ERP 2.50:User Manual/Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)

Contents 1 Transactions 1.1 Manufacturing Plan 1.1.1 Header 1.1.2 Lines 1.2 Purchasing Plan 1.2.1 Header 1.2.2 Line 1.3 Sales Forecast 1.3.1 Header 1.3.2 Lines 2 Setup 2.1 Planner 2.2 Planning Method 2.2.1 Header 2.2.2 Lines

Transactions

Manufacturing Plan

Create a comprehensive work requirement in order to request materials over a specified time period.

Header

Create and edit a manufacturing plan.

Fields:

Active:	A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated.
Business Partner:	Anyone who takes part in daily business operations by acting as a customer, employee, etc.
Business Partner Category:	A classification of business partners based on defined similarities.
Client:	Client for this installation.
Description:	A space to write additional related information.
Document Date:	The time listed on the document.
Name:	A identifier for a document which can be used as a search tool.
Organization:	Organizational entity within client
Planner:	The person in charge of making an MRP plan.
Product:	An item produced by a process.
Product Category:	A classification of items based on similar characteristics or attributes.
Safety Lead Time:	Safety margin in days for the production of ordered goods and availability of raw materials. For example, if there is a sales order for product A to be delivered on date X, MRP will plan to have the product A produced by date X minus the Lead Time number of days. In a similar way, MRP will make sure that the raw materials required for making product X will be available Lead Time number of days before the production must commence.
Time horizon:	The number of days of the production process.

Process Buttons:

Create Materials Requirement:
Create Work Requirement:
Process Manufacturing Plan:

Lines

Add products to be included in your plan. Each product is shown on its own line.

Fields:

Active:	A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated.
Client:	Client for this installation.
Fixed:	A means of locking the header tab so it will not be affected if a specified process is run again.
Manufacturing Planification:
Needed qty.:
Organization:	Organizational entity within client.
Planned Date:	The date when a transaction will occur.
Planned Date Order:	The date when an order will be carried out.
Process Plan:	A guide stating how a certain item must move through the transformation process.
Product:	An item produced by a process.
Quantity:	The number of a certain item.
Report Set:	A means of grouping reports in order to view and print summary and individual information.
Requisition Line:
Sales Forecast Line:
Sales Order Line:	A unique and often automatically generated identifier for a sales order line.
Total Movement Quantity:	The final quantity to be moved based on the related business process.
Transaction Type:	A distinct set of characteristics or processes.
Work Requirement:	An order authorizing the production of a specific product and product quantity.

Process Buttons:

Recalculate Dates/Quantities:

Purchasing Plan

Create a comprehensive and organized plan to request purchases over a specified time period.

Header

Create and edit a purchase plan.

Fields:

Active:	A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated.
Business Partner:	Anyone who takes part in daily business operations by acting as a customer, employee, etc.
Business Partner Category:	A classification of business partners based on defined similarities.
Client:	Client for this installation.
Description:	A space to write additional related information.
Document Date:	The time listed on the document.
Name:	A identifier for a document which can be used as a search tool.
Organization:	Organizational entity within client
Planner:	The person in charge of making an MRP plan.
Product:	An item produced by a process.
Product Category:	A classification of items based on similar characteristics or attributes.
Purchase Planification:
Safety Lead Time:	Safety margin in days for the production of ordered goods and availability of raw materials. For example, if there is a sales order for product A to be delivered on date X, MRP will plan to have the product A produced by date X minus the Lead Time number of days. In a similar way, MRP will make sure that the raw materials required for making product X will be available Lead Time number of days before the production must commence.
Time Horizon:
Vendor:	A business partner who sells products or services.

Process Buttons:

Create Purchase Orders:
Recalculate stock:
Process Purchase Plan:

Line

Add products to be included in your plan. Each product is shown on its own line.

Fields:

Active:	A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated.
Business Partner:	Anyone who takes part in daily business operations by acting as a customer, employee, etc.
Client:	Client for this installation.
Completed:
Fixed:	A means of locking the header tab so it will not be affected if a specified process is run again.
Needed qty.:
Organization:	Organizational entity within client.
Planned Date:	The date when a transaction will occur.
Planned Date Order:
Product:	An item produced by a process.
Purchase Planification:
Purchase Planification Line:
Quantity:	The number of a certain item.
Requisition line:
Sales Forecast Line:
Sales Order Line:	A unique and often automatically generated identifier for a sales order line.
Total Movement Quantity:	The final quantity to be moved based on the related business process.
Transaction Type:	A distinct set of characteristics or processes.
Work Requirement:	An order authorizing the production of a specific product and product quantity.

Sales Forecast

Create and edit sales forecasts over a specified time period in order to help plan necessary purchases.

Header

Create a sales forecast.

Fields:

Active:	A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated.
Business Partner:	Anyone who takes part in daily business operations by acting as a customer, employee, etc.
Client:	Client for this installation.
Description:	A space to write additional related information.
Document Date:	The time listed on the document.
Organization:	Organizational entity within client
Sales Forecast:

Lines

Add products to be included in your sales forecast. Each product is added by creating a line.

Fields:

Active:	A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated.
Client:	Client for this installation.
Organization:	Organizational entity within client.
Planned Date:	The expected or provisional date when a transaction will occur.
Product:	An item produced by a process.
Quantity:	The number of a certain item.
Sales Forecast:
Sales Forecast Line:

Setup

Planner

Define the entity in charge of managing the purchase or production of specific products.

Fields:

Active:	A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated.
Client:	Client for this installation.
Description:	A space to write additional related information.
Name:	A identifier for a document which can be used as a search tool.
Organization:	Organizational entity within client.
Planner:	The person in charge of making an MRP plan.
Production:	An indication that an item is being used in production.

Planning Method

Define how transaction types will be dealt with in the application.

Header

Create a planning method.

Fields:

Active:	A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated.
Client:	Client for this installation.
Description:	A space to write additional related information.
Name:	A identifier for a document which can be used as a search tool.
Organization:	Organizational entity within client
Planning Method:

Lines

Add transactions to be included in your plan. Each transaction is shown on its own line.

Fields:

Active:	A flag indicating whether this record is available for use or de-activated.
Client:	Client for this installation.
Days from:
Days to:
Line No.:	A line stating the position of this request in the document.
Organization:	Organizational entity within client
Planning Method:
Planning Method Line:
Transaction Type:	A distinct set of characteristics or processes.
Weighting: