Material availability

Saving Calculations
User have the ability to take a snapshot of the material calculation information. This can be useful if additional analysis needs to be performed outside of Visual APS against the product data. The data relating to material calculations is stored in the ERP database in the LYNQ stock info tables.

Visual APS provides a material indicator column in the task panel to indicate to the planner, the availability of material for different types of job orders. The material indicator is updated whenever the calculate material function is run. This feature can be run manually when the calculate method is set to manual or when you open or refresh Visual APS when the calculate method is set to auto.

Setting calculation method to manual or auto

1. Click on the Plan menu
2. Click MRP - Settings
3. Select Manual or Auto from the Material Calculations lookup

Due to the complexities of material calculations, setting Visual APS to automatically recalculate can significantly slow down performance of Visual APS.  Every time Visual APS is refreshed and opened, material calculations are performed. Therefore, it is recommended that the material calculation method is set to manual, so the user can control when recalculations will occur

Recalculating material requirements

1. Click on the Plan Menu
2. Click Recalculate
3. Select Yes to save the current plan prior to running recalculate
4. Select production orders Task Panel
5. The material column will now be updated