To create realistic purchasing and production schedules, optimize stock holdings and identify capacity constraints in a multisite, multi-warehouse environment.
The Value of SYSPRO Requirements Planning
Assists with the planning of materials and production capacity required to meet demand
Identifies levels of usage of critical resources for rough-cut capacity planning
Allows for the easy creation of build schedules from Master Production Schedule (MPS) suggestions and shop floor
Suggests purchasing, production and transfer schedule to satisfy demand
Powerful, on-screen reviews enable the creation and amending of purchase orders and jobs based on suggestions
“Snapshot” function allows the testing of plans before updating the live system
Identifies potential over-supply
Identifies average queue times
Preview of reports to screen and e-mail capabilities
Matching SYSPRO to Your Business
Calculates material and capacity requirements under an infinite or finite capacity assumption
Creates actual purchase orders or requisitions from suggestions
Creates actual work orders from suggestions
Creates supply chain transfers from suggestions for transfers between warehouses
Suggests changes to existing purchase orders and jobs based on changes in demand
Provides detailed pegging information in queries and reports
The Gross Requirements rule is defined per item
Allows user-defined planning frequencies, lead times and planning horizons for time fence indicators
Provides a seamless link to the Advanced Scheduler
Has MRP query with pegging
The capacity load is viewed in a bar chart or report form
Quickly identifies overloaded work centers
Gives critical resource planning queries
Provides bucketless planning that can be viewed and reported in any time period
Audit Trails and Reporting
Comprehensive reports include Capacity Loading, Material Requirements, Suggested Work Orders, Suggested Purchase Orders, Pegging and Resource Requirements
Calculates “projected available and available to promise”
Provides review of late supplies
Integration
Integrates with the Sales Orders & Invoicing, Quotations & Estimating, Inventory Control, Work in Progress, Bill of Materials and Purchase Order modules
E-mail reports with the Office Automation module
Requirements Planning requires the Inventory Control module