Oracle MRP User's Guide

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Preface

Setting Up

Overview of Setting Up

Related Product Setup Steps

Setup Checklist

Setup Steps

Supply Chain Planning Setup Steps

Defining Planning Parameters

Starting the Planning Manager

Defining Planners

Creating Planning Exception Sets

Creating Demand Classes

Creating Source Lists

Setting Up Planner Workbench

Setting Up Line Scheduling Workbench

Changing Your Organization

Profile Options

Forecasting

Overview of Forecasting

Generating Forecasts from Historical Information

Defining Forecast Sets

Defining Forecasts

Copying and Merging Forecasts

Reviewing Forecast Detail Information

Reviewing Bucketed Information

Forecast Consumption

Forecast Consumption Considerations

Time Buckets in Forecast Consumption

Time Bucket Considerations

Tracking Forecast Consumption

Forecast Explosion

Forecast Explosion Considerations

Configure to Order Models

Configure to Order Forecast Control

Configure to Order Forecast Control Considerations

Configure to Order Forecast Explosion

Configure to Order Forecast Explosion Considerations

Configure to Order Forecast Consumption

Master Scheduling

Overview of Master Scheduling

Master Demand Schedule

Master Production Schedule (MPS)

Main Features of Master Scheduling

Defining a Schedule Name

Defining Schedule Entries Manually

Loading a Master Schedule from an Internal Source

Interorg Planned Orders

Specific MDS or Specific MPS

Selecting Master Schedule Load Options

Additional Factors Affecting a Master Schedule Load

How Forecasted Discrete Items Appear in the Master Schedule

How Forecasted Repetitive Items Appear in the Master Schedule

Planning Spares Demand

Schedule Relief

Viewing Master Schedule Relief Information

Profile Options for Master Schedule Relief

Planning Manager and Schedule Relief

Tracking Demand Schedule Reliefs

Rough Cut Capacity Planning

Material Requirements Planning

Overview of Material Requirements Planning

Overview of Planning Logic

MRP Planning Methods in Oracle Inventory

Overview of Plan Generation

MPS Plan Generation

MRP Generation

Defining MRP Names

Launching the Planning Process

Making a Copy of a Completed Plan

Reviewing or Adding Plan Options

Order Modifier

Item and Bill of Material Attributes

Standard Bills and Routings Only

Phantom Bills of Material

Manufactured or Purchased

Bulk Items

Shrinkage Rate

Component Yield

Safety Stock

Lot Expirations

Overview of Plan Control

Time Fence Control

Release Time Fence

Auto-Release Planned Orders

Firm Order Planning

Overwrite Options

Overwrite Outside Planning Time Fence Append Planned Orders

Overwrite None Append Planned Orders

Overwrite None Do Not Append Planned Orders

Gross to Net Explosion

Phases of the Planning Process

Locking Tables within the Snapshot

Locking Tables within the Snapshot Example

Specifying Items for the Planning Process

Material Scheduling Method Example

Netting Supply and Demand

Net Purchases

Planning Dates

Receiving Inspection Inventory

Internal Requisitions

Net Work in Process

Standard Discrete Jobs

Non-Standard Discrete Jobs

Repetitive Schedules

Net Reservations

Overview of Engineering Change Planning

Engineering Change Orders

Supply Chain Planning

Overview

The Multiple Organization Model

Supply Chain Supply and Demand Schedules

Setting Up the Supply Chain

Displaying an Indented Where Used

Displaying an Indented Bill

Viewing the Sourcing Assignment Hierarchy

Material and Distribution Requirements Planning

Overview of Supply Chain Planning Logic

Defining MRP and DRP Names in Supply Chain Planning

Launching the Supply Chain Planning Process

Reviewing or Adding Supply Chain Plan Options

Overview of Plan Generation in Supply Chain Planning

MPS Plan Generation in Supply Chain Planning

MRP and DRP Generation in Supply Chain Planning

Planning Organizations

Netting Supply and Demand in Supply Chain Planning

Overview of the Supply Chain Planner Workbench

Reviewing Source and Destination Organizations

Supply Chain Master Schedule Types

Defining a Supply Chain MPS Name

Defining Supply Chain MPS Entries Manually

Loading a Supply Chain MPS from an Internal Source

Planner Workbench

Overview of Planner Workbench

Quick Access to Particular Documents

Reviewing Planning Information

Reviewing Item Planning Information

Viewing On-hand Quantities

Reviewing Supply and Demand

