I have a three part question that has to do with IFS’s supply and demand capabilities:
- Is it possible to use enter a forecast, plan supply, and generate an MRP for a part(s) without actually generating shop order reqs, purchase reqs, or distribution orders. In other words, use IFS’s demand and supply capabilities to plan supply chain scenarios for new products that may be still be considered in a development stage (pre-production) and not yet released to market. We currently use Master Scheduling and MRP to generate supply requirements.
- Is it possible to replenish certain parts (finished goods) to DC’s but restrict or not allow shipments of those parts to customers. We replenish DC’s via distribution orders from other DC’s and manufacturing plants, and direct shipments from external suppliers. We do have site supply chain matrixes setup as well as a multi-site Planning Network.
- Our DC’s are setup as different sites, and I am not sure if by this setup we are actually functioning within IFS’ DRP capabilities. Is DRP a seperate interface/functional page that needs to be configured and setup or is it just a bunch of related configurations that allow IFS to produce DRP related tasks.
