For all other period selections, the system displays the defaults number of days for that period and these cannot be changed.

Indicates the period of the demand/supply. The date is relevant to your selection at the Periods option.

not loaded is displayed for any supply falling into the date range January 1st, 2040 to December 31st, 2045.

This column cannot be sorted as it contains both text and date fields. To sort by date, you need to sort on the Start date column.

Indicates the stock on hand less the allocated stock plus the stock in transit due to be received plus stock in inspection, for each stock code/warehouse combination (i.e. it is the quantity available netted off with the supply and demand from the previous period).

This is zero for MPS items where you have enabled the Build schedule option at the Include in requirements calculation field (Requirements Planning Setup). The available quantity on lines after the first line will be the previous line's result carried forward.

The calculation of the quantity available depends on the Requirements Planning Setup options selected. The calculation begins with the warehouse quantity on hand and adjusts this quantity depending on what you included in the MRP calculation.

For example:

The quantity in inspection (less the quantity scrapped) is added to the quantity on hand.

Indicates one or more of the following (depending on the Requirements Planning Setup options selected): quantity in transit, existing job, existing purchase order, estimate, suggested job, suggested purchase order requisition, existing purchase order requisition, IO min/max levels and associated batching rules if Inventory Optimization is in use.

When using Inventory Optimization, the Target Service Level – defined against the policy (IO Policies) – is crucial in determining the resultant min/max levels. The higher the Target Service Level, the higher the suggested Minimum, and by implication, the higher the suggested Maximum. The current min/max levels are used by the MRP calculation to address demand, in conjunction with Batching Rules set against the Inventory Master. Therefore, the higher the target service level, the higher the suggested supply made by MRP. Suggested MRP supply must be critically reviewed for feasibility in relation to the target service level set. Therefore, suggested supply generated via min/max levels are a sensitive issue in MRP, potentially affecting the profitability of your company. Suggested MRP supply must therefore be critically reviewed for feasibility in relation to the target service level set before any action is taken.

Indicates the start date of the selected period (for example for Months, it is the first day of the month).

When MRP calculates that a supply should be cancelled, the date is moved out beyond 31/12/2045 and therefore the Start date is displayed as 01/01/2046.

Change the pegging for the line currently highlighted in the list view.

When changing requisition stores transfers, both the supply and demand side of the pegging are updated.

When you change a component or a sub-assembly of a job, you are prompted to indicate whether you want to update the Job Header (see Job Entry) or to Change the Available Date (see Change Material Availability Date).