Reading demands

You can read demands from Sales Order Processing, Estimating, Make to Stock and Sales Forecasts.

The Master Production Schedule - List shows included sales forecasts, make to stock items, estimates and sales orders.

If you are using multiple locations, the warehouses are listed, showing the quantity at each warehouse.

The Master Production Schedule - Excluded list shows excluded items. Items are excluded in the following circumstances.

  • The sales order is on hold.
  • The demand is beyond the horizon date.
  • The item does not have a due date.
  • The sales order is a pro forma or quotation.
  • The sales order has been cancelled.
  • The BOM A stock assembly and process costing system, which provides facilities to specify the structure of finished items in terms of sub-assemblies and components. record is marked as Use only in BOM module on the Details tab.
  • The sales order was created by Estimating.
  • The item has not been released to production.
  • The sales forecast falls in the Time Fence #1 number of days on the Planning settings MPS tab.
  • The sales order Due Date falls outside the Time Fence #2 number of days on the Planning settings MPS tab.
  • The sales order line is flagged for exclusion from MPS.
  • Sales Order fulfilment method is set to Direct To Customer in the Stock Control settings SOP Fulfilment Methods tab.
  • The customer is on hold.
  • A warehouse has not been specified.
  • The sales order has been completed.

To read demands

Open: MPS > Read Demand.

  1. Enter the date up to which you want to read demands. By default, this is the current system date, or today's date. If you have extended the horizon date A date beyond which data will not be included in the schedule. Data with a due date beyond the horizon date will not be read into the production schedule by MPS (Master Production Scheduling). on the MPS tab in Planning Settings then this date is shown here automatically.

  2. To read all information, select All Information.

    Note: We recommend you select All Information.

  3. To read selected information, select Selected Information, and make further choices from the following check boxes.

    Sales Orders

    Select this check box to read demand from sales orders Documents that state the quantity, description and price of goods and services ordered. They also specify agreed payment terms and discounts, delivery details and other agreements pertinent to the sale and its supply..

    Show Completed/Cancelled Orders

    Select this check box if you want to show completed and cancelled orders in the excluded view.

    Make to Stock

    Select this check box to read demand from make to stock items.

    Sales Forecasts

    Select this check box to read demand from sales forecasts The best estimate of future requirements. This is used as input to the MPS (Master Production Schedule). Forecast orders received should be subtracted from the forecast to leave a residual forecast in the master schedule. Total demands can then be calculated as orders plus residual forecast for each time period..

    Estimates

    Select this check box to read demand from estimates Forecast project costs, based on expected costs of labour, machinery and operation times. In Manufacturing, estimates are produced for one-off items or non-repetitive batches..

  4. Click OK.

    Demands are read up to the horizon date.

See also

Reference

Details (BOM record)

MPS (PLN settings)

SOP fulfilment methods (stock settings)