1. Shop Floor Management Implementation Guide
  2. Understanding Supply and Demand Information

Understanding Supply and Demand Information

Information about the supply and demand for an item helps you accurately plan for future needs. You can monitor information about how many items are on demand, available in supply, and available to promise (ATP). These are some examples of what members of the organization can do:

  • Personnel in sales order entry can provide customers with an expected order ship date.

  • Purchase agents can evaluate future orders and stocking needs.

  • Warehouse personnel can plan warehouse resource around receipts and order picking.

You can access supply and demand information from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Shop Floor Management, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Sales Order Management systems. If you are using Supply Chain Management in conjunction with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system, you should set up the supply and demand inclusion rules.

Use the Supply/Demand Inquiry program (P4021) to review demand, supply, and available quantities for a specific item. You can also access these programs to confirm detail information:

  • Manufacturing Scheduling Workbench (P31225)

  • Parts Availability (P30200)

  • MRP/MPS Detail Message Revisions (P3411)

  • Time Series (P3413)

  • Pegging Inquiry (P3412)

  • Item Availability (P41202)

  • Customer Service Inquiry (P4210)

  • Item Branch/Plant (P41026)

The demand quantities are displayed by date and can include safety stock, quantities on sales orders, work order parts lists, planned order demand for lower levels, and interplant and forecasted demand.

The supply quantities are displayed by date and can include on-hand inventory and quantities on purchase orders, manufacturing work orders, planned orders, and rate schedules. Supply quantities without dates or order information represent current availability by branch/plant location or lot.