Reduction of forecast in master planning.
Determining how you reduce a forecast is import so that you don’t over plan have excess inventory sitting around. This video gives you an overview of the reduction concept in […]
Category Archives: Supply chain planning
Min qty setting on item coverage
If you replenishment strategy is still based on requirement you can still set a min qty. This allows you to keep that min qty on hand. This video gives a quick overview of […]
Product configuration across companies
If you have multiple legal entities and are structured where you have centralized your manufacturing or assembly and the other legal entities handle sales then you can allow production configuration […]
Min/Max coverage in master planning
There are a lot of parameters in configuring your planning. If you have basic stock that you want to keep around you might just have a strategy of keeping a […]
Consuming a forecast in master planning
Planning is important for most companies. Different strategies are often deployed based on the dynamics of the products, industry etc. Using a forecast is one option for entering your future […]
Period requirement in master planning
Master planning is a complex module and that really extends from the real world in that there are a number of variables that a planner has to juggle. Setting up […]
Inventory movement and adjustment journals
When you are taking on inventory or need to make adjustments then the inventory movement and adjustment journals are tools for you use. They are basically the same except the […]
Setting item coverage group on a released item
How you plan you inventory is important for your cost management. The coverage group and item coverage is the connection between the released item and the master planning system in […]
Creating a new resource
Resources are important for manufacturing as that is what carries out work at a step in a route. The resource model in AX2012 can be different types Vendor, Human resource, Machine, […]
Decimals, prices, UoM, currency, rounding
This post is probably one of a series that I wanted to use to explain some fundamentals of AX that might turn into a whitepaper for some guidance on implementation […]
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