Forecast consumption on second level for phantoms
The innovation in AX 2012 to add forecast consumption by "any transaction" was very important. It closed the gap for the Assembly to Order business scenarios.
These scenarios require forecasting on a level below a configured end product. The forecast is maintained on major subas...
Replenishment based on Reorder point (ROP)
Through the Safety stock-calculation we already have the possibility to calculate the ROP-levels based on the average issue during lead time. However, as the Master scheduling regards the date when the Minimum quantity is reached as a Requirement date (Delivery date) - and not as an Order date...
Thank you for your feedback.
During 2021 release wave 2, we shipped "Priority based planning" for Planning Optimization, which allows you to fulfill the orders where the net flow is lower than the reorder point.
Details on priority based planning can be found in:
Priority-based planning - Supply Chain Management | Dynamics 365 | Microsoft Docs
Optimize your supply chain with priority-based planning - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog
Sincerely,
Beatriz Nebot Gracia
PM,
Microsoft.
Gantt chart to check capacity reservations when changing resources
Currently, on Gantt-chart's Resource view, when changing one resource to another on scheduled production order, validation does not check finite capacity, but just returns infolog: "Gantt chart is OK". Change proposal: Add a new parameter to tell if Finite Capacity should be checked or not. If ...
Master Planning ignores substitute item in plan group when the substitute item is retrieved by a transfer order to the warehouse on formula lines
Setup: • Formula created with Plan group and Priority fields on the formula lines to include substitute items • Preferred and substitute items are kept in the storage warehouse which is different from the production warehouse on formula lines • Preferred and substitute items are transferred from...
Intercompany master planning fails if Coverage plan by dimension for ‘Batch number’ is enabled
In Storage dimension group, dimension Inventory status is marked as ‘Coverage plan by dimension’. When running intercompany plan, customer is getting an error: "A value for the required coverage planned storage dimension Batch number could not be found for product in company ***. No planned inte...
coverage functionality "make-to-order"
There should be a coverage group functionality “make-to-order”. Master planning and Explosion should always show either a planned production order or a planned purchase order even if there is stock physical available.
Maybe this could be solved by positive days with negativ...
Thank you for your feedback.
Currently this is not in our roadmap; however, we are tracking it and if we get more feedback and votes, we may consider it in the future.
Sincerely,
Christian Rytt
PM,
Microsoft.
Export of records via ReqItemCoverageSettingsEntity is not up to date for inherited data e.g. from Default order settings.
Data in item coverage form that that is inherited from other tables (for example Planned order type or Coverage group) is not accurate when exported via data entity (ReqItemCoverageSettingsEntity).
Reproduction steps
Company USMF
Export using standard data entity R...
Thanks for your input! If it gets voted, we will consider adding it to our long term roadmap.
Sincerely,
Beatriz Nebot Gracia
Product Manager, Microsoft
Demand Forecasting with Multiple Planners
Currently the demand forecasting tool is not designed for multiple Planners across multiple Legal Entities and working independently of each other. The Generate Statistical Baseline Forecast will run across all Legal Entities and remove existing baseline forecasts. In larger, international compa...
Work needs to finish on calendar opening period
My customer is using production orders to reserve personnel capacity to serve their customers. Their staff works mostly from 08:00 to 16:00. When scheduling production orders, sometimes first available slot is late in the afternoon. As a result, production order could be scheduled to start on ...
Let coverage group setting decide Marking behavior when firming planned orders
End users should not decide if marking should be created or not when firming a planned order. Typically it's the type of the item that should decide (stock items should NOT generate marking against receipt and make-to-order product should). Create a parameter on the coverage group level where it...
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Thank you for your feedback.
Currently this is not in our roadmap; however, we are tracking it and if we get more feedback and votes, we may consider it in the future.
Sincerely,
Christian Rytt
PM,
Microsoft.