Defining Production Schedules using MRP - Exercises

Basic Data Setup

You should have completed the specified exercise before you start this one. In this exercise,  basic data is set up that will be used in the exercises below.

Define a Production Line

Define a Production Line with Report Points

Required Data

Attach a Horizon ID to a Scheduled Part

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to prepare the production line to perform MRP.

Windows:
Production Line

  1. Open the Production Line window.
  2. Query for Production Line 900, Production Line for Rims
  3. Click the Schedule Attributes tab.
  4. Attach Horizon ID 7 to Part 61–901. Save the record.

Create a Customer Order

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to prepare demand to perform MRP.

Windows:
Sales Part
Customer
Customer Order

  1. Open the Sales Part window. Create a new record for a sales part.
  2. Make sure that the both the sales part number and part number are 61–901
  3. Complete the other required fields. Save the information.
  4. Open Customer window. Create a new record for a customer.
  5. Complete the other required fields. Save the information.
  6. Open the Customer Order window. Create a new customer order.
  7. For the Customer field, select the customer you created in this exercise. Save the information.
  8. Go to Order Lines tab. Create three customer order lines: one with a date within the firm horizon, one with a date between the firm horizon and the schedule horizon, and one with a date past the schedule horizon.
  9. Release the customer order.

Main Exercise

Generate Production Schedules using MRP

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how to generate production schedules for a production line using material requirements planning (MRP).

Windows:
Perform Site MRP
 Background Jobs
Production Schedule by Line
Production Schedule by Line Part

  1. Open the Perform Site MRP window.
  2. Perform MRP.
  3. Open the Background Jobs window and make sure that the MRP was performed successfully.
  4. Open either the Production Schedule by Line or Production Schedule by Line Part window.
  5. Analyze the result for Production Line 900.