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Attention: If you're using the Drop Shipment feature of Order Entry and Purchasing, you've set up logical orgs for P.O. receipts. Do not use these logical orgs for planning purposes.

Supply Chain Planning users can also launch a DRP and supply chain MRP and MPS plan. Supply Chain Planning users should refer to Launching the Supply Chain Planning Process for further instruction.

Prerequisites

   For MPS or MRP: define at least one master demand schedule or master production schedule. See: Defining a Schedule Name.

   Define at least one master production schedule and create at least one MRP name. See: Defining MRP Names.

   To launch a planning process:

1. Navigate to the Launch MPS or Launch MRP window.

2. In the Parameters window, select a plan name and launch options.

Attention: If you enable the Standard Planning Engine, you can also enter Yes or No to launch the exploder. If you enter Yes, you must also launch the snapshot and the planner. If you enable the Memory-based Planning Engine, Launch Exploder is not available and you must launch the Planner if you enter Yes to launch the Snapshot.

Anchor Date: Enter a date, earlier or equal to the current date, that will act as a start date for repetitive planning periods.

Plan Horizon: Enter a date, greater than the current date, up to which the planning process creates an MRP or MPS. The default horizon is the current date plus the number of offset months set in the profile MRP:Cutoff Date Offset Months.

Note: You may want to enter a date earlier than the default to save processing time or to cut down on the volume of information generated.

3. Choose OK.

4. In the Launch window, choose Submit.

See Also

Phases of the Planning Process.

Overview of Material Requirements Planning

Overview of Capacity Planning

Submitting a Request

Reviewing or Adding Plan Options