This article is part of the
Business Scenario series, split from the original
Business Scenario article.
Settings
The Business Scenario Material Flow settings are split into two tabs: LP Settings and DRP Settings.
LP Settings
The LP Settings have the following sections:
Enterprise Settings
- Select server:
- Select database:
Run Settings
- Bucket Size:
- Time Period:
- Demand Factor:
- Resource Capacity Factor:
- Supplier Capacity Factor:
Constraints
Inventory Complexity
- Inventory Balance:
- Existing Inventory:
- Safety Stock:
- Target Inventory by Period:
- Max Storage at Location:
Demand Complexity
- Demand Priority:
- Apply Fair Share to Demand:
- Apply Fair Share to Transfers:
Procurement Complexity
- Alternate Suppliers:
- Supplier Capacity:
- Supplier to Location Restrictions:
- Supplier Allocation:
- Purchase Orders:
Transfer Complexity
- Vehicle Routes:
- Vehicle Capacity:
- Alternate Routes:
- Transfer Orders:
- Loading Capacity:
- Loading Calendar:
- Transfer Lot Size:
Production Complexity
- Production Campaign:
- Include Changeover Matrix:
- Incremental Lot Sizes Item:
- Min Production if Made:
- Manufacturing Resource Capacity:
- Existing Firm Production:
- Shutdown and Maintenance:
- Bill of Material and Co-products:
- Alternate Bill of Materials:
- Date Effectivity for Bill of Materials:
- Non-sequence Dependent Setup Time:
- Item Group Capacity:
Distribution Complexity
- Vehicle Capacity:
- Vehicle Volume:
- Vehicle Weight:
- Pallet Stacking:
Objective
- Maximize Revenue:
- Maximize Profit:
- Maximize Total Cost:
- Maximize C02 Emissions:
- Reduce Late Delivery:
- Reduce Late Delivery:
- Reduce Inventory Carryover:
- Build to Safety Stock:
- Cost to Serve:
DRP Settings
Reset o Default:
Production
- Allow Forward Minimum Run: Allow a minimum production run to produce inventory arriving after the demand period.
- Early Append Days: Maximum number of days to look backwards to append to an existing production.
- Early Append Days No Minimum Run: Maximum number of periods to look backwards to append to an existing production, when there is no minimum run.
- Early Production Days: Maximum number of periods to look back to schedule production before need time.
Run Sequence
- Initial Expedited Run: Perform an initial run for expedited orders.
- Fill Continuous Resources: Perform a final run to fill gaps for continuous resources.
- Make Production as Late as Possible: Make a final run to shift productions as late as possible.
Inventory
- Enforce Minimum Inventory: Maintain inventory above minimum level.
- Enforce Safety Stocks: Maintain inventory above safety stock.
- Allow Early Shipments: Ship inventory when produced, rather than when needed.
Global
- Minimize Transit Time Global: Minimize shipment transit time (as opposed to cost)
- Orders By Days: For each order, process for every day before proceeding to the next order.
- Replenish By Days: For each stock, process replenishments for all days before proceeding to the next stock.
- Forecast By Days: For each forecast, process for every day before the next forecast.
Diagram Diagnostic info
When the material flow encounters a violation, the system will signal that to you with a red exclamation point inside a yellow circle. Click the Violation symbol to launch the Diagram Diagnostic Info drawer. Here you can select an item attribute to group the items by to evaluate the violation.
After generating and running the diagram, select that scenario in Input Data and Generate Preview for all constraints.
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