Select a rule set name to sequence demand orders.
The date that marks the beginning period of the data to be displayed. Do one of the following:
- Select the first option next to Start date to specify a start date. Click the Calendar icon to select a date or enter the date. The values you enter in this field are not saved to the database.
- Select the second option next to Start date to enter an offset of either plus or minus some duration (for example, Last Monday Plus 7D). Enter an Offset by selecting either Plus or Minus from the drop-down list and entering a duration in the Days field.
The time period for which the Generate Master Plan process creates a supply plan.
Select this option to populate SKU:MPBatchNum for all related SKUs.
Note: If this option is selected, when the Generate Master Plan (MAP) process is run, only for the SKUs specific to the selected instance SKU:MPBatchNum is populated. For the other SKUs the SKU:MPBatchNum value is the value populated during a previous Generate Master Plan (MAP) process run.
Planning calendar
Select this option and select the rolling calendar from the calendar drop-down list (calendar specifying telescopic buckets) for MAP planning to consider the telescopic planning buckets.
Select the check box to generate an unconstrained plan during planning. If the option is selected, in the Resource Constraint Override field the value for all Resources is set to Flexible.
If the check box is not selected and the Resource Constraint Override option is set to Flexible for a resource, the planning is performed assuming the Resource Constraint Override to be Off (CheckMaxCap value is off).
Select one of the following values in the Manufacturing, Transportation, Inhandling, and Outhandling fields to specify the capacity constraints on the manufacturing, transportation, inhandling, and outhandling Resources.
- Hard: Irrespective of the Res:CheckMaxCap value, the Generate Master Plan (MAP) process does not overload the resource.
- Off: Irrespective of the Res:CheckMaxCap value, all constraints are ignored and the Generate Master Plan (MAP) process generates a capacity unconstrained plan.
- None: The Generate Master Plan (MAP) process constraints the resource, based on the Res:CheckMaxCap value.
- Flexible: If the Smart unconstrained plan option is selected, during planning the unmet demand quantity is met by overloading the resource on the primary path.
Select this option to ensure that inventory, scheduled supplies, and firm supplies in all paths are consumed before planning for new supply. For more information, see Wip Flush.
If the check box is selected, during planning the MAP solver reads safety stock requirements as stock orders from the StockOrder table and after planning writes the results of stock order planning to the StockOrderStatus table.
if the check box is not selected, during planning the MAP solver reads the MinSSQty and SSCovDur values from the SKUEffInventoryParam table and the output is written to the StockOrder and StockOrderStatus tables.
NoNewSupplyDate is a variable used to control creation of new supplies. If you select this option, new supplies cannot start before NoNewSupplyDate. If you do not select this option, new supplies can be started before NoNewSupplyDate, but cannot be scheduled to complete.
Select one of the following:
- Start and Sched Dates: Select this option to specify that when generating a supply plan, the Generate Master Plan process must only consider supply methods whose effective period is valid on both the start and scheduled (date when the supply meets the demand) dates of the supply generation.
- Start Date only: Select this option to specify that when generating a supply plan, the Generate Master Plan process must consider supply methods whose effective period is valid on the start date of the supply generation. It is not necessary that the supply method must be effective on the date the supply reaches the destination to meet the demand.
Enter a time period in days in the Duration field. This value specifies a limit on how early than the demand order need date can ESP meet the order. This specifies that if a supply cannot be produced just in time, the supply can be provided early, limited by the value defined here. This specifies that if a supply cannot be produced just-in-time, whether the supply can be provided early, limited by the value defined here. If the Override option is selected, the Generate Master Plan (MAP) process overrides the CustOrder:MaxEarlyDur and FcstOrder:MaxEarlyDur values with the values specified in the Duration fields. If the Override option is selected for Stock Order, the Generate Master Plan (MAP) process does not consider the SKUEffInventoryParam:MinSSQty and SKUEffInventoryParam:SSCovDur values during stock order planning.
If the Override option is not selected, the Generate Master Plan (MAP) process uses the Duration field values when any of the following values are not defined in the database:
- FcstOrder:MaxEarlyDur
- CustOrder:MaxEarlyDur and CustOrderHeader:MaxEarlyDur
Enter a time period in days in the Duration field. This value specifies a limit on how late than the demand order need date can ESP meet the order. This value is used only if supply cannot be produced on time and cannot be produced early also. If the Override option is selected, the Generate Master Plan process overrides the CustOrder:MaxLateDur and FcstOrder:MaxLateDur values with the values specified in the Duration fields. If the Override option is not selected, the Generate Master Plan process uses the Duration field values when any of the following values are not defined in the database:
- FcstOrder:MaxLateDur
- CustOrder:MaxLateDur and CustOrderHeader:MaxLateDur
Select this option to specify that the Generate Master Plan (MAP) process must try to generate supply by build ahead on primary before using alternates, when sufficient supply is unavailable just-in-time using the primary supply method.
- If fair share must be applied to demands based on the Fair Share check box value in the Calculate Rule Based Priority process page, do not select this check box.
- If fair share must be applied to all demands in a group, irrespective of the Fair Share check box value associated with the rule, select this check box.
For more information see, Define fair share for MAP.
Enter the number of slices by which you want to split each demand in a group. For more information see, Define fair share for MAP.
Select the check box to enable WIP revision.
