Master Scheduling
A forecast can be entered for any item in the inventory master file within the Master Scheduling application. In addition, when the Master Scheduling application is interfaced to the Order Entry application, actual customer demand will net against forecast resulting in an available-to-promise calculation.
Specific features of the Master Scheduling application include:
- Forward/backward netting of demand to forecast
- Consumption by forecast or available-to-promise by part
- Time-phased order point by part
- Master schedule to forecast pegging
- Order entry pegging on master schedule
- Demand type identification and pegging
- Forecast, master schedule and worksheet history option
- Multiple site master schedule
- Available-to-promise processing
- Projected available processing
- Master scheduling inquiries and reports are:
- Forecast
- Master schedule
- Master schedule Forecast history
- Master schedule history
- Demand
- Master schedule worksheet history
- Complete interface from Realtime Software Package Master Planning
- Complete interface with Realtime Software Package Order Entry
