Select this for the default period size applicable to reports and queries to be a single day.

Select this for the default period size applicable to reports and queries to be multiple days.

Indicate the number of days that you want to be viewed as a period.

Select this for the default period size applicable to reports and queries to default to weeks.

Indicate the first day of the week to use as the default for the period.

Select this for the period size of reports and queries to default to months.

Select this to use the current inventory cost price as the default pricing method when reviewing suggested purchase orders within the Purchase Order Review program.

Select this to use the last price paid as the default pricing method when reviewing suggested purchase orders within the Purchase Order Review program.

Select this to use the purchase price as the default pricing method when reviewing suggested purchase orders within the Purchase Order Review program.

Select this to be able to review confirmed jobs (which have not yet been started) within the Job Review program.

Select this option to include the final phase of the requirements planning calculation.

If this option is not selected, then the dynamic capacity profile is not built in the snapshot directory and load levelling is unavailable within Requirements Planning.

If you do not select this option, then the Browse on Stock Codes listview is displayed instead.

This indicates the number of days before stock can be used in the Requirements Calculation.

The number of days entered here is added to the dock-to-stock days for each item.

It is used when calculating the delivery date of a job linked to a sales order, purchase order or SCT (Supply Chain Transfer).

	The Job Entry program and related business object take account of this setting regardless of whether the Requirements Planning module is installed.

Indicate the maximum number of decimals (0 to 6) required to be held for the quantity per field in the resource structure file.

Indicate the default number of days in each time bucket for resource planning.

The Resource Planning Query allows you to override this time period at run time.

This is added to the longest cumulative manufacturing time to calculate the manufacturing time fence.

This indicates the number of days into the future that you want to look for forecasting purposes.

It is the number of days from the planning time fence that general planning will take place.

The visibility factor (in days) added to the planning time fence gives the planning horizon and any date thereafter is not normally subject to any build schedules.

	The higher the Visibility factor, the longer the Requirements Calculation program will take to create the snapshot.

Select this to create a journal of all additions, deletions or changes made to forecasts (see Forecast Amendment Journal).

Enable this to create a journal of all additions, deletions, or changes made to build schedules (see Build Schedule Amendment Journal).

Select this to include stock on hand in the calculation of requirements.

If sales orders are not included, then the available quantity is subtracted from safety stock to establish the demand quantity. If included together with sales orders, then the stock on hand is subtracted from safety stock to establish the demand quantity.

If neither stock on hand nor sales orders are included, then safety stock is the demand quantity.

	If you select the option: Make provision for lot expiry in requirements calculation (Planning 2 tab) then you must include stock on hand in the requirements calculation.

Select this for the safety stock quantity held against a warehouse to create a demand in the prior period. This in turn could result in the creation of a purchase order or a job.

The demand created is reflected in the pegging file. Safety stock will be included in the calculation used to establish any oversupply/shortage:

(qty on hand + supply - demand - safety stock)

Select this to include purchase orders in the calculation of requirements.

Select this to include confirmed jobs in the calculation of requirements.

Select this to include unconfirmed jobs in the calculation of requirements.

Select this to include jobs on hold in the calculation of requirements. This applies to confirmed and unconfirmed jobs.

When a job is placed on hold it is often because of a problem with the finished product, or the customer has cancelled the sales order for it. For this reason, you may want to include/exclude the job from the Requirements Calculation to ensure that any materials attached are not incorrectly ordered.

	The following programs will check whether to exclude/include a job on hold: Requirements Calculation (will also exclude sub jobs attached to a job that is on hold, even if the sub jobs are not on hold) Forward Finite Scheduling (will also exclude sub jobs attached to a job that is on hold, even if the sub jobs are not on hold) Low Level Code Validation Low level validation

Select this to include forecasts in the calculation of requirements.

	If you select the Build schedule option, then forecasts for MPS items are ignored from the Requirements Calculation.

Select this to include sales orders in the calculation of requirements.

