So I have finished part that we buy and we make. I was trying to use the supplier split functionality but it does not work for us. It based on fix percentages but we need to generate purchase supply requirements based on on what we can manufactured which varies in percentages from period to period. So a fixed percentage would not work unless we continuously update this split percentage regularly which is not ideal because you would need a good process of coming up with percentage estimates. Can IFS do an intelligent split whereby it will analyze supply (how much is purchased-external supplier and how much is being manufactured-internal supplier) for the forecast period and do a proper split instead just using the fixed percentages to meet demand for that period? How do we manage the qty’s we can manufacture in the Master Schedule and still drive the correct purchasing requirements for the same part?

For example: we may have a period where the forecast asks for 1000 units but we already have 700 scheduled to be produced in that period and in house (internal supplier). If the split is 50/50 for instance between two suppliers (external and internal), then what happens is after the scheduler is calculated, the 300 that are short to meet the forecast demand is split evenly across both suppliers, 150 each. But we don’t need to manufacture anymore for that period because we have already schedule a qty of 700 that puts the make (internal supplier) portion way above its 50% threshold. I would want to see just a PO req (for the external supplier) for 300 pcs instead. It seems that the split supplier function does not have “type” of of supply logic.

Other than trying to figure out a manual process where you force IFS to do the proper split, is there any other way to handle this supplier split process in a more robust way?

Thanks in advance,

Issy