Planned vs Allocated Inventory & Scheduling Customer Orders

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Art,

We are using MRP.  Until you said something about MRP250, we didn't know it 
existed.  I've developed an Access database that looks at some of this after 
the orders are released, but not before.  I have ran a couple of reports from 
there, but right now I can only estimate that the majority of the orders we 
release should not be released because of material availability problems (one 
one product line).  We do have several other product lines that don't have the 
same sensitivity to material issues.

We are in the process of flattening some of our bills, but that isn't an 
overnight task due to the approx. 35,000 end items we have on system.

Unfortunately, we don't have a CPIM.  I've had some limited training in some of 
the concepts, but it gets complicated quick with all of the different options 
that can be employed to try to "control" the manufacturing environment.


Jenny Carr

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