Select the Match Project Code check box for the Generate Master Plan (MAP) process page to consider the match code defined, when generating a master plan.
Select the check box to allow the common pool supply to be consumed along with the reserved (project coded) supply, to meet the project coded demand.
Select this option for the process to generate the OrderLink and IndDmdLink table records to link supply to demand orders, for each SKU that is part of the selected data. If this option is selected, the Pegging Policy field is enabled.
In a large production dataset, to restrict the number of records in the IndDmdLink and OrderLink tables, in the Pegging Duration field, enter the number of days for which the pegging records must be updated. For example, if Plan Duration is 100 days and Pegging Duration is 50 days, the pegging records from the plan start date until the 50th day are updated in the IndDmdLink and OrderLink tables. Pegging records from the 51st day to the 100th day are not updated in the IndDmdLink and OrderLink tables.
Select one of the following values:
- First In First Out: This policy ensures that the existing supply and supply that arrives first is consumed first. The supplies are considered in the ascending order of the supply dates. The first supply is pegged to the first unpegged demand order (the demands are ordered by ascending scheduled dates).
- Assign To Stock: In this policy, the supplies are considered in the ascending order of the supply dates. From each supply, the first allocation is for maintaining the stock level, after ensuring that the demands thereafter are not impacted. The remaining supply is then pegged to the first unpegged demand order (the demands are ordered by ascending need dates).
- By Rank Across Time: This policy links supplies to demand orders across time. The supplies are generated based on the priority of the demand orders. The supplies and the demand orders with the same rank are linked.
The supply and demand links are generated based on the policy selected in this field.
If the Generate Supply and Demand links check box is selected, select the Generate Excess Pegging check box to peg any kind of excess supply that exists after the master plan is generated. The excess supply might exist because of lot-sizing, co-product production, firm and scheduled supplies, minimum utilization targets, product mix limits, and so on. In the IndDmdLink and OrderLink tables the excess supply is pegged to the 12 - Demand Excess Supply demand type.
For the most upstream SKU whose supply is defined as infinite supply or whose supplies are based on the supply inventory calendar, you can restrict the number of pegging records updated in the IndDmdLink and OrderLink tables using the Generate Source Pegging check box.
If the Generate Source Pegging check box is selected, the upstream supply’s pegging records are exported into the IndDmdLink and OrderLink tables with the 7-Inventory supply type. Otherwise, the records are not exported.
By default the option is deselected. If it is deselected, capacity pegging information is not exported into the ResLoadIndDmdLink table.
If the check box is selected, Generate Unused Capacity Pegging is deselected, and Res:PeggingSw is 1, detailed resource load information is exported into the ResLoadIndDmdLink table; records pertaining to the unutilized resource capacity is not exported into the ResLoadIndDmdLink table.
The option is enabled only when Generate Capacity Pegging is selected. By default the check box is deselected. If Generate CapacityPegging is selected, Generate Unused Capacity Pegging is selected, and Res:PeggingSw is 1, detailed resource load information is exported into the ResLoadIndDmdLink table; records pertaining to unutilized resource capacity are also exported into the ResLoadIndDmdLink table.
This field is enabled only if Live is selected from the Scenario drop-down list.
- Select this check box to publish the output of the Generate Master Plan process to a scenario with the same name as the instance selected.
- If a scenario by the same name as the instance selected exists, the application performs the following:
- Unloads the data from this scenario.
- Deletes the scenario records.
- Loads the output records into the scenario after the Generate Master Plan process is run.
- Otherwise, the application performs the following:
- Creates a scenario by the same name as the instance selected.
- Loads all mandatory tables.
- Loads the output records to the scenario after the Generate Master Plan process is run.
- If a scenario by the same name as the instance selected exists, the application performs the following:
Note: Generating the master plan through the Generate Master Plan process and loading the mandatory tables are run in parallel through different SRE nodes. If the requisite data is loaded into the scenario tables and the Generate Master Plan process is complete, the output is published to the corresponding scenario tables. The Job Status window shows the job status and trace for the Generate Master Plan process. It does not show the status of scenario loading.
- Deselect this check box to publish the output to the Live scenario.
Generate Recommended Shipments
When enabled, it populates records in the RecShip table, which is a replication of the PlanArriv table. It is one-to-one entries from PlanArriv to RecShip table for MAP and LPOpt solvers.
These columns in the RecShip table are populated by MAP/LPOpt solver: Item, Source, Dest, Type, SeqNum, NeedArrivDate (same as SchedArrivDate), SchedArrivDate, NeedShipDate (same as SchedShipDate), SchedShipDate, Qty, TransMode, PrimaryItem, DepartureDate, DeliveryDate, Sourcing, PrimaryItemQty
Note: For other columns, LPOpt and MAP solvers do not write any data. They are populated with default values.
Plan Name
Enter a valid plan name for this run, so that it is set in the engine as PlanName.
For information about these settings, see the Supply Chain Planning and Optimization Installation/Administration Guide.
- Node configuration: Select the predefined node-specific settings that are required to run this process. The settings control time-outs for various actions and minimum and maximum number of nodes for your application.
- Trace level: Select the level of tracing that should be logged by the node during the process.
- Process Debug
- Process Status
- Application Exception
- Save options history: Select this check box to save options that are currently set, so they can be used for future process runs.