If sales orders are not included, then the available quantity is subtracted from safety stock to establish the demand quantity.

If included together with stock on hand, then the stock on hand is subtracted from safety stock to establish the demand quantity.

If neither sales orders nor stock on hand are included, then safety stock is the demand quantity.

	If you select the Build schedule option, then sales orders for MPS items are ignored from the Requirements Calculation. If you do not select to include sales orders, but you select option: Reduce qty on hand by allocated qty (if s/o not required) (Planning 2 tab), then the on hand quantity is reduced by the quantity allocated to sales orders.

Select this to include quotations in the calculation of requirements.

	A default offer must be selected against the quotation for it to be included in MRP. If a default offer is not selected, then MRP does not generate demand for the items on the quotation.

Select this to include the build schedule in the calculation of requirements.

	If you select this option, then forecasts and sales orders for MPS items are ignored from the Requirements Calculation. MPS only supports a single level of dependant demand (i.e. demand in the form of job allocations). The ONLY demand seen for an MPS item is the build schedule.

Select this to include forward orders in the calculation of requirements. If not selected, they are excluded.

Ensure that the Sales orders option has been included in the calculation of requirements.

Select this to include orders in suspense in the calculation of requirements. If not selected, they will be excluded.

Ensure that the Sales orders option has been included in the calculation of requirements.

Select this to include supply chain transfer orders in the calculation of requirements.

If you select to include supply chain transfer orders in the Requirements Calculation, then you must also ensure that: The Sales orders and Goods in transit options are selected. The option: Use full goods in transit transfers facility is selected (Inventory Setup). The Consolidate warehouses option (Warehouses tab) is not selected. If the option: Use full goods in transit transfers facility is selected (Inventory Setup), then the Requirements Calculation creates Suggested Supply Chain Transfers for items which are transfer supplied, irrespective of your selection here.

Select this to include goods in transit records in the calculation of requirements.

	If you select to include supply chain transfer orders in the Requirements Calculation, then you must also ensure that: The option: Use full goods in transit transfers facility is selected (Inventory Setup).

Select this to apply rule I (forecasts only), and S (sales orders only) in the Requirements Calculation program when determining the gross requirement of non-MPS items.

To apply all gross requirement rules for non-MPS items, select this option together with the Apply gross requirement rules H and C option. If you only select the Apply gross requirement rules I and S option then the gross requirement for all other non-MPS items is determined by applying rule A (sum of forecasts and sales orders). If you do not select this option then gross requirement rule A is applied to all non-MPS items assigned rule I and S. Gross requirements rules are not applied to supply chain transfers. This means that if you selected to include Supply Chain Transfer items in the Requirements Calculation, then SCTs for non-MPS are included regardless of the Non-MPS settings you select here. Note that there can, however, be differences in the pegging for an SCT depending on your selection here. For example: If you select to Apply gross requirement rules 'I' and 'S' but against the stock item you select I - Forecasts only at the Master production schedule option, then the only demand seen for the stock item is forecasts. If there are no known forecasts, then there is no pegging for the item in MRP. If you do not select to Apply gross requirement rules 'I' and 'S' then the sales order is seen as demand and the pegging for the SCT is created in MRP.

Select this to apply rule H (highest of forecasts and sales orders) and C (cumulative highest of forecasts and sales orders) in the Requirements Calculation program when determining the gross requirement of non-MPS items.

If you want to apply all gross requirement rules for non-MPS items then you should select this option together with the Apply gross requirement rules I and S option. If you only select the Apply gross requirement rules H and C option, then the gross requirement for all other non-MPS items is determined by applying rule A (sum of forecasts and sales orders). If you do not select this option then gross requirement rule A is applied to all non-MPS items assigned rule H and C. Gross requirements rules are not applied to supply chain transfers.

If you selected to apply gross requirement rules H and C, then your entry here is used to calculate the period to which sales orders and forecasts are allotted.

