Using maximum order lot size

The MATL.ORDMAX parameter allows you to produce items in a maximum lot size. This parameter applies only to manufactured end items and does not apply to component items. When planning an end item, the Planner breaks the order quantity into multiple batches of the size specified in the ORDMAX parameter. If the ORDMAX value is less than the ORDMIN value, the Planner sets the batch size equal to ORDMIN. The last batch will contain the remainder of the original quantity.

For example, if the ORDMAX value is 1000, and the order is for 100,002 pieces of item # 502, the Planner plans the order as if it were for 99 line items of 1000 items each and one line item of 1002 items.

The Planner treats each lot as a separate demand. For each lot, at each level of the bill of material, the Planner considers planned supplies, inventory, scrap/shrinkage, and ORDMIN/ORDMULT. After planning these demands, the Planner recombines the output so it appears as a single demand again.