Loading the Master Schedule from Multiple Sources
You can derive the master schedule from a forecast, another master schedule, source lists, or directly from sales orders. You can manually define your master schedule or modify entries loaded from other sources.
Supply Chain Planning users can also load DRP planned orders. See: Loading the Supply Chain Master Schedule from Multiple Sources.
When you derive your master schedule from an existing schedule, you can modify your master schedule quantities using a modification percentage or you can shift master schedule dates by specifying a number of carry forward days.
You can load planned order demand from a requesting organization into the master demand schedule of the supplying organization. Supply Chain Planning users can run a sequence of MRP processes for your organizations to produce valid multi-organizational material plans.
Supply Chain Planning users can define multiorganization replenishment strategies with sourcing rules and bills of distribution. See: Sourcing Rules and Bills of Distribution.
Import Master Schedules from Outside Sources
You can import master schedule information generated by other systems into Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning through the Open Master Schedule Interface. Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning validates the imported information before it loads the information into a master schedule.
Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning gives you the option to define work date control when importing master schedules. You can choose to reject master schedules entries that are submitted on invalid workdays or can choose to have them move forward or backward to the next valid workday.
