Set Up Master Scheduling and RCCP
Simulated Forecasting
Balance Demand and Supply
The master schedule represents supply that then creates component demand for MRP. Master scheduled items require human judgment to evaluate the schedule and its effects on capacity, material, cost, and customer service. The master scheduler creates required supply orders to meet demand after considering requirements for:
• Independent demand (forecasts and sales orders)
• Dependent demand (related to or derived from the BOM structure for other items or end products), especially when scheduling for important spare parts
• Abnormality
• Seasonality
• Consumption
Sales order demand is the quantity of an item sold, as recorded on confirmed sales orders or required ship schedules. The system recognizes item quantities ordered as demand when a sales order has been confirmed.
• Confirmed is Yes in Sales Order Maintenance (7.1.1)
• A customer planning or shipping schedule has been changed to a required ship schedule using Required Ship Schedule Update (7.5.5)
• Selective Required Ship Schedule Update (7.5.6)
Sales order demand:
• Consumes shipment forecasts based on the item number, site, quantity, and due date recorded on the sales order or customer schedule
• Is abnormal if the quantity or source of demand is not characteristic of quantities anticipated by the current forecast and should not be used to plan future forecasts
