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.