Re: help with Finiate Forward Scheduling

If we begin with the premise that we are trying to keep supply and demand in 
balance, we would not want to make excess stock over what a safety stock 
quantity would be.  Therefore BPCS would assume that you are going to move the 
firm 
planned order in a couple days since that quantity is in excess of what is 
required to keep things in equilibrium.

In your specific example, there is no minimum balance and the system 
recommends that you move the FPO into 11/14/03 from the original 11/20/03.  The 
amount 
of inventory that will be generated is still in excess of the demand.  And 
since you are outside the time fence, that does not come into play here.

I wish you luck.

John Kasper
J.D. Kasper & Associates, Inc.
KASP6281@xxxxxxx
(847) 529-1099 Cell Phone