Material Planning Operations

Material Planning Operations provides a short-range plan to cover material requirements that are needed to make a product. Material Planning Operations analyzes demand from all the operational areas, including:

• Central and satellite distribution centers and warehouses.

• Items that are manufactured in both discrete and process environments.

• Engineer-to-order contracted items.

• Maintenance, repair, and operational items for plant and equipment maintenance.

• Supplier-managed inventory.

Material Planning Operations consists of these feature sets:

• Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)

  Plans and controls the distribution of finished goods, based upon demand.

• Master Production Scheduling (MPS)

  Creates a schedule of items and quantities that a company expects to manufacture.

• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

  Uses the master production schedule, open orders, bills of material, and inventory records to calculate time-phased net requirements for every item, and creates a plan for covering material requirements.

• Multifacility Planning

  Provides centralized control of distribution inventories and creates a coordinated replenishment plan.

• Project Requirements Planning (PRP)

  Uses work breakdown structures from projects and related bills of material to create replenishment plans for project items.