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Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Lobby

Thanks very much. We currently have 10 and as you stated, there is really nothing available and it looks like we will have to build them out ourselves. The powerpoint does give me some ideas of a starting point. Thanks again!

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

Mats,Thanks so much for the recommendation! We are now testing this in our system and are very excited about the possibilities! We have already watched the short demo, but have been unable to locate further educational material that dives further into how DDMRP works. Do you happen to know of other resources that we can read/review on this subject? We are particularly interested in how DDMPR determines the spike order threshold, buffer zone limits and how we manage new parts until they have enough run time for buffer calcs to be meaningful.Thanks so much again for your help!All the best,Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

This is great info! Can you please tell me how far back it goes in history to make buffer calcs? And can we control the timeframe for how far back it goes?Also, all of the buffer numbers are in the decimals, and the system creates purchase orders with decimals. How can we make sure that the purchase reqs are created in whole numbers? You are the best! Thank you for all of your help! We are looking to roll out DDMRP with our company in the coming months! Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

Mats, Thank you so much again for all of your help! We will go do some testing with changing the rolling time horizon. We are curious about something…. for example if we are using the last rolling 12 months to calculate ADU, and we are have a part that on average has a monthly usage of 5 parts, but we had a one time outlier order for 100 parts during the 12 month period, is the historical rolling ADU still using the outlier order in the calculation for ADU? We are concerned that these one off spike orders that exist in our rolling time horizon will artificially inflate our ADU and therefore the system would recommend higher buffer zone thresholds than is desired. Do you happen to have any insight into this potential pitfall? Does the system automatically weed out the outliers when making the ADU calculations? Happy Friday! Have a great weekend!Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

You have been so very helpful and our company is grateful! We do have a few more questions if you don’t mind! Where can find the intended process flow for turning on, calculating and and updating buffer zones? We are curious what specific workflow IFS had in mind for DDMRP. Do we have an option to mass update buffer zone attributes by sections of parts instead of just a single part or by the entire site? We see where can can do this with the buffer zone calc, but not with the attributes. Happy Monday from the US!Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

Hello again Mats! Happy Thursday! Quick question. We deal a lot with projects here at our company and we have a question about how DDMRP and PMRP work separately or together. For example, If we have a planning method “H” part that we inventory, DDMRP calculates buffers zones and create purchase reqs for that part. If we create a shop order for a project that needs to use that particular “H” part, the part gets allocated to the shop order as “Project Inventory”. PMRP then runs and creates a pur req specifically for the amount required on the shop order without consideration of buffer zones etc correct? Does DDMRP take into account project inventory usage when calculating the buffer zones or does it ignore all of the usage that goes into shop orders tied to projects? We are not currently using PMRP yet, but would like to turn it on and want to be sure that we understand how it will interact with DDMRP and with parts that are “H” but also get consumed in shop orders tied to projects. Tha

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

Mats - Thanks again for the details and suggestions. We will do some internal testing with this! Last week we went live with DDMRP in one of our smaller divisions. We have one issue that we are hoping you can assist with. We know that we can mark new customer/shop orders as “abnormal demand” to prevent the system from using the values in MRP calculations and this is great. What we are having an issue with, is we have historical demand that was abnormal and going into the buffer calculations. When we go into these closed orders to try to mark them as “abnormal” the system will not allow it. We get an error message stating that you cannot mark demand as abnormal once it has been used in Periodic Aggregation. Why not?This of course is a challenge, because this means that any abnormal historical demand will remain in the calcs and PO reqs will have to be manually ignored until that old demand falls outside of the historical horizon. This opens us up to a lot of human error. Is there a way

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

Mats, Are you available to answer the above question by chance? Thanks,Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

Mats - Thanks again as always! Definitely not the answer I was hoping for, but what I was expecting. We will find a work around until there is a formal solution lol. I do have another question (surprise surprise lol!)I am hoping to begin a formal S&OP process with the company and noticed in the slide deck you sent me early on, that there is S&OP functionality in IFS. Is that available in APS 10 or is that a more recent version? Or is it a module we need to buy? We desperately need assistance with forecasting. We are reviewing the Demand Planning Module as well so it may be in that module? Thanks! Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

Mats - Ok great info on S&OP. I will table that conversation for now and go back to DDMRP!Does IFS have a manual, SOPs, work instructions or any how to’s on how to operate DDMRP and fully utilize all of the screens and functionality within IFS? It would be nice to have some kind of road map as we continue to attempt to move to DDMRP in our organization. All the best!Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Safety Stock Replenishment Window

Mats - Good morning and hello from Pittsburgh! I have a question about the relationship between DDMRP and the Demand Planner Module. We do not currently have the Demand Planner Module add on. Is there anything within DDMRP that will not fully function or that we are missing due to not having the Demand Planner Module? Also, where can I find more information on the what the Demand Planner Module has to offer? All the best,Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Planning Method "G" - Auto Reservation

Mats,Thank you! We do have a few additional questions for you:For the Shop Order Processing, how do you get it to run? Do you create a special event or is it a scheduled data base task? Also, you mentioned that all components must be available to reserve: If we have it scheduled to reserve the day before the start date, and all components are NOT available at the time it tries to reserve, will it reserve the components that we do have, and then continue checking daily and auto reserve once the missing components come in? Or will it not reserve anything if all components are not available? If it does not reserve anything when something is missing, will it continue checking daily to see when all material is available? Thanks again for your help!Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Planning Method "G" - Auto Reservation

Mats,Thank you! We do have a few additional questions for you:For the Shop Order Processing, how do you get it to run? Do you create a special event or is it a scheduled data base task? Also, you mentioned that all components must be available to reserve: If we have it scheduled to reserve the day before the start date, and all components are NOT available at the time it tries to reserve, will it reserve the components that we do have, and then continue checking daily and auto reserve once the missing components come in? Or will it not reserve anything if all components are not available? If it does not reserve anything when something is missing, will it continue checking daily to see when all material is available? Thanks again for your help!Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Planning Method "G" - Auto Reservation

Mats,Thanks for the clarification and further details! The auto processing will reserve the material that is available, but what happens when only part of the material is available? Will the system continue to watch for when the material comes in and reserve the remaining material when it arrives?Thanks,Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Buying (Procurement, Demand Planner, ASC, SRM)

Planning Method "G" - Auto Reservation

Mats - Thanks so much for your response and sorry to bother you while on vacation! Don’t answer this question now, but when you get back! Is there also a similar process that can be performed for work orders? We were able to implement the auto res on the Shop Orders thanks to your direction above. We now just need a solution for our work orders! Thanks for being our DDMRP hero!All the best,Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Warehouse Data Collection (WaDaCo)

WADACO Label Printing Issue - Location

We are trying to “Print Inventory Part Barcodes? per the screenshot attached. I am being told that the location is not available to print because it is not in the _REP view. Thanks,Sarah

Sarah NeumanSidekick

asked in Warehouse Data Collection (WaDaCo)

WADACO Label Printing Issue - Location

Thank you for your help and sorry for the confusion

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