Supply and Demand Fields

Reviewing the Horizontal Plan

Displaying the Enterprise View

Reviewing Current Data

Generating a Graphical Display of Planning Data

Reviewing Planning Exceptions

Planning Exception Sets

Overview of Net Change Replan

Batch Mode Planner

Replanning Net Changes - Batch Mode Planner

Replanning Net Changes-Online Planner

Overview of Graphical Pegging

Available to Promise

Calculating ATP

Calculating ATP for Product Family Items

Negative ATP

Inventory Snapshot

Supply Chain ATP

Capable to Promise

Implementing Planning Recommendations

Creating Firm Planned Orders

Implementing Planned Orders

Error Message Processing

Implementing Repetitive Schedules

Implementing Planned Orders as Firm Jobs

How Purchase Requisitions are Created

Rescheduling Scheduled Receipts

Walking Up and Down a Bill of Material

Reviewing Assembly Components

End Assembly Pegging

Reviewing Using Assemblies

Reviewing End Assemblies

Capacity Planning

Capacity Requirements Planning

Viewing Capacity Information from the Planner Workbench

Identifying Capacity Problems

Testing What-if Scenarios

Plan Status

Demand Classes

Overview of Demand Classes

Demand Class Forecasting

Forecast Consumption

Demand Class Master Scheduling

Demand Class ATP Calculation

Net Inventory by Demand Class

Time Fence Control

Overview of Time Fence Planning

      Time Fences for Items

      Master Schedule Creation Using the Demand Time Fence

      Material Planning with the Demand and Planning Time Fences

      Material Planning with the Release Time Fence

Time Fence Control

Master Schedule Load

Planning Process Execution

Master Production Schedule Maintenance

Production Plan Monitoring

Time Fence Planning Example

Two-Level Master Scheduling

Overview of Two-Level Master Scheduling

Production Planning

Example Bill of Material for Two-Level Master Scheduling

Forecasting Planning Bills

Forecasting Models

Forecasting Predefined Configurations

Repetitive Planning

Overview of Repetitive Planning

Overview of Repetitive Planning Concepts

MPS and MRP Planning for Repetitive Assemblies

Safety Stock and Order Modifiers

Anchor Date

Repetitive Schedule Allocation

Firm Repetitive Schedules

Repetitive Planning Control

Repetitive Schedule Relief

Repetitive Schedule Implementation

Reports

Overview of Reports

Audit Information Report

Current Projected On Hand vs. Projected Available Graphical Report for Supply Chain Planning

Demand vs. Replenishment Graphical Report for Supply Chain Planning

Financial Analysis Report for Supply Chain Planning

Forecast Comparison Report

Forecast Detail Report

Late Order Report for Supply Chain Planning

Master Schedule Comparison Report

Master Schedule Detail Report

Master Schedule Status Report for Supply Chain Planning

Planning Manager Worker once-a-day tasks

Planning Parameters Report

CRP Reports

Order Reschedule Report for Supply Chain Planning

Planned Order Report for Supply Chain Planning

Planning Detail Report for Supply Chain Planning

Planning Exception Sets Report

Kanban Planning

Overview of Kanban Planning

Using the Kanban Calculation Program

Viewing and Updating Kanban Calculations

Kanban Tools Menu

Project MRP

Overview of Project MRP

Establishing a Project MRP Environment

Overview of Project MRP Setup Tasks

Setting Up Project MRP in Oracle Projects

Setting Up Project MRP in Oracle Inventory

Setting Up Project MRP in MRP

Reviewing or Adding Project MRP Plan Options Prerequisite

Launching a Project MRP Plan

Setting Up Project MRP in Oracle Project Manufacturing

Project MRP Planning Logic

Project Netting Example for Hard Pegging

Project Netting Example for Soft Pegging

Netting Behavior

Parallel Processing

Overview of Parallel Processing

Process Control

Inter-process Communication

Single Processor Machine

Snapshot

Snapshot Parallel Processing

Planner Parallel Processing

Planning Manager

Tools Menu

Tools Menu

Windows and Navigator Paths

Windows and Navigator Paths

Alerts

Alerts

Customized Find Windows

Customized Find Windows

Workflow - Planning Exception Messages

Planning Exception Messages Workflow

Forecasting - Statistical and Focus

Forecasts - Statistical and Focus

Memory-based Planning Engine

Memory-based Planning Engine

Configuring the Memory–based Planning Engine

Character Mode Forms and GUI Windows

Character Mode Forms and Corresponding GUI Windows

Glossary

Index