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Processing Settings govern the buffer calculations, alert parameters, and MRP usage in R+. These settings are set at an instance level. However, some can also be modified at the part or buffer level.
The Demand Order Window is the number of days extra outside of the processing window for either buffered or non-buffered parts that R+ will look for demand to consider against that part. It is separated by buffered or non-buffered parts because these are both processed differently. You can also set the values for different types of demand orders in R+. Purchase Orders are included here in case they are used as a form of demand in your supply chain processes. This value respects the calendars in R+.
This setting gives you the option to include order spikes in the Net Flow calculation. It can be turned on or off by demand order type.
This feature is active only when ‘Automatically generate supply orders for NB parts’ are turned on.
Imagine a simple BoM, where Part A is a parent and its immediate children, B and C, are non-buffered and the fixed lead times for all three parts are 10. The Intuiflow lead time for A will be 20 days.
When this setting is activated, Intuiflow will look at the on-hand quantity of both B and C to see if there is enough quantity available to fulfill parent part A’s demand. If this is true, the supply order for A will have a promise date based on the fixed lead time of 10 days and not the Intuiflow lead time of 20 days. Only non-buffered parts are taken into consideration since buffered child parts do not contribute to the decoupled lead times of their parent parts.
For those supply orders that have compressed lead times, Intuiflow will display a message stating “Lead time compressed by XX days” in the Notes column to explain how Intuiflow arrived at a promise date that is less than today plus the decoupled lead time. Only when all the non-buffered child part’s on hand quantities suffice for parent part A’s demand will promise date compression take effect. In the event that there are multiple demands for part A, only those demands that can be met with on-hand quantities of parts B and C will have supply orders generated with compressed promise dates using fixed lead times. The remaining demands will continue to generate supply orders with full decoupled lead times.
The Perform MRP Netting after import switch iS OFF for Pentair. MRP still creates dependent requirements in SAP, and the interface reads the open demand for mid-levels and raw materials from SAP.
The Perform MRP Netting when creating new orders is ON for Pentair, the host system continues to be the MRP system, but on approving buffered make parts in R+, you want to generate dependent demand orders for its children in R+.
Automatically Generate Supply Orders for NB parts is OFF during the pilot phase of each rollout. After the planners are confident with the planning results, we recommend turning this ON.
R+ offers a Material Availability Check to help planners/schedulers be aware of any immediate child part shortages. These are the settings that govern this field in R+.
