Process flow for Make vs Buy

  1. Select the Make vs Buy check box on the Items form for the required item to include in customer order processing.
  2. Open the Planning Parameters form and specify a value in the set of PO and JO fields.
    Note: To initiate the analysis, the item must include five completed job orders and purchase order lines.
  3. Select the item in the Customer Order Lines form.
  4. The system sends a notification to the AI endpoint. The AI endpoint calculates the average purchase cost, average manufacturing cost, and resource utilization.
  5. The results are displayed in a graph. This data is retrieved from the Max resource group utilization APS form.