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Contents of the Update Master Production Schedules Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Update Master Production Schedules screen.

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.

You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options, if there are any, are also included in the saved parameter ID. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Field Description
Parameter ID

Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Description

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Selection Ranges

Field Description
MPS Plan

Enter, or click to select, the MPS plan for which you want to generate a schedule. The default option is P (Production), which means the MPS plan for the official production plan is processed. If you select any other MPS plan code, the official production plan is not affected.

MPS Part/Rev

Use the options in this group box to specify which MPS planned parts to include in the process

Field Description
Option

From the drop-down list, select the range of parts/part revisions to be included: All (the default), One, Range, From Beginning, or To End.

Start

Enter, or click to select, the part ID or part revision to be the starting point of parts included. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is not available.

End

Enter, or click to select, the part ID or part revision to be the end point of parts included. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is not available.

Warehouse

If you selected the Plan Warehouse Separately check box (on the Corporate Settings block of the Configure Material Requirements Planning Settings screen), Costpoint plans supply and demand records separately for each warehouse.

If the Plan Warehouse Separately check box is not selected, Costpoint does not plan supply and demand by warehouse and this option is not available to you.

Field Description
Option

From the drop-down list, select the range of warehouses to be included: All (the default), One, Range, From Beginning, or To End.

Start

Enter, or click to select, the warehouse that will be the starting point. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is not available.

End

Enter, or click to select, the warehouse that will be the end point. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is not available.

Inventory Project Selection

Use the options in this group box to specify the inventory projects to include in the schedule. The project planning groups are used later to determine what supply and demand information is used for each part processed.

Field Description
Selection Option

Select one of these settings from the drop-down list:

  • All Projects: Select this option to consider all project planning groups. This option plans supply and demand data from all MRP-planned inventory projects.
  • Project Planning Group: Select this option to process only one project's planning group. This option plans all supply and demand for inventory projects in the project planning group named in the corresponding Project field.
  • Netting Group: Select this option to plan all projects planned by netting group and linked to the Netting Group field listed below. You set up netting groups in the Production Control module. Each netting group consists of a group of inventory projects. During planning processes, Costpoint treats the netting group as a single entity.
Project

If you set Selection Option to Project Planning Group, enter, or click to select, the inventory project to include in the planning process.

Netting group

If you set Project Selection Option to Netting Group, enter, or click to select, the netting group of projects to include in the schedule.

Options

Field Description
Process All Companies

Select this check box if you want to plan parts, as well as supply and demand data, from all companies in your enterprise.

If you do not select this check box, Costpoint filters data using the company identifier for the current (active) company so that you can select parts and use supply/demand data for the current company only.

This option is not available if you selected the Process MRP by Company check box, or cleared the Plan MRP by Company check box, on the Corporate Settings block of the Configure Material Requirements Planning Settings screen.

Planned Orders Due Within MPS Time Fence

The MPS time fence is intended to limit modifications to the production schedule within a specified amount of time in the future.

Use this option to specify whether any planned orders with due dates falling inside the MPS time fence must be scheduled to fall outside the range of dates for the time fence. From the drop-down list, select one of these settings:

  • Set Due Date to Outside Time Fence: If the application determines that a part requires a planned order, but the due date is within the MPS time fence for that part, the application automatically resets the due date to the first calendar or shop date outside the time fence.
  • Ignore Planning Fence: The MPS time fence is ignored when determining the due date for the planned order.
Open Past-Due Forecasts

Select how existing, open forecast quantities for past periods are processed. Forecasts that are open and past-due exist when the forecasted need date falls before the current date, and the open sales forecast quantity or the open user-defined forecast quantity are greater than zero.

From the drop-down list, select one of these settings:

  • Rollover to Next Period: Costpoint rolls past-due forecasts into the next time period.
  • Remove: Costpoint deletes or reduces the open forecast quantities to zero (if the Retain Forecast History check box is selected on the Configure Master Production Scheduling Settings screen) for the past-due forecasts.
  • No Action: Past-due open forecasts are not affected.