Materials shortages

Export to Excel
To  inform procurement of any shortages export the overview reports to excel.

MRP limitations
It is important to note  that the MRP and material availability functions are not designed to replace materials management in Enterprise Resource Planning. It is intended to assist the planner during the planning and scheduling process. By using markers, planners are able to mark job orders that have material issues.

MRP shortages
Job orders with shortages can still be scheduled.  One way to overcome this is to use markers to flag job orders with shortages and then exclude these during scheduling

The MRP View feature provides a stock enquiry of the current quantities for components over a period of time.The MRP Views feature supports up to 100 periods by day or week.

MRP Overview

Each component used on a job order is returned in a grid view. The rows are ordered first by location then by product. If Visual APS has calculated any shortages for a component, the quantity will be highlighted in red text. The number of job orders affected by this shortage can be seen in the job orders affected column. Doubling clicking on the quantity value provides the user with a drill down into the individual order details.

MRP Selected

Works in the same ways as MRP Overview but is useful for checking one or a few job orders at a time.

To review shortages for all job orders

1. Click on the Plan Menu
2. Click Recalculate 
3. Click on the Plan Menu
4. Click on Overview
5. Select the Period Type Day or Week
6. Enter the number of periods to review in the Period field
7. Click on Apply

To review shortages for a selected job orders

1. Click on the Plan Menu
2. Click Recalculate 
3. Highlight the job order you want to review from the task panel
4. Click on the Plan Menu
5. Click on Selected
6. Select the Period Type Day or Week
7. Enter the number of periods to review in the Period field
8. Click on Apply