UPDATE MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULES
Use this screen to generate planned orders and Master Production Scheduling (MPS) action message reports for MPS planned parts. The process checks supply and demand for all selected MPS parts, projects, companies, and warehouses.
This screen process is similar to the Update Material Requirements Plan process in Material Requirements Planning. Both applications update low-level code information and populate the same supply and demand tables. Planned orders are generated for parts with identified shortages and generate action messages to identify issues with parts and current orders. Unlike the Update Material Requirements Plan screen, this screen only plans parts with a planning type of MPS (defined on the Manage Parts screen in Product Definition). Action messages generated from this screen are visible only in Master Production Scheduling module screens and reports, not in the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) module screens and reports.
The Manage Master Production Schedules application allows you to select specific parts, projects, and warehouses. Parts, projects, warehouses, and MPS Plans that are not selected are not affected by the current process. Unlike the Update Material Requirements Plan screen, it does not use the part's net change flag to determine which parts to plan, but sets the part's net change flag to cleared if the part is fully planned for all projects, warehouses, and companies.
Note that it is possible to generate planned orders and action messages for MPS parts using the Update Material Requirements Plan screen as long as the Plan MPS Part Requirements check box is selected on the Corporate Settings block of the Configure Material Requirements Planning Settings screen. If this check box is selected, and the Update Material Requirements Plan screen is run after or instead of this screen, action messages for MPS parts may be visible only in the MRP module action message screens and reports.
Location
Identification
Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve
a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen
selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related
parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.
You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes
more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are
also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of
a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different
way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter
ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters
automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print
options are also included in the saved parameter ID if there are any.
You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.
Parameter ID
Enter, or click 
to select, a parameter
ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter
ID that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen, such
as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.
When you save your record, all the selections made in the screen are
stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using
Query.
You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because
you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections.
After the default selections display in the screen, you can override the
defaults.
Description
Enter, or click to select, a parameter
description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.
Selection Ranges
MPS Plan
Enter, or click 
to select, the MPS plan for which you want to generate a schedule. The default option is P (Production), which means the MPS plan for the official production plan is processed. If you select any other MPS plan code, the official production plan is not affected.
MPS Part/Rev
Use the options in this group box to specify which MPS planned parts to include in the process
Option
From the drop-down list, select the range of parts/part revisions to be included: All (the default), One, Range, From Beginning, or To End.
Start
Enter, or click to select, the part ID or part revision to be the starting point of parts included. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is not available.
End
Enter, or click to select, the part ID or part revision to be the end point of parts included. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is not available.
Warehouse
If you selected the Plan Warehouse Separately check box (on the Corporate Settings block of the Configure Material Requirements Planning Settings screen), Costpoint plans supply and demand records separately for each warehouse.
If the Plan Warehouse Separately check box is not selected, Costpoint does not plan supply and demand by warehouse and this option is not available to you.
Option
From the drop-down list, select the range of warehouses to be included: All (the default), One, Range, From Beginning, or To End.
Start
Enter, or click to select, the warehouse that will be the starting point. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field is not available.
End
Enter, or click to select, the warehouse that will be the end point. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field is not available.
Inventory Project Selection
Use the options in this group box to specify the inventory projects to include in the schedule. The project planning groups are used later to determine what supply and demand information is used for each part processed.
Selection Option
Select one of these settings from the drop-down list:
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All Projects — Select this option to consider all project planning groups. This option plans supply and demand data from all MRP-planned inventory projects.
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Project Planning Group — Select this option to process only one project's planning group. This option plans all supply and demand for inventory projects in the project planning group named in the corresponding Project field.
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Netting Group — Select this option to plan all projects planned by netting group and linked to the Netting Group field listed below. You set up netting groups in the Production Control module. Each netting group consists of a group of inventory projects. During planning processes, Costpoint treats the netting group as a single entity.
Project
If you set Selection Option to Project Planning Group, enter, or click to select, the inventory project to include in the planning process.
Netting group
If you set Project Selection Option to Netting Group, enter, or click to select, the netting group of projects to include in the schedule.
Options
Process All Companies
Select this check box if you want to plan parts, as well as supply and demand data, from all companies in your enterprise.
If you do not select this check box, Costpoint filters data using the company identifier for the current (active) company so that you can select parts and use supply/demand data for the current company only.
This option is not available if you selected the Process MRP by Company check box, or cleared the Plan MRP by Company check box, on the Corporate Settings block of the Configure Material Requirements Planning Settings screen.
Planned Orders Due Within MPS Time Fence
The MPS time fence is intended to limit modifications to the production schedule within a specified amount of time in the future.
Use this option to specify whether any planned orders with due dates falling inside the MPS time fence must be scheduled to fall outside the range of dates for the time fence. From the drop-down list, select one of these settings:
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Set Due Date to Outside Time Fence — If the application determines that a part requires a planned order, but the due date is within the MPS time fence for that part, the application automatically resets the due date to the first calendar or shop date outside the time fence.
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Ignore Planning Fence — The MPS time fence is ignored when determining the due date for the planned order.
Open Past-Due Forecasts
Select how existing, open forecast quantities for past periods are processed. Forecasts that are open and past-due exist when the forecasted need date falls before the current date, and the open sales forecast quantity or the open user-defined forecast quantity are greater than zero.
From the drop-down list, select one of these settings:
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Rollover to Next Period — Costpoint rolls past-due forecasts into the next time period.
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Remove — Costpoint deletes or reduces the open forecast quantities to zero (if the Retain Forecast History check box is selected on the Configure Master Production Scheduling Settings screen) for the past-due forecasts.
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No Action — Past-due open forecasts are not affected.