1. Requirements Planning Implementation Guide
  2. Order Policy Rules

Order Policy Rules

You must set up order policy rules to control how the planning system calculates dates and quantities. The order policy rules that you set up are:

Planning Code

Enter a code that the system uses to process the item when running the MRP/MPS Requirements Planning and Master Planning Schedule - Multiple Plant (R3483) programs. Use planning code 1, 2, or 3 for single-level or multilevel master scheduling. Use planning codes 4 and 5 for forecasting with a planning bill.

Order Policy Code

Enter a code that the system uses to designate the rule for reordering inventories, including fixed-order quantity, lot for lot, and number of days supplied.

Order Policy Value

Enter a value that the system uses with order policy codes 1, 2, 4, and 5. For example, purchasing a 90-day supply of V-8 engines requires that the order policy code is set to 4 and the order policy value equals 90.