This document presents tips and tricks for the Master Production Scheduling course. Click one of the items below to see information that may be helpful to you as you go through the course.
It is extremely important that you set up and work within your own site to maintain data integrity. Your site should be linked to company 10.
If you work within any other site, you will compromise your own exercise data as well as the data of other students. Predictable exercise results require that each student's data be isolated in a unique site.
If you have not created your own site in the current course database, see the general exercise for Site for instructions.
If you are an instructor, additional information is available about the Racing database, which is the database used by all IFS Training Materials.
The Racing database contains different data layers, including the following two layers that form the foundation of the database:
To see more information about the Racing database, including a link to documentation for the RTUBE data layer, see Racing Database in IFS Training Help.
The most common problem in Master Production Scheduling is entering a new forecast within the PTF, and then expecting the system to convert a proposed schedule into a fixed schedule. The system converts proposed schedules into fixed schedules when the proposed schedule crosses the PTF. In order to simulate the elapse of time, follow the steps outlined in this exercise in the Performing Level 1 Master Production Scheduling lesson.
If action messages do not appear, the forecast demand did not cross one of the time fences, or the master production part has not been recalculated.
A common condition that prevents the graph from being displayed is the result of inconsistencies between the period template start date and the graph start date. Recalculate the template to synchronize the start dates.
In order to prevent delay, ensure that you have updated the inventory part statistics for your site before attempting to aggregate the level 1 part.