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Production planning involves several components that together manage a production run Bill of Materials (BOM) , Material Requirements Plan (MRP), and Master Production Schedule (MPS). These must be coordinated in detail. Trying to do this manually using spreadsheets will become impossible in an increasingly flexible environment.
A BOM may be a relatively simple document or a complex, multi-levelled product description made from multiple sub-assemblies. The combination of MPS, BOM and MRP information determines the items to be manufactured, in what quantities and by when, and what must be procured.
Inventory records, product specs, shipping documents contain errors. The now outmoded MRP scheduling approach too often moves inventory into stock that doesn’t reflect customer needs and cannot efficiently make frequent adjustments to accommodate variations in those needs. Overhead costs are excessive (due to systemic disorder).
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Action Message: An alert generated by a materials requirement planning (MRP) or distribution requirements planning (DRP) system. It places responsibility on the carrier to transport the goods to the destination airport in line with specific conditions stated in the air waybill document. ACS: Automated commercial systems, or A.C.S
It is worthwhile to document how each component is procured e.g. the manufacturer, or supplier used, the lead time, whether it is made-to-order or off-the-shelf etc. These accurate and timely BOM forecasts can then feed into the ERP or MRP systems for purchase orders to be created. Procurement type.
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