For example: A period length of 7 days calculated from 1 September 2003 translates into the following period allocations:

Period 1: 01/09/03 – 07/09/03

Period 2: 08/09/03 – 14/09/03

Period 3: 15/09/03 – 21/09/03

Period 4: 22/09/03 – 28/09/03

In the above example, a forecast with a date of 10/09/03 is used in period 2 and a sales order with a ship date of 18/09/03 is used in period 3.

Select this to use only sales orders within the demand time fence, regardless of the gross requirement rule assigned to the item (i.e. forecasts within the demand time fence are excluded from the calculation of requirements).

When a quantity on hand for a stock item drops below its minimum level, MRP tries to replenish the order immediately, which may result in the unnecessary expediting of orders. This option enables you to indicate a time fence during which MRP will not raise demand for safety stock.

If you select one of the time fence rule options, then MRP will apply the rule selected and safety stock demand is inserted at the calculation run date plus the time fence selected.

When Inventory Optimization min/max levels are applied in the Requirements calculation, they are applied from the calculation date plus the time fence rule selected.

For example, if you have an on hand quantity of 120 for an item and safety stock for the item is set to 50, you will only have 70 (120 - 50) to supply other demand. This is because MRP will have raised a demand for the safety stock quantity of 50.

Select this to override the buying rules held against each stock code, when running the Requirements Calculation.

Select this to use the buying rule assigned to the stock item when running the Requirements Calculation.

Select this to override only the buying rules held against MPS items when running the Requirements Calculation.

Select this to schedule the order/delivery/start dates of existing jobs, suggested jobs, and purchase orders according to when the demand is required. This means that the supply is scheduled according to the earliest demand date found, even if the supply may have been linked to a demand in the future.

Caution should be exercised for this option: If you select this option, it may lead to inappropriate assumptions being made, as supply dates may be suggested to be altered to new dates which are, in fact, impractical to implement. For example: a purchase order is suggested to be placed earlier than is practical, considering the purchase lead time of the stock item. Existing jobs or purchase orders may be re-scheduled to the last period when there is no demand for the supply, or earlier when additional demand is encountered. If you do not select this option, it may lead to serious over-ordering of supplies because an unsatisfied demand will generate a suggested job or purchase order, despite the availability of supply the following day.

Select this to schedule a specific supply (existing or suggested job, sub job, purchase order or requisition) to the specific demand to which it is linked. This means that, for example, supply for a job linked to a sales order will be scheduled according to the sales order.

If you do not select this option, then the Requirements Calculation program links the supply of an item to the first demand for the item, according to the demand dates.

This option is only enabled if you selected the option: Schedule jobs and purchase orders according to demand.

If you link a demand to a specific supply (e.g. a sales order), but that demand is excluded from the Requirements Calculation, (see Requirements Planning Setup - Planning 1 tab), then the supply is scheduled according to the first demand date. For items defined as MPS items (Stock Code Maintenance - Production tab), if the demand (Build schedule) is excluded from Requirements Calculation, (see Requirements Planning Setup - Planning 1 tab), then the specific supply is scheduled according to the demand (sales order, job, subcontract operation or material allocation). MPS items which have a specific supply are only scheduled according to demand if pegging records exist for the items. If a forecast demand exists against a non-MPS item and the gross requirement rule causes the forecast to be used, then the supply is scheduled to the first forecast demand, irrespective of whether there is a demand (sales order, job, subcontract operation or material allocation) linked to that supply. If a job is created with a date calculation method of Manually entered dates (Job Entry ), then the supply will not be linked to a specific demand. The supply created by purchase orders and requisitions for material allocations are linked to the first occurrence of the material allocation on the pegging. This is because a link can only be created at job number level and not at material allocation level.

Select this to include all stock codes and warehouses in the requirements file, regardless of whether there is demand/supply. This enables you to produce reports listing all stock code/warehouse combinations that do not have either demand or supply.

This option is selected automatically if any of the setup options: Include safety stock, Consolidate warehouses, or Schedule jobs and purchase orders according to demand is selected.

