Simulate Material Availability
Explanation
Use this activity to simulate material availability.
This allows you to check whether or not the components will be available to manufacture
the required quantity of a specific part revision/alternate on a certain day.
To run the simulation, click New Simulation and enter
the simulation options:
- Start Date - The day the manufacturing should be
simulated to begin. Today's date will appear by default, but can be
modified.
- Quantity - The
quantity of parts that you want to simulate, i.e., the lot size of the planned
shop order.
- Project - The project under which you want to
simulate the material. The simulation will be done only to the material
connected to activity sequences under the given project.
- Show Shortages Only - Enable to show only possible
shortages instead of all material lines
The simulated available quantity is calculated as follows:
- Projected Qty On Hand Excluding Requisitions = Inventory Qty On
Hand - Reserved Qty On Hand + Open Supply (Excluding Requisitions) - Not
Reserved Demand (no MRP exploded demand)
- Projected Qty On Hand Including Requisitions = Inventory Qty On
Hand - Reserved Qty On Hand + Open Supply (Including Requisitions) - Not
Reserved Demand (no MRP exploded demand)
Prerequisites
- An inventory part must be defined and must have a buildable structure.
- Material lines that are customer owned, or not consumed will not be
considered.
System Effects
The system calculates the accessibility of the selected part under user-specified
simulated conditions.