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The Frontier Material Planning applications provide
the flexibility to support multiple planning methodologies
based on an organization’s business model
and requirements. The Frontier® ERP System supports
Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Material Requirements
Planning (MRP), Distribution Requirements Planning
(DRP), Re-Order Point (ROP) and Kan-Ban based material
planning. The definition of how a particular product
will be planned is defined at the product and plant/warehouse
level, allowing flexibility across product lines
and business operations.
Frontier Material Planning Supports:
- An integrated, independent Master Production
Scheduling (MPS) application, supporting:
- Multiple execution options, including Net
Change, Regenerative
and Selected Products
modes
- Option to process MPS against a single
plant or across
all plants simultaneously
- User-defined planning horizons
and buckets for viewing
supply and demand
- Flexible planning and demand
time fences
to define when a schedule
is frozen and
how to
process sales
forecasts versus
actual orders
- On-line visibility
of
summarized Master
Schedule, with integrated drill-down
into
detailed supply
and
demand information
- Integrated
with Frontier Capacity
Planning to take into account
capacity constraints
- Automatic
generation of suggested purchase,
production and
transfer
orders
- An integrated Material Requirements Planning
(MRP) and Distribution
Requirements Planning (DRP) application,
supporting:
- Multiple execution options, including
Net Change, Regenerative
and Selected Products modes
- Option to process MRP/DRP against
a single plant/warehouse
or across all plants/warehouses
simultaneously
- User-defined planning horizons
with default daily
planning buckets
- Option to feed sales forecasts
directly into
MRP planning programs
if MPS processing is
not being utilized
- On-line review and processing
of MRP/DRP
suggested action messages
with integrated access
to
all required
inventory, production
and purchasing information
- Integrated with
Frontier Capacity
Planning to take into account
capacity
constraints
- Automatic
generation of suggested purchase,
production and
transfer
orders
- An integrated Re-Order Point (ROP) application,
supporting:
- Automatic calculation of suggested
reorder points, maintained
at a product and
plant/warehouse level
- Automatic generation of suggested
purchase orders based on reorder
and/or line
points established for a given product
and plant/warehouse
- Workorderless, KanBan processing of material supply
and demand based on standard lot sizes
and just-in-time production
philosophies
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