A major component of the Manufacturing series, the Production Planning module is a flexible, easy-to-use package driven by closed-loop MRPII technology. Information from Inventory Management, Purchase Orders, Sales Order Processing, Bill of materials, and Production Activity Control is analyzed in conjunction with the master production schedule, to produce a bucketless, time-phased Materials and Capacity Requirements Plan.

• MRP Forecast Maintenance.
• Pegged forecast to customer, sales person, territory, and warehouse.
• Master Production Schedule (MPS), with pegging details.
• Real-time simulation modes for master production schedules and forecasts.
• Multiple simulations with automatic conversion to plans.
• Regenerative and net-change MRP.
• Planned and firm orders.
• Real-time electronic action messages can be routed through MAPI compliant E-mail.
• Capacity reporting.
• Two-level MPS.