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Production Material Planner
A production material planner is responsible for supplying fabricated parts and subassemblies (or compounds, mixes or blends) against production demands coming down from the master production scheduler. The production material planner needs the following:
1 Visibility to recent manufacturing performance to schedule so that company response time to react to problems can be reduced and so that the planner can work with problem suppliers proactively.
2 A display of the items or groups of items that have issues that require attention so that the planner can take appropriate action to align supply with demand.
3 To monitor component materials that are short and that need to be delivered to production lines in support of the planned master schedule starts.
4 A view of the inventory turnover on production parts and assemblies so that groups of parts that are not turning sufficiently fast can be improved, thereby reducing the amount of working capital tied up in inventory.
5 A view of the quality of planning data so that errors or inconsistencies can be corrected before they affect the quality of the supply plan.
6 Access to the specific orders that have not been delivered on time so that the planner can evaluate the effect of these on the MPS that requires them.
The Production Material Planner Dashboard includes the following panels in support of the objectives:

Production Material Planner Dashboard Content
 
This Main Dashboard Panel
Contains this Data
Links to This Additional Data
Andon Board by Item, Product Line, and Production Line
(Browses).
 
Action Messages by Production Line, Site/Item and Work Center (Browses)
 
Manage Materials for Work Center (Browse)
Manage Materials for Work Center browse collection; refer to Checking Component Availability
 
Inventory Turns Based on Historical Usage- Less than 10 Turns Per Year
(Operational Metric)
Inventory Turns tab with inventory turns less than 10, between 10 and 50 and more than 50 metrics, and total inventory turns
Less than 10, Between 10 and 50, and More than 50 browses
 
Manufactured Items:
• Without BOM Code
(Operational Metric)
• Without Routing Code
(Operational Metric)
Item Planning Data Integrity tab with item master metrics, manufactured, purchased, and MPS items and totals for each;
Manufactured items with and without BOM Code, Without Routing Code, Zero Run Time, Zero Lead Time, and MFG Lead Time Greater than 10 Days browses
 
Manufactured Scheduled Receipts - Overdue
(Operational Metric)
Manufacturing Diagnostics tab with manufacturing scheduled receipts, overdue, open PO lines, and totals for each
Open PO Lines browse, Manufacturing Schedule Receipts browse, overdue browse
Blank Supplier Code, Blank Buyer/Planning Code, Zero Purchased Lead Time, Zero Time Fence browses
Manufactured Items
Average Days on Hand by Site Based on Historical Usage
(BI Metric)
Links to BI; refer to your Business Intelligence user documentation
 
Inventory Turns by Site (Year) Based on Historical Usage
(BI Metric)
Links to BI; refer to your Business Intelligence user documentation
 
Inventory Days on Hand
(Operational Metric)
Inventory Days on Hand shows days on hand computed for each item in inventory based on current inventory and future demand for an item-site combination
Inventory Days on Hand metric browse with Inventory Days on Hand total and less than 10, between 10 and 50, more than 50, and no demand
Aggregated Days On Hand by Commodity
(Operational Metric)
Aggregated Days On Hand by Commodity shows a system-defined aggregated value for all items with the same commodity code. The values are based on running Build Days On Hand Analysis
Inventory Days on Hand metric browse with Days on Hand by Commodity total, less than 10, between 10 and 50, and more than 50
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Production Material Planner
You can drill down into supporting data in the Manage Materials for Work Center browse as shown in . Production Material Planner, Manage Materials for Work Center.
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Production Material Planner, Manage Materials for Work Center