Multi-Product Planning And SchedulingThe planning process for a multi-product item differs from the single item. The planning engine will determine the inventory balance for the first product and calculate the required supply. Then it will generate planned production schedules and schedule lines based on the parameters in the applicable production model for all products in the production model. When the next applicable product is planned the planning engine will determine the inventory balance including the just created planned production schedules and schedule lines. In case of a negative inventory balance extra planned production schedules and schedule lines are added for all items. Note A multi-product schedule has a distribution: schedule lines for the applicable items and schedule lines for the applicable tool. Because of this, (manual) scheduling is done on the tool instead of the product.
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