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MRP as a philosophy is designed to run you out of stock. I.e. to optimise the stock holding. The original X++ design in earlier versions of AX of course handled the invoiced orders case. As someone with 36 + years of experience with ERP/MRP systems I can't see that this is usable for any customer who wants to upgrade or a new customer. It seems that planning optimisation is not optimising the stock and although I can see the this is listed as a difference between the original engine and the PO engine (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/master-planning/planning-optimization/planning-optimization-differences-with-built-in) - I don't think Microsoft should be advertising that its planning engine is not designed in line with MRP philosophy and all other MRP products in the marketplace !
MRP as a philosophy is designed to run you out of stock. I.e. to optimise the stock holding. The original X++ design in earlier versions of AX of course handled the invoiced orders case. As someone with 36 + years of experience with ERP/MRP systems I can't see that this is usable for any customer who wants to upgrade or a new customer. It seems that planning optimisation is not optimising the stock and although I can see the this is listed as a difference between the original engine and the PO engine (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/master-planning/planning-optimization/planning-optimization-differences-with-built-in) - I don't think Microsoft should be advertising that its planning engine is not designed in line with MRP philosophy and all other MRP products in the marketplace !
Beatriz Nebot Gracia - the fact that Planning optimisation doesn't reduce the forecast by invoiced and delivered sales orders is a very serious omission, how can this not be an emergency update? When implementing Planning, the importance of having accurate planned orders cannot be overstated. Planners, in my experience, are a cynical audience by default and I cannot think of anything more likely to justify their concerns about how teh system cannot be trusted.