43 Generate Multi-Facility Requirements Plans

This chapter contains the topic:

Section 43.1, "Generating Multi-Facility Requirements Plans."

43.1 Generating Multi-Facility Requirements Plans

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From Material Planning Operations (G34), choose Periodic Multi-Facility Planning

From Multi-Facility Periodic Planning Operations (G3423), choose MRP regeneration

After you have set up the MRP supply and demand relationships among your branch/plants, you can use MRP regeneration to generate a multi-facility requirements planning schedule.

When you generate a multi-facility requirements planning schedule, the system evaluates selected information, performs calculations, and recommends a time-phased planning schedule for all selected items.

The Multi-facility MRP Regeneration program uses the same set of processing options as multi-facility DRP regeneration. You can vary the settings in the processing options to accommodate the different requirements for a material requirements plan.

43.1.1 Before You Begin

Set up MRP multi-facility scheduling. See Section 32.1, "Setting Up Multi-Facility Schedules."

43.1.2 What You Should Know About

Topic	Description
Generation definition	You must specify in the processing option the type of generation to use to process multi-facility MRP items. Depending on the type of requirements plan you need, you can use generation type 4 or 5.
Multi-plant consolidation	You must set the appropriate processing option to control whether you run a consolidated or a full multi-facility MRP Regeneration. Consolidation is the process of adding the item's time series data in the same time buckets for selected branch/plants and consolidating it into a Consolidation Branch/Plant. The system combines the supply and demand data for selected branches and consolidates it to a consolidation branch. The system generates a new time series only for the consolidation branch and not the branches that were combined.
Transfer orders	Transfer order messages are an output of multi-facility scheduling. You must set the appropriate processing option to identify the document type to use for transfer orders. When the system processes a transfer order, it creates a sales order at the supply plant and a purchase order at the demand plant.

Topic

Description

Generation definition

You must specify in the processing option the type of generation to use to process multi-facility MRP items. Depending on the type of requirements plan you need, you can use generation type 4 or 5.

Multi-plant consolidation

You must set the appropriate processing option to control whether you run a consolidated or a full multi-facility MRP Regeneration.

Consolidation is the process of adding the item's time series data in the same time buckets for selected branch/plants and consolidating it into a Consolidation Branch/Plant.

The system combines the supply and demand data for selected branches and consolidates it to a consolidation branch. The system generates a new time series only for the consolidation branch and not the branches that were combined.

Transfer orders

Transfer order messages are an output of multi-facility scheduling. You must set the appropriate processing option to identify the document type to use for transfer orders.

When the system processes a transfer order, it creates a sales order at the supply plant and a purchase order at the demand plant.