available-to-promise(ATP) inventory Thequantity of end itemsthat marketing canpromise to deliver onspecified dates.

The quantity of end items that marketing can promise to deliveron specified dates is called available-to-promise (ATP) inventory. It is the differencebetween the customer orders already booked and the quantity that operations is planningto produce.

Available-to-promise (ATP) is a business function that provides a response to customer order enquiries, based on resource availability.[1] It generates available quantities of the requested product, and delivery due dates. Therefore, ATP supports order promising and fulfillment, aiming to manage demand and match it to production plans.

A bill of materials (sometimes bill of material or BOM) is a list of the raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, components, parts and the quantities of each needed to manufacture an end product. No physical dimension is described in a BOM.[1][2]

It may be used for communication between manufacturing partners,[3] or confined to a single manufacturing plant.

A BOM can define products as they are designed (engineering bill of materials), as they are ordered (sales bill of materials), as they are built (manufacturing bill of materials), or as they are maintained (service bill of materials). The different types of BOMs depend on the business need and use for which they are intended. In process industries, the BOM is also known as the formula, recipe, or ingredients list. In electronics, the BOM represents the list of components used on the printed wiring board or printed circuit board. Once the design of the circuit is completed, the BOM list is passed on to the PCB layout engineer as well as component engineer who will procure the components required for the design.

Material requirements planning (MRP) is a production planning and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. Most MRP systems are software-based, while it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well.

An MRP system is intended to simultaneously meet three objectives:

Ensure materials are available for production and products are available for delivery to customers.

Maintain the lowest possible level of inventory. Plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules and purchasing activities.

MPS:

A Master Production Schedule or MPS is the plan that a company has developed for production, inventory, staffing, etc. It sets the quantity of each end item to be completed in each week of a short-range planning horizon. A Master Production Schedule is the master of all schedules. It is a plan for future production of end items. MPS INPUTS: --> Forecast Demand --> Production Costs --> Inventory Costs --> Customer Orders --> Inventory Levels --> Supply --> Lot Size --> Production Lead Time --> Capacity MPS OUTPUT (production plan): --> Amounts to be Produced --> Staffing Levels --> Quantity Available to Promise --> Projected Available Balance

The Master Production Schedule gives production, planning, purchasing, and top management the information needed to plan and control the manufacturing operation. The application ties overall business planning and forecasting to detail operations through the Master Production Schedule.

The Master Production Schedule will drive detailed material and production requirements in the Material Requirements Planning module.

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