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.
- Consider Alternate Component Factor - Enable this option to reduce the required quantities
for the components with the quantities expected to be fulfilled by their alternate components given the
Alternate Component Factor defined in the structure. Note that this option is only available
when the structure type is Remanufacturing.
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.