Keystone Feature
Material requirements planning
Time-phased netting across every level of every bill, so a shortage appears in the week it occurs rather than when the operation starts.
The problem it solves
Material is ordered when somebody notices it is low, or when a job reaches the stores and the box is empty.
A shortage on a subassembly three levels down does not announce itself until the operation is due to start.
Reorder levels are set once and then drift out of date as the order book changes.
What you get
- 01
Know what to buy and when — Turn accepted demand into make and buy recommendations across the weeks ahead.
- 02
Catch shortages early — Multi-level explosion finds the subassembly that will run short before the operation is due to start.
- 03
See the reason for every suggestion — Each recommendation names the customer order behind it.
- 04
Stay in control — Recommendations become works orders or requisitions only when you convert them.
Detail
See why it wants you to buy
A recommendation names the demand behind it. When a customer moves an order out by three weeks, you can see which purchase suggestions move with it.
Catch shortages three levels down
Bills explode through subassemblies to raw material. A cycle in a bill is refused by the database rather than found when the run hangs.
Nothing is ordered behind your back
Recommendations become draft works orders or purchase requisitions, which then follow the normal approval route. MRP proposes; a person decides.
Next step
Show us how your factory runs
A walkthrough starts with your orders, your production flow and your material problems. We follow one of your jobs through the system rather than presenting a feature list.