Planning Worksheet: Running MRP & DRP

Planning Worksheet: Running MRP & DRP

Optimize

From the Optimize dropdown, select Run MRP Engine, Run DRP Engine, Fair Share, Align Transfers, and View Log.





Run MRP Engine

The MRP engine uses the Bill of Materials to determine production and procurement requirements for intermediates and raw materials. It also looks at the Item Group capacity and to time phase production. 








Run DRP Engine

Select the items to optimize. The optimization engine will run on all related stocks.






DRP Order Priorities

DRP looks at the priority on the Sales Order line (or by extension allowing to put a priority on Forecast as well) to replenish the demand. Demand is replenished per time period (week), per priority (highest first).


















Sales Order Details





DRP/MRP Configuration Isolation for Workflow Scheduling

This feature allows users to define and store one or more named configurations for MRP and DRP separately. Users can create, update, and delete named DRP/MRP configurations under Global Settings → Supply → DRP Configurations, MRP Configurations.

  1. Click Run MRP Engine to launch the MRP Engine window.




  1. Click Manage Configurations.





  1. Click +New to create a new MRP Configuration and launch the Add MRP Configuration drawer.







  1. Fill out the appropriate information in the Add MRP Configuration drawer, then click Save. The New MRP Configuration will appear in the MRP Configuration list.









  1. Go back to the planning worksheet, and launch Run MRP Engine, you can now select the new Configuration from the dropdown list. 






  1. You can also select the new configuration while running DRP by selecting Filter from selected DRP Configuration.





DRP Manage Configurations













Manage Backorders

Manage Backorders allows you to include (Submit) or exclude (Unsubmit) Sales Backorders from planning logic, based on business preference or scenario.
  1. Submit: Sales Backorders are considered in planning by including sales backorders in start and end stock calculations (impact stock, but do not consume future forecast).
  2. Unsubmit: Sales Backorders are excluded from future forecast consumption by excluding sales backorders entirely from planning worksheet calculations (same as current behavior).
Arkieva recognizes sales backorders by using the following criteria:
  1. Order date < today
  2. Expiry date ≥ today
  3. Status = open





Sales Opportunities 









Vendor

DRP will consider a non-preferred vendor when the system cannot meet the demand with a preferred vendor. 

Example:
QL input (since we cannot visualize the vendors by stock table in Supply Inputs):
  1. As can be seen, supplier 2 has the preference, but a way longer lead time.
  2. Supplier 1 is not preferred, but way shorter lead-time. 



  1. Within lead-time of supplier 2, order with the non-preferred Supplier 1 to meet the demand.
  2. Outside the lead-time of supplier 2, order with the preferred supplier 2. 








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