End-Item Planning
This chapter describes the operations planning cycle for end items.
Introduction to End-Item PlanningDescribes when and why end-item operations planning is performed.
Calculating Operations PlansDescribes how to calculate an item’s operation plan by using Source Matrix Explosion.
Maintaining Operations PlansExplains how to review and edit different aspects of the operations plan.
Introduction to End-Item Planning
Companies typically do end-item operations planning in a short- to medium-term time frame, usually zero to six months. They use it to:
• Optimize target inventory and production levels throughout the enterprise.
• Develop production schedules for supply sites and production lines.
• Identify variances between planned and actual performance.
An operations plan is maintained for every end item. This plan shows global sales forecasts and target inventory levels and site-level production demands for the planning horizon. The end-item operations plan is the equivalent of a master production schedule.
Important: If you use the Enterprise Operations Plan module for master scheduling, do not use the Forecast/Master Plan module for the same item-site.
End-Item Processing Work Flow shows how calculating and maintaining the operations plan fit into the overall family plan process.
End-Item Processing Work Flow
