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Scope:
In Indian scenarios, the local vendors grab the lion-share, just because they can ensure
delivery in a short time and the industries are unwilling to carry extra inventory for the high
volume raw materials:
(a) Inventory is still considered as a risky element, and the planners are more than ready
to cut down any extra cheese on that pizza.
(b) Sometimes the customers are also okay to add some buffer on the delivery dates; it is
thus easier to cash on that flexibility and trust on to the availability of the standard variantswith a sacrifice on the lead time.
In a situation like this, a vendor who can cut the transportation cost and ship the truckload on
given days is considered to be a good business partner.
Proposal:
When we use periodic lot sizing and advise the MRP component to throw schedules on a
given date, we miss a point. What about the GR processing time?
SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP): Calculating the Dates: Planning Calendar
Solution:
We can plan according to planning calendars. We can take the approach as suggested:
(a) Group the materials with same periodic lot size according to the GR processing time.
Suppose we have GR times as 2 Days, 4 Days and 6 Days.
(b) Maintain Planning calendars according to the GR processing time; for example, for
materials with 2 days GR time, define periods starting from Wednesday, so that the delivery
is generated on Monday. Similarly, for materials with GR processing time 4 days, maintain
periods as Friday to Thursday, and the delivery will thus be on Monday.
Similarly the planner can manipulate to have delivery clubbing and cut the transportation
cost significantly.
298 Views Tags: mrp, ppc_calendar, lot_sizing, periodic_lot_sizing, lot_size_pk
Jun 18, 2013 5:08 AM ANIMESH KUMAR
Good suggestion...