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 |
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Parameter ID |
Enter, or click
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
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Selection Ranges
Field | Description |
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MPS Plan |
Enter, or click
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MPS Part/Rev
Use the options in this group box to specify which MPS planned parts to include in the process
Field | Description |
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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
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End |
Enter, or click
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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 |
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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
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End |
Enter, or click
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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 |
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Selection Option |
Select one of these settings from the drop-down list:
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Project |
If you set
Selection Option to
Project Planning Group, enter, or click
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Netting group |
If you set
Project Selection Option to
Netting Group, enter, or click
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Options
Field | Description |
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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:
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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:
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