Master Production Schedule - By Item – A summary of the activity

Master Production Schedule is a time phased schedule of plans to acquire material that will thus be available to satisfy anticipated or actual customer demand. Acquisition of material will normally be by manufacture, of course, but could be simply purchasing or subcontracting of finished goods for direct sale.

This activity allows you to plan Master Production Schedule for items/planning groups. The MPS quantity for the selected item is computed and released to MRP for production. The schedules and plans for lower level components and for raw materials are arrived by exploding the master production schedule itself down through the bill of materials. You can release either partial or complete MPS quantity to MRP for a period or up to a period within the MPS horizon. You can make use of the links provided at the bottom of the page to modify the MPS by source, analyze the demand and supply details, view the rough-cut capacity plan/exception details. The Master Production Schedule can also be downloaded to a excel file and upload the MPS details from the excel file to the system.

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