	Selecting this option may considerably increase the size of both the requirements file and the reports generated from this file.

Select this to reduce the quantity on hand by the quantity allocated to sales orders in the warehouse file, if you have not selected the Include in requirements planning - Sales orders option.

Select this to decrease stock on hand for expired lots when generating material requirements in the Requirements Calculation program.

When you enable this option, you need to enable the Stock on hand at the Include in requirements calculation field (Planning 1 tab), because the suggestions made by the system vary depending on your selections.

When this option is disabled, stock on hand for expired lots is included as stock on hand in the Requirements Calculation program.

Select this to leave your live data files unlocked while the snapshot files are being created.

Snapshot files are created when you run the Requirements Calculation program. The process involves extracting supply and demand information from a number of live files within SYSPRO and netting them off in order to establish future material and capacity requirements. These files are normally locked to prevent information from being posted to these files while the snapshot is in progress. However, this can sometimes be difficult to accomplish in a wide area network environment.

	Snapshot files that are created without locking the live source files may contain invalid data, or be corrupted. Irrespective of whether you select this option, you cannot run the Requirements Calculation program while the Job Entry program is being run by any operator.

By default, only requisitions created by the requisition users QOT and MRP are recognized as supplies by the Requirements Calculation program.

Select this to indicate that additional requisition users can be included in the requirements calculation when calculating supply for requisitions according to requisition users.

These additional users are configured on the Requisition Users tab.

If you do not select this option, then the Requirements Calculation program creates suggested supply for non-current revision/release ECC items.

Within the Requirements Calculation program, if you are scheduling supply according to demand and there are existing Goods in Transit then this option dictates whether Goods in Transit are rescheduled or not.

If you do not select this option, then existing Goods in Transit can be moved out to fill a future requirement, and the demand created by this action can be filled either by suggesting a new supply chain transfer and/or moving existing supply chain transfers in.

Select this to take account of quotes that are likely to become firm orders, by including them in the calculation of material requirements. In this way you could start purchasing raw materials with long lead times in anticipation of the order.

Select this to assign a higher priority to the start date of a job than the job priority held against the job, when using forward finite scheduling.

Select this to assign a higher priority to the job priority held against a job than the start date of a job, when using forward finite scheduling.

Select this to assign a higher priority to suggested jobs than quotations, when using forward finite scheduling.

Select this to assign a higher priority to quotations than suggested jobs, when using forward finite scheduling.

This indicates the maximum queue time allowed when calculating forward finite capacity, setting a limit on the insertion of operations into the capacity profile for each work center.

Select this to include all warehouses in the Requirements Calculation.

Select this to indicate a range of warehouses to include in the Requirements Calculation.

Select this to indicate a list of warehouses to include in the Requirements Calculation.

Enter a list of up to 10 warehouses that must be included in the Requirements Calculation.

Select this to include warehouses according to the option: Include warehouse in requirements planning calculation defined against the warehouse itself (Warehouse Maintenance).

The option: Include warehouse in requirements planning calculation (Warehouse Maintenance) is available only if you select the By warehouse option here.

Select this to consolidate the information of all the warehouses selected (e.g. quantity on hand, safety stock, WIP, etc.) All information is consolidated using warehouse --.

Do not select this option if you want the Requirements Calculation program to include supply chain transfer orders and/or blanket purchase orders. You cannot run the Excess Stock Review program when you select this option. If you select this option, then you must specify a Component warehouse to use against each warehouse (Warehouse Maintenance). The Component warehouse to use against each warehouse is used by the consolidation routine in the Requirements Calculation program. If this is blank, then MRP cannot raise suggested supply. When you run the Requirements Calculation program, IO dynamic levels are not accounted for (Warehouse Information).

By default, only requisitions created by the requisition users QOT and MRP are recognized as supplies by the Requirements Calculation program.

If you selected the option: Allow additional requisition users (Planning 2 tab), then you can selectively indicate which requisition users can be included in the requirements calculation (see Requirements Calculation).

