Material Requirements Planning

glovia.com - Material Requirements Planning (MRP) helps you reduce inventory material investment and improve productivity and customer service by getting the right materials to the right place at the right time

Material Requirements Planning At-A-Glance

Materials Requirements Processing

• Multiple planning cycles
• Concurrent MRP planning views
• Optionally driven by selected Master Production Scheduling cycle
• Computer-planned orders (CPO)
• Generate purchase requisitions
• Contract purchase order releases for suppliers
• Work orders optionally generated Repetitive schedules created from MRP-planned orders

On-Line Exception Planning

• Paperless analyst review of suggested actions by item
• System suggests reschedule of open commitments by due date
• Highlights items with inadequate lead time Overstock analysis
• Cancellations suggested
• Sensitivity filters allow planners to control types and volume of exceptions
• Honors four level material pegging
• Planner's workbench

Processing Options

• MRP netting options
• Select multiple locations
• Phasing days per period
• Planning horizon
• As-of date for start of horizon
• Exceptions filters
• Summarization options
• Reschedule in/out rules
• Sensitivity by days for exception messages
• Order and delivery policies

Planner Updates

• Mass update of item planning status by product classification
• Selectively update lead time elements in mass

Inquiries and Reports

• Material Requirements Planning by Item
• Material Requirements
• Exceptions by Item
• MRP Detail
• MRP Summary
• Exceptions
• Projected Inventory
• Projected Purchase Orders
• Excess Stock
• Generated Work Orders
• Generated Purchase Requisitions
• Generated Repetitive Schedules
• Generated Contract Order Releases