You use this program to create master production schedules on-line.
| Field | Description |
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| Warehouse | Enter the warehouse to use for the
review. Alternatively, you can use the Review Options pane to indicate multiple warehouses to use for the review. This field is disabled if you select to consolidate warehouses or use a warehouse selection from the Review Options pane. |
| Stock code | Enter the item you want to review for the selected
warehouse(s). Once you have indicated the stock code, you use the Review Options pane to indicate the criteria you require for running the review. |
| Change Rev/Rel | Uses the ECC History program to indicate
the specific revision/release of the stock item you want to
review. This option is only enabled for ECC-controlled items. |
| Use current | Uses the current revision/release of the ECC-controlled item for the review. |
| Start Review | Display information according to the options and preferences you indicated. |
| Review Suggestions | Reviews suggested build schedules and optionally creates build schedules. |
| Query | |
| Forecast | View and maintain details of forecasts for the selected stock item using the Forecast Maintenance program. |
| Build Schedule | View and maintain details of the build schedule for the selected stock item using the Build Schedule Maintenance program. |
| Preferences | Configure preferences to apply when reviewing the Master Production Schedule. |
This screen is displayed when you select the Preferences function or you select Preferences from the Options menu.
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| Criteria selection | |||||||||
| ATP negative in first period | View stock codes for which the available-to-promise is negative in period 1. | ||||||||
| Proj avail less than safety within PTF | View stock codes for which the projected available is below safety within the planning time fence. | ||||||||
| Proj avail less than safety within PH | View stock codes for which the projected available is below safety within the planning horizon. | ||||||||
| Past due build schedules | View stock codes for which build schedules are past the due date. | ||||||||
| Inclusion selection | |||||||||
| Include past due forecasts | Select this to include stock codes for which the forecasts are past the due date. | ||||||||
| Limit periods up to selection | |||||||||
| Date selection |
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| Period limit | |||||||||
| Period selection | |||||||||
| Period length | Enter the number of days required in a period. | ||||||||
| Number periods | Enter the maximum number of periods (in the range 1 to 98) required to be viewed. |
This pane is enabled once you have indicated the stock item for which you want to review the schedules.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Run date | Indicate a valid date from which viewing must commence. |
| Number periods | Indicate the maximum number of periods (in the range 1 to 98) required to be viewed. |
| Use warehouse selection | Uses your warehouse selection below for the review. |
| Use warehouses defined in setup | Uses the warehouse selections made within the Requirements Planning Setup options for the review. |
| Warehouse selection | Indicate the warehouse(s) to use for the review (if you selected the Use warehouse selection option). |
| Consolidate warehouses | Consolidates the values of all warehouses in which the selected item is stocked. |
| Include ECC deplete oldest | Include the job allocations using the ECC consumption method Deplete oldest (Structures and Routings). |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Warehouse | Indicates the warehouse selected for the review.
The word 'Consolidated' is displayed if more than one warehouse was included in the review. |
| Qty on hand | Indicates the quantity of the item physically in the warehouse (including quantities on hold). |
| Qty on back order | Indicates the sales order back order quantity (excluding unallocated scheduled order back order quantities). |
| Qty allocated to S/O |
Indicates the quantity on back order together with the sales order ship quantity (excluding unallocated scheduled order back order and ship quantities). Ship quantities for credit notes are not included in the sales order ship quantity (these quantities are only available once the credit has been fully processed). |
| Qty available |
Indicates the quantity on hand less the quantity allocated to sales orders for the item in the selected warehouse. It includes stock on hold, stock in expired lots, stock locked by ECOs and stock in bins that are on hold (the quantity on hand used in the calculation is the quantity physically in the warehouse and includes quantities on hold). |
| Qty in inspection | Indicates the quantity of purchased items awaiting inspection (i.e. receipted into inspection, but not receipted into stock). |
| Qty in transit to be received | Indicates the outstanding non-immediate warehouse transfers shown against the target warehouse. |
| Qty on order | Indicates the quantity of outstanding purchase orders, made-in jobs and supply chain transfers. |
| Qty allocated to WIP |
Indicates the outstanding materials to be issued to jobs (including allocations to both confirmed and unconfirmed jobs). |
| Deplete oldest WIP qty | Indicates the total quantity of job allocations for the item using the ECC consumption method Deplete oldest (Structures and Routings). |
This screen is displayed when you select the Review Suggestions option to review the suggested build schedules and optionally create build schedules.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Reference | Indicate the reference you want to assign to the build schedule. |
| Resource | Indicate the resource code for the item. This defaults to the resource code defined against the stock code. |
| Create Build Schedules |
Creates build schedules for the suggested build schedules you have highlighted. For items defined with a batching rule of E - Order to maximum if less than minimum (Stock Code Maintenance) the minimum and maximum quantities defined against the warehouse are used to calculate the suggestions made. Safety stock is applied to the time fence selected in the Requirements Planning Setup program if you selected to include it in the requirements calculation. |
Inserting Application Help
You would typically follow this procedure to display help for the current program in a customized pane that can be pinned to the program window.
Information includes step-by-step instructions for the various functions available within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program.
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Open the program for which you want to insert application help into a customized pane.
This functionality is only available for a program that has panes.
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Right-click any form field.
You can also click the triangle menu icon that appears in the title area of a pane.
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Select Insert Application Help from the context-sensitive menu.
The application help appears in a pane within your program. You can reposition the pane using the docking stickers or pin it to the program window.
Removing the Application Help pane
If you no longer want to display application help in a pane for your current program, you can simply remove it.
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Select the Close icon in the right-hand corner of the application help pane.
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Confirm that you want to delete the pane.