Master Production Scheduling & Material Requirements Planning

• Improve short-term scheduling
• Improve long-term planning

You can use Unity ERP software to integrate your business’s strategy with its production capability, using its integrated MPS and MRP functions.

Master Production Scheduling (MPS)

Unity enables you to create realistic production plans based on current order book and forecast information.

You can determine the manufacturing plan by co-ordinating the demands of marketing, finance, etc. with manufacturing. Other key functions include:

• Forecasts by customer, product, etc
• Forecast consumption logic
• Available to promise calculation

Material Requirement Planning (MRP)

Unity’s MRP functions can calculate the demand for component items and allocate the demand by time period, taking into account existing and anticipated stock levels. The software also helps you optimise quantities based on defined rules for your business.

You can execute a full regenerative MRP at any time, with variable time buckets, single and multi-level pegging, and taking into account any effective date and engineering change requirements, or historical usage. Other key functions include:

• Multi-site / branch facility
• ‘One click’ to action purchase orders, recommendations and work orders
• Supports inter-warehouse transfers

Optimised Production and Materials (OPM)

You can use Unity’s OPM functions to ensure accurate delivery forecasting. The system re-aligns demands to achievable positions, removing arrears to provide clear visibility of projected delivery performance.

Unity reviews outstanding jobs and available materials to determine the changes required to move from arrears to on time delivery, in the shortest period of time. The system’s OPM functions can also help you:

• Streamline scheduling processes
• Reduce lead times
• Provide higher levels of service to customers