schedules, their statuses change to Pending-Mass Loaded. You cannot perform transactions against schedules with this status.

Implemented schedules are assigned a default description and load date. You can update the schedule as if it were an unreleased schedule. For example, you can modify the first and last unit start date, the processing days, daily quantity, the production line, and firm plan the schedule.

Repetitive schedules are loaded across production lines using the line priorities specified in the Repetitive Line/Assembly Associations window. The bill and routing revisions default to the current revision, alternate bill and routing, supply type, WIP accounting class, and completion subinventory and locator are based on the line/assembly association.

Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning does not suggest changes to repetitive schedules, instead it suggests new repetitive schedules to meet the demand. Therefore, it is possible to have pending schedules that overlap existing repetitive schedules.

For example, suppose you have a schedule that starts at the beginning of next week for 10 assemblies a day for the next 5 days. Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning suggests a schedule that starts the beginning of next week for 25 assemblies a day for the next 5 days. When you implement the repetitive schedule in the Planner Workbench, Work in Process assigns a status of Pending-Mass Loaded to the new schedule. In the Repetitive Schedules window, you now have two overlapping schedules with different rates (10 per day and 25 per day), and different statuses (Unreleased and Pending-Mass Loaded). Either cancel the unreleased repetitive schedule and change the status of the pending schedule to Unreleased or Released or, update the rate of the unreleased schedule to match the recommended rate and cancel the pending schedule.

See Also

Work in Process Planning

Repetitive Line Scheduling

Repetitive Planning Versus Discrete Planning