You can perform MRP generation to collect
data relative to all material needs of manufacturing and distribution,
and view recommended actions in the MRP Report.
During the MRP generation process, the
system scans the relevant modules, disassembles the bill of materials,
and calculates and stores the data in a temporary MRP work file
prior to printing any selected reports. For
more information, see The MRP Generation
Process.
Before
You Begin
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After
the MRP Generation process starts, results from the previous
MRP Generation process are deleted. The MRP Report and
MRP Inquiry tasks are not available until the new process
is completed. The MRP calculations are complex and depending
on the amount of data to be examined, can be time consuming;
the calculations may take several hours to complete. In
addition, entering, deleting or modifying data during
the process will either be disregarded, produce incorrect
results, or cause errors that will interrupt the process.
You should establish guidelines and schedules for running
the MRP Generation process so that users do not enter
the system after the process begins.
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To automatically
restart the process after an error has occurred, select
the MRP Generation on Error Condition check box in the
MRP Options window.
To generate MRP calculations
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Select Material Requirements
Planning Main menu > MRP
Generation.
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If the Bill of Materials module
is integrated with MRP and the Enable Engineering Change Control
check box is selected in the Bill of Materials Options window,
in the Effective Date field, enter the effective date to include
all engineering changes made through the date entered. For
more information, see MRP Generation
- Fields.
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In the Default Build/Lead
Time (Days) field, enter the default number of days to use as
build/lead time.
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In the Sales Order Cutoff
field, enter a date as the cutoff promise date for sales order
line items. The system will disregard any sales order line items
with a promise date past this date.
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If desired, enter the project
demand start and cutoff dates.
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Select the MRP reports to
print, and click the corresponding button to set up printing selections
for those reports.
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Select the demand sources
to print.
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Click Print to begin the MRP
generation.
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You can print the MRP Report,
Action by Vendor Report, and MRP by Job Report immediately after
competing the MRP generation process.
During the MRP generation process, MRP scans
the relevant modules, disassembles the bill of materials, and calculates
and stores the data in a temporary MRP work file prior to printing
any selected reports. You can view the recommendations calculated
from the MRP generation process on the MRP Report or in the MRP Inquiry
window.
