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Planning Process Execution

You can specify whether to consider demand and planning time fence control by selecting Demand Time Fence Control and Planning Time Fence Control in the Plan Options window. If demand time fences are active, the planning process ignores entries on the master schedule that have an origination type of Forecast within the demand time fence. This is the same as when you load a forecast into a master schedule and enter Load forecast outside demand time fence only in the Time Fence Option field. You can choose to use either or both methods to eliminate forecasted demand within the demand time fence.

Attention: The planning process respects firm orders and the implicit time fences that they create even if you specify not to use Planning Time Fence control. The planning process does not apply Planning Time Fence logic to purchase requisitions or internal requisitions.

Overwriting Entries

When you launch the planning process, you can also choose to overwrite the master production schedule entries and firm planned orders that fall outside the planning time fence for an item.

For an MPS plan, the planning process deletes all master production schedule entries that lie outside the planning time fence, and replaces those entries with a new master production schedule. The planning process does not modify master schedule entries that fall within the planning time fence. You can use this option to induce short-term stability of the master production schedule, while creating the optimal long-term master production schedule.

When you use this option for an MRP or DRP plan, the planning process overwrites all planned orders and firm planned orders outside the planning time fence.

See Also

Overwrite Options

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