	Requisitions for requisition users QOT and MRP are always included by the Requirements Calculation program, regardless of the selections you make here.

Select this to include all requisition users in the MRP calculation.

Select this to include a range of requisition users in the MRP calculation.

You indicate this range using the From and To fields.

Select this to include requisitions from requisition users only if the option: Include user in MRP calculation is enabled against the user code (User Maintenance).

Requisitions for requisition users QOT and MRP are also included/excluded according to the selection you make here.

Select this to include requisitions originated by the requisition user.

Select this to include requisitions currently held by the requisition user, irrespective of the user who created the requisition. This includes requisitions created by the current holder and which have not yet been routed.

The Gross requirements rule and MPS status for a stock code are define on the Production Details pane of the Stock Code Maintenance program.

Note that MPS items are always included in forecast depletion. You can only exclude MPS items by setting them to a gross requirements rule of A or I and then selecting to exclude them from depletion using the options below.

This option only applies to stocked items. It does not apply to non-MPS items.

This option only applies to stocked items. It does not apply to non-MPS items.

This option only applies to stocked items.

Depletion for non-stocked items only occurs when the non-stocked item is invoiced after Forecast depletion is activated and if you do not select to exclude non-stocked items (i.e. you do not select this option).

You indicate the number of days at the Forecast period length - Number of days field. The last depletion date is calculated by adding the days indicated to the ship date passed.

The last depletion date is calculated by adding the demand time fence to the ship date passed.

Therefore, this pads a period length after the ship date of the order and if any active forecasts are found within the demand time fence period, then these are depleted.

This option only applies to stocked items.

The last depletion date is calculated by adding the planning time fence to the ship date passed.

The program accumulates the Lead time (Stock Code Maintenance) + Planning frequency (Requirements Planning Setup - Frequency allowance days) + Demand time fence (Stock Code Maintenance). The total time (including non-working days) is added to the first ship date found. Thereafter, any forecast located within the time span of the Planning time fence will be depleted.

This option only applies to stocked items.

The last depletion date is calculated by adding the planning horizon to the ship date passed. The Planning horizon comprises the Planning time fence plus the Visibility factor (Requirements Planning Setup - General 2 tab).

This option only applies to stocked items.

This option only applies to stocked items.

This option is not available if the Inventory Forecasting module is not installed or licensed.

These options are not applied in the Requirements Planning Query program so do not suppress the pegging (i.e. past due forecasts still generate past due supplies).

Forecasts are depleted from the ship date forward.

The depletion start date is moved back by the Number of days specified.

The depletion start date for the forecast is calculated by subtracting the number of days defined here from the ship date on the order.

For example if you enter 15, then depletion starts 15 days earlier than the ship date for a sale or credit note and if any forecast is located within 15 days, it is depleted.

Select this to deplete forecasts relating to the customer passed, followed by forecasts where the customer is spaces. This means that the calculated forecast depletion start and end dates are applied to forecasts by customer.

If you select this option, then forecasts with a customer equal to the customer against the sales order are depleted first. If no forecast records are found for the customer, or the forecasts for the customer have been fully depleted, then forecasts where the customer is spaces are depleted. Forecasts with a different customer are excluded from depletion.

Note that the other forecast depletion options selected still apply.

This works together with the option: Forecast depletion period type - Use forecast calendar.

If you do not select this option, then depletion only takes place up to the end of the depletion date calculated. This means that the current forecast calendar period end date is the end point of depletion.

If you select this option, then depletion continues to take place beyond the current forecast calendar period end date.

For example:

The forecast quantity for April is 10 and for May it is 15.

In April, you invoice an order for a quantity of 13.

If you did not select Allow forecasts outside of period to be depleted, then the forecast for April is depleted fully, but the forecast for May remains at 15.

If you selected Allow forecasts outside of period to be depleted, then the forecast for April is depleted fully and the forecast for May is depleted by 3.

This option only applies to stocked items.