Show Outstanding of Zero

By default, this option is cleared; the report will not print any requirement records where the outstanding quantity is zero. If you select this option, these requirements will print, making the report much longer. You should not usually select this option, because these zero requirements have no impact on the item's MRP or APS data. These records are automatically suppressed from the Planning Detail form.

The purpose of the Show Outstanding of Zero option is to suppress individual requirements that have an outstanding requirement quantity of zero. However, its function is not to suppress items that have no activity (no receipts or requirements), which is a common expectation. The only way to prevent items that have no MRP or APS data from printing is to select the Exception Items Only option. However, this will also suppress items that do have MRP or APS data but that have no exception messages. There is no way to print those items but to omit the items with no activity.

The system stores the original quantity and outstanding quantity for each requirement that exists for an item. For requirements from such sources as customer orders and parent jobs, the outstanding quantity is then reduced as transactions are entered to satisfy the source of the requirement (CO shipment, job material issue). Forecast requirements will have their outstanding quantity reduced by the addition of customers orders for the item. If the outstanding quantity is reduced to zero for example, MRP and APS continue to store the requirement.

When the system deletes the requirement depends on the source. Satisfied CO requirements are deleted the next time you run the MRP or APS Planning activity. Parent job requirements are not deleted until the job is closed. Fully consumed forecasts are deleted when they are further in the past than the Forecast Look Behind value.