Supply Planning Workbench
The Supply Planning Workbench enables planners to view information supply and demand orders within the supply plan. After reviewing the results, you can then take action to adjust your supply plan to ensure that customers receive their orders complete and on time. The workbench essentially, helps to guides planners on how they will execute their supply plans.
To access the Supply Planning Workbench:
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Go to Transactions > Supply Planning > Supply Planning Definitions.
Alternatively you can go to Transactions > Supply Planning > Event Log.
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Beside the supply plan you want to view, in the Planning Workbench column, click View Results.
The workbench displays the following information:
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How demand and supply orders align to their due dates.
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Inventory levels for all items used by your organization.
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Any issues that could delay the demand order schedule.
This enables planners to respond when important supply orders are in danger of not meeting demand orders.
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Possible actions from processing planned orders to processing supply orders.
The Supply Planning Workbench offers the following benefits:
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Review, modify, create, and release planned orders.
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Release reschedule in/out and cancel supply order suggestions.
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Flexible search and browse capability for reviewing planning results.
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Create summary pages by item and location, or across all items and locations. This enables you to drill-down into the numbers and through hierarchical pegging.
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