Material Planner Workbench

Use this form to review, modify, and generate multiple planned orders based on the information that you chose on the Material Planner Workbench Generation form.

The Material Planner Workbench provides these benefits:

  • Gives you visibility to planned orders generated by Material Planner Workbench Generation
  • Reduces the time to firm planned orders, create replenishment orders between warehouses, and cross-reference orders
  • Allows you to quickly choose vendors
  • Reduces the number of purchase orders you send to your vendors
  • Gives you greater control over planned order quantities, due dates, and vendors

Only data generated by the current user on Material Planner Workbench Generation displays. Any items that have the Configuration Flag selected on the Items form cannot be firmed.

Note:  If you run the MRP Planning or APS Planning activity after you have generated replenishment data, any planned orders on the workbench that are duplicates of the planned orders that the system generated are removed from the workbench. Run the Material Planner Workbench Generation utility periodically to ensure that the information on the workbench is accurate.

If today's date plus the lead time does not exceed the due date, a check mark is displayed next to the Primary and Alternate Lead Time fields. If today's date plus the lead time exceeds the due date, a problem indicator is displayed.

The columns that display in the grid at the bottom of the form depend upon the type of replenishment order selected in the View field.

This table displays which fields display on each view.

Field Purchase Order View Purchase Requisition View Job View Production Schedule View MPS Order View Transfer Order View
Process Line N Y Y Y Y Y
Item Y Y Y Y Y Y
Item Description Y Y Y Y Y Y
Fixed Lead Time Y Y Y Y Y Y
Release Date Y Y Y Y Y Y
Required Qty Y Y Y Y Y Y
Manufacturer Y Y N N N N
Manufacturer Name Y Y N N N N
Manufacturer Item Y Y N N N N
Manufacturer Item Description Y Y N N N N
Ready N N Y Y Y Y
(Replenishment Order - Purchase Order/Sched ID/Transfer Order) Y N N Y Y Y
Vendor Y Y N N Y N
Vendor Name Y Y N N Y N
Safety Stock Percent Y Y Y Y Y Y
Lead Time Y Y N N N N
Unit Cost Y Y Y Y Y Y
Alternate Vendor Selected Y Y N N N N
Alternate Vendor Y Y N N N N
Alternate Vendor Name Y Y N N N N
Alternate Lead Time Y Y N N N N
Alternate Unit Cost Y Y N N N N
Ref Type Y Y Y Y Y Y
Ref Num Y Y Y Y Y Y
Ref Line/Suffix Y Y Y N N Y
Ref Release Y Y Y N N Y
Ref Seq Y Y Y N N Y
Demand Purch Req Y Y N N N N
Demand Purch Req Line Y Y N N N N
Process Vendor Y Y N N N N
Source N N N N Y N
Due Date Y Y Y Y Y Y
Supply Site N N N N Y Y
From Warehouse N N N N Y Y
Exception Message Y Y Y Y Y Y