Calculate Project MS Level 1
Explanation
This activity is used to perform project master scheduling (project MS) for either a single part, or for all the
parts belonging to a specific site and project planned netting group (PNG). This process uses information from the
forecasted demand that you have entered and the actual backlog of orders. It calculates forecasted demand and
actual orders, traces orders, and provides action messages. When initiating a project MS process for a site or PNG
you may set it up so that project material requirements planning (project MRP) and material requirements planning
(MRP) are run immediately after project MS.
Prerequisites
- A project MS part needs to be defined.
- Forecasted demands need to be registered.
System Effects
- If you perform project MS for a site or PNG, one or more background jobs will be executed to perform project
MS and, optionally, project MRP and/or MRP.
- The project MS process generates proposals as required. Shop order requisitions and purchase requisitions may
also be created for fixed proposals, if you have indicated that requisitions need to be created. During the
process, existing proposals and requisitions in the Planned status for the part are removed and new ones
will be created if necessary. These proposals are created for the forecast activities.
- Material transfer requisitions may also be created to transfer material between activities.
- Action messages may be displayed in the Master Schedule by Part/Action Messages tab
or in the Master Schedule Action Proposals page.
- The gross demand per activity is made available and this forms the basis for the MRP calculation.
- The projected quantity of the part on-hand is analyzed and displayed in the Projected Balance field in
the Master Schedule by Part/Master Schedule Grid tab. The quantity on-hand is
also updated. This value is used to calculate the development of quantity on-hand and the quantity available to
promise.