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In NGRERP, production schedules, consisting of a series of work orders, can be created manually and generated automatically. To generate the tentative production schedule, organizations establish a master production calendar which defines hours of operation by day and shift and the associated labor pool that will be available during those times.

Through the MRP process, tentative production scheduling is capacity-constrained, and is generated based on material, machine, and labor availability. The tentative production schedule can be reviewed by manufacturing planners and changed as desired. The tentative production schedule’s suggested work orders can be rescheduled and resequenced. The tentative production schedule can then be converted in part or in whole to the final production schedule. Both the tentative and final production schedules can be viewed in either a graphical or tabular format by machine, process, or entire facility.

As the business day transpires, the graphical view of the final production schedule updates with color-coded alerts, highlighting issues that may occur based on delayed and out-of-spec production process rates. The final production schedule’s associated work orders are used on the shop floor for production reporting purposes.

Production Scheduling Highlights

• Production schedules can be created manually and generated automatically
• Tentative production schedules are generated based on a master production calendar
• Master production calendar defines hours of operation by day and shift and associated available labor pool
• Tentative production scheduling is capacity-constrained, and is generated based on material, machine, and labor availability
• Tentative production schedule can be reviewed and changed as desired
• Work orders can be rescheduled and resequenced
• Tentative production schedule is converted in part or in whole to the final production schedule
• Both the tentative and final production schedules can be viewed in either a graphical or tabular format by machine, process, or facility
• Final production schedule updates with color-coded alerts, highlighting issues that may occur based on delayed and out-of-spec production process rates
• Final production schedule’s work orders feed shop floor production reporting

NGRERP's material requirements planning (MRP) functionality ensures raw materials, ingredients, and packaging supplies are available for production, to readily meet customer order requirements while optimizing inventory levels for improved discrete and process manufacturing efficiency.

NGRERP's material requirements planning (MRP) software functionality performs time-phased requirements planning for single and multi-facility manufacturing organizations. This process calculates inventory requirements over time and automatically generates online purchase requisitions and tentative production schedules, which can be turned into purchase orders, inventory transfers, and final production schedules.

To generate the tentative production schedule, the MRP process uses customer demand in the form of sales orders and forecasts, inventory levels and associated replenishment methodologies, multi-level bills of material, routings, available production capacity, and supplier information such as lead times and purchase order requirements. 

Furthermore, NGRERP's MRP process calculates expected inventory levels over time and generates purchase requisitions with appropriate time offsets to meet future projected inventory shortfalls. Buyers and material planners can review the purchase requisitions and automatically generate the necessary purchase orders and intercompany transfers to support the organization’s inventory plan.

NGRERP's manufacturing software functionality enables discrete, process, and mixed-mode manufacturers to generate purchase requisitions, tentative production schedules, and real-time alerts and notifications to create the material plan necessary to fulfill customer demand efficiently.

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Highlights

• Performs time-phased requirements planning for single and multi-facility manufacturing organizations
• Generates online purchase requisitions and tentative production schedules
• Uses customer demand in the form of sales orders and forecasts
• Uses inventory levels and associated replenishment methodologies
• Uses multi-level bills of material, routings, and available production capacity
• Uses supplier information such as lead times and purchase order requirements
• Calculates expected inventory levels over time and generates purchase requisitions with appropriate time offsets to meet future projected inventory shortfall

NGRERP's distribution requirements planning (DRP) software functionality performs time-phased requirements planning for single and multi-facility distribution organizations. This process calculates inventory requirements over time and automatically generates online purchase requisitions, which can be turned into purchase orders and inventory transfers. 

NGRERP's DRP process uses customer demand in the form of sales orders and forecasts, inventory levels and associated replenishment methodologies, and supplier information including lead times and purchase order requirements. Through the DRP process, NGRERP calculates expected inventory levels over time and generates purchase requisitions with appropriate time offsets to meet future projected inventory shortfalls. Buyers and material planners can review the purchase requisitions and automatically generate the necessary purchase orders and intercompany transfers to support the organization’s inventory plan.

For multi-facility organizations, NGRERP's DRP process can be used for centralized purchasing, facility-based purchasing, or as a combination of these methodologies. NGRERP's distribution software functionality allows distributors to meet their inventory planning requirements while effectively managing inventory carrying costs.

Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) Highlights

• Supports time-phased requirements planning for single and multi-facility distribution organizations
• Calculates inventory requirements over time and automatically generates online purchase requisitions
• Uses customer demand in the form of sales orders and forecasts
• Considers current inventory levels and associated replenishment methodologies
• Evaluates supplier information including lead times and purchase order requirements
• Calculates expected inventory levels over time and generates purchase requisitions
• Support the organization’s inventory plan
• Supports online review of purchase requisitions and automatic generation of purchase orders and intercompany transfers
• Supports centralized purchasing, facility-based purchasing, or a combination of these methodologies

NGRERP software includes a sophisticated demand and sales forecasting software solution. Manufacturing and distribution organizations can manage an infinite number of forecasts in NGRERP, which can be entered manually or automatically generated through a series of algorithms to determine anticipated future demand on a product-by-product basis. Once created, forecastsare used as inputs to NGRERP's material requirements planning (MRP) and distribution requirements planning (DRP) processes.

A variety of different data dimensions are available for sales and demand forecasting. These include break-outs of data by: 

• Geography – from as detailed as 9-digit postal codes to as aggregated as user definable regions
• Time periods – from as detailed as a day to as aggregated as a year, with up to 365 different periods in any forecast
• Customers – from as detailed as an individual customer ship-to location through any one of four additional user-defined customer hierarchal aggregate levels
• Products – from as detailed as an individual SKU through any of four additional user defined product hierarchal aggregate levels

In addition, each individual forecast can be generated using a different date range of historical information. NGRERP's sales forecasting software functionality is capable of utilizing more recent sales trends rather than long term trends.

Each time a forecast is generated, NGRERP runs a series of statistical forecasting algorithms and determines which of the various demand and sales forecasting methods represents the best fit to the historical data. It then chooses this forecasting technique to project future demand. As a result, a number of different forecasting techniques may be utilized in a given forecast since the best forecasting technique is chosen for each product, customer, time period, and geographical data combination.