MRP
MRP (material requirements planning) answers a committed-only question: given the production runs you’ve committed to, which components do you have, which are short, and what should you do about it this week? It works entirely from your committed plan — no solver recommendations are mixed in. Navigate to MRP under the Supply Chain group in the sidebar. The page header shows the plan freshness indicator, and a footer stamps when the worksheet data was captured.Tabs
Organizations with the approval flow also see the Review staged (N) button here — see Recommendations.
Shared controls
On the