 DRP
/ MRP Module
Logistics
Planning Associates, LLC offers a Distribution/Materials Requirements
Planning
(DRP/MRP) module that is fully integrated into its PSI Planner™ software
system.
PSI
Planner's™
DRP module develops replenishment plans by evaluating information such
as order size, desired safety times/service levels, on-hand inventory,
scheduled receipts and both forecasted and actual demands. PSI
Planner™
compares future demand versus available inventory (plus scheduled
receipts)
to predict future shortages. It then schedules planned replenishment
orders
(factoring in lead times) based upon user set criteria.
PSI
Planner™
is especially useful in a multi-level network, since it will net
requirements
"upwards" to each distribution center's source of supply as set by the
user. In addition to deployment requirements, a Master Production
Schedule
(MPS) will be generated at the plant level.
Since PSI
Planner™
has Bill of Materials capabilities, it can also function as an MRP
system,
exploding finished goods requirements from the MPS into raw material
and
component needs.
The DRP/MRP
module is fully integrated with a Forecasting module which will
generate
item-location statistical forecasts (if the user hasn't imported
forecasts
generated from another system). It is also fully integrated with an MPS
module to create a complete supply chain planning tool!
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