Master planning
8 important questions on Master planning
Master scheduling level
3-18 months
Production planning is the major output of S&OP and is concerned with:
- planning for each product familiy
- maintaining desired inventory levels
- determining resources required
- comparing load with available resources
Production plan faces the following typical situation
- aproximately a 12-36 month horizon
- a monthly rate
- demand fluctuates or is seasonal
- plan is made for productfamilies
- plan and equipment usually are fixed
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Four basis productionstrategies
- chase
- level
- hybrid
- subcontracting
Information needed for MTS production plan
- forecast for the time period for the planning horizon
- opening inventory
- desired end inventory
Master production scheduling purpose
- link the production plan at the product familiy level at the end item level
- create the priority plan for end items manufacturing
- basis for calculating the rough cut capacity plan
- drive the material requirements plan, which takes the priority plan to the component due date and quantity level
Time fences and zones:
- liquid: forecast only, changes constraint by production plan
- slushy: actual & forecast ( trade offs)
- frozen: actual order ( emergency changes only)
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