Understanding Material Planning Operations for Apparel Management

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Requirements Planning is part of Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supply Chain Management product line. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Requirements Planning consists of these features:

• Resource and Capacity Planning

  Resource and Capacity Planning enables you to prepare a feasible production schedule that reflects demand forecasts and production capability. Resource and Capacity Planning consists of:

  • Resource Requirements Planning (RRP)

  • Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP)

  • Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)

• Material Planning Operations

  Material Planning Operations provide a short-range plan to cover material requirements that are needed to make a product. Material Planning Operations analyze demand from all the operational areas. Material Planning Operations consist of these feature sets:

  • Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)

  • Master Production Scheduling (MPS)

  • Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

  • Multifacility Planning

  • Project Requirements Planning (PRP)

See "Understanding Requirements Planning" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Requirements Planning Implementation Guide.

The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Requirements Planning and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Apparel Management systems integrate to support material planning for style items. The systems facilitate message review and preserve data consistency by enabling a matrix view of the lowest level child style items.

Some companies use Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to create forecasts, extrapolate the forecast to lowest level child items, and import the spreadsheet into the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system.

Note: The manual spreadsheet process does not use electronic data interchange.

You run the MRP/MPS Requirements Planning (R3482) and Master Planning Schedule - Multiple Plant (R3483) programs to create MRP messages for the lowest level child style items. You use the MRP/MPS Detail Message Revisions program (P3411) to add new messages.

See "Planning Material Requirements" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Requirements Planning Implementation Guide.

See "Working with Multifacility Planning" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Requirements Planning Implementation Guide.

You use the Matrix Management of Messages (PCW47), Material Analysis (PCW96), and Grouping Messages (PCW97) programs to manage messages for child style items.

This diagram illustrates the material planning process for child style items: