Multi-Site MRP—Extended Exercises
IMPORTANT |
It is extremely important
that you set up and work within your own site to maintain your
data integrity. 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 your data
be isolated in your own site. |
Basic Data Setup
MRP Extended Data Setup
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to set up the
required prerequisite data needed for the extended MRP exercises. You
must
do this exercise once to support the extended MRP exercises in the current
database. (If the database has been refreshed since the time you set up the data
for the MRP extended exercises, you will need to set up the data again.)
- If you haven't done so already, create your own sites and set up the
extended MRP data (for extended exercises) in those sites.
General exercise
for Overview of Extended MRP Data
Main Exercise
Purpose: The purpose of these exercises is to perform
MRP on the parts that you have already defined and evaluate the result. After
evaluating results, release distribution orders and re-run MRP to observe
results.
Windows:
Perform MRP
Background Jobs
MRP Part Information
Distribution Orders
MRP Material Plan
- Open the Perform MRP window and start the MRP process
for your planning network. This is the planning network you created in
the Extended MRP Data exercise to include your two sites.
- Check the process from the
Background Jobs window.
- Go to the next section when the process is done.
- Open the MRP Part Information window and query for
part 90-211.
- Select the 90-211 part defined on your primary site
from the Part Number list. This part is defined as a multi-site
planned part supplied from the secondary site defined as an internal
supplier.
- Examine the MRP results for this part. On the
Receipts
and Deliveries tab, look for MRP DO (Distribution Order) receipt quantities
corresponding to inter-site requests. MRP always plans DO Receipts for
multi-site planned parts, as opposed to MRP Manufacture Receipt
or MRP Buy Receipt quantities.
- Now select the 90-211 part defined on your secondary
site from the Part Number list. This part is defined as a
manufactured part on the supplying location.
- Examine the MRP results for this part. On the
Receipts
and Deliveries tab, look for the DO Receipt quantities to be
recognized here as gross requirement corresponding to inter-site requests.
- On the
Gross Requirements tab, you can
see the specific distribution order pegging information driving this demand.
- Navigate to the
Distribution Orders
window and query for your part 90-211. Depending on your MRP results,
you should find several records at state Planned.
- Choose the distribution order with the earliest
Planned
Due Date and use the right-mouse button menu to select
Distribution
Order to navigate to the detail screen. Here you can see the
Distribution Orders generated as supply proposals from MRP for the demand
site. Your secondary site should be indicated as the supply site.
- Choose Release from the right-mouse
buttoner menu for this distribution order to release this order for
execution. Purchase Orders and Customer Orders between the internal
supplier and customer are generated to assist in execution of this material
demand, though you can execute the basic material flow directly from the
distribution order itself. Note the status of the distribution order
has changed.
- Use the
Purchase Order... and
Customer
Order... right-mouse button selections to navigate to the resulting
orders. Make a note of the order numbers for your records.
- Open the Perform MRP window and once
again start the MRP process for your planning network. This is the
planning network you created in the Extended MRP Data exercise to include
your two sites.
- Check the process from the
Background Jobs window.
- Return to the MRP Part Information
window and once again query for the 90-211 part.
- Select the 90-211 part defined on your primary site
from the Part Number list. This part is defined as a multi-site
planned part supplied from the secondary site defined as an internal
supplier.
- When the query results display, on the
Gross
Requirements tab you should now notice Purchase Order supply created
as a result of the released distribution order. In addition, new
Planned MRP distribution order receipts should be visible. These are
created to replace those created in the earlier MRP run, and subsequently
deleted in this run.
- Now select the 90-211 part defined on your secondary
site from the Part Number list. This part is defined as a
manufactured part on the supplying location.
- On the
Gross Requirements tab you
should now notice Customer Order gross requirements created as a result of
the released distribution order. In addition, new Planned MRP
distribution order demands should be visible as gross requirements for the
supplying site's part.
- Open the MRP Material Plan window and query for
part 90-211.
- Use the RMB method to select Restrict to
Planning Network... and select your planning network from the list
of values in the subsequent dialog. This limits the query to only
those part and sites existing within the specified network.
- In the table window, you can see the supply/demand
picture existing for this part including released purchase orders, customer
orders, as well as projected MRP planned orders and requirements.