Design Details - Closing Demand and Supply

When the supply balancing procedures have been performed, there are three possible end situations:

Last, the planning system will create an order tracking link between the supply and the demand.

Creating the Planning Line (Suggested Action)

If any action – New, Change Quantity, Reschedule, Reschedule and Change Quantity, or Cancel – is suggested to revise the supply order, the planning system creates a planning line in the planning worksheet. Due to order tracking, the planning line is created not only when the supply event is closed, but also if the demand event is closed, even though the supply event is still open and may be subject to additional changes when the next demand event is processed. This means that when first created, the planning line may be changed again.

To minimize database access when handling production orders, the planning line can be maintained in three levels, while aiming to perform the least demanding maintenance level:

This concludes the descriptions of how demand and supply is loaded, prioritized, and balanced by the planning system. In integration with this supply planning activity, the system must ensure that the required inventory level of each planned item is maintained according to its reordering policies.

See Also

Design Details: Balancing Demand and Supply
Design Details: Central Concepts of the Planning System
Design Details: Supply Planning



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