Keep the factory busy
Keep priorities current
Determine the forecast
Minimize inventory investment
Master scheduling
Material requirements planning
Capacity planning
Production control
The production plan
The capacity plan
Shop floor activity planning and control
The master production schedule
A route sheet
A material requirements plan
A bill of material
A material requisition
The same part number can be used to identify similar products
A part has one, and only one, part number
The part on different bills of material will have a different number
An item can be either a parent or a component, but not both
Where-used
Relating
Pegging
Item planning
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Planned order receipts show when the order is needed
When an order is released, it becomes a planned order
Scheduled receipts show when goods were put into inventory
Gross requirements come from the planned order receipt of the parent
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