This chapter contains these topics:
Section 42.1, "Setting Up Multi-Facility Requirements Plans,"
Section 42.2, "Setting Up MRP Supply and Demand Relationships,"
Section 42.3, "Reviewing MRP Branch Relationships on the Relationships Chart."
You set up a multi-facility material requirements plan to track supply, demand, and movement of material among the individual facilities in your company. MRP multi-facility scheduling provides a flexible method for planning supply and resupply activities.
You must set up a table of the supply and demand relationships among your facilities. The system uses these relationships to generate and maintain multi-facility requirements planning schedules.
Setting up MRP multi-facility scheduling consists of the following tasks:
Setting Up MRP Supply and Demand Relationships
Reviewing MRP Branch Relationships on the Relationships Chart
MRP multi-facility scheduling uses the same programs as DRP/MPS multi-facility scheduling. The programs are summarized here.
Verify that MRP and CRP have been set up.
Understand the concepts and terms described in Single Facility Material Requirements Planning. See Section 36.1, "Generating Material Requirements Plans."
See Also:
Section 39.1, "Setting Up Material and Capacity Requirements Planning" for information on how to define MRP and CRP data to use during processing,
Section 32.1, "Setting Up Multi-Facility Schedules" for additional information on multi-facility scheduling.
From Material Planning Operations (G34), enter 29
From Material Planning Setup (G3440), choose Multi-Plant Setup
From Multi-Plant Setup (G3443), choose Branch Relationships Revisions
Use Branch Relationships Revisions to set up MRP supply and demand relationships for any level of detail you choose, including:
Branch/plant
Product group
Master planning family
Individual item number
The MRP Branch Relationship Revisions program and the DRP/MPS Branch Relationship Revisions program use the same processing options. You can vary the settings in the processing options to accommodate the different requirements for a material requirements plan.
See Also:
Section 32.2, "Setting Up Supply and Demand Relationships" for the processing options for this program.
From Material Planning Operations (G34), enter 29
From Material Planning Setup (G3440), choose Multi-Plant Setup
From Multi-Plant Setup (G3443), choose Branch Relationships Chart
Use the Branch Relationships Chart to review your MRP supply and demand relationships in a graphical, hierarchical format. The Branch Relationships Chart displays the:
Branch
Level of the branch
Supply branches for the corresponding demand branch
The MRP Branch Relationships Chart program and the DRP/MPS Branch Relationships Chart program use the same processing options. You can vary the settings in the processing options to accommodate the different requirements for a material requirements plan.
See Also:
Section 32.3, "Reviewing Branch Relationships on the Relationships Chart" for detailed information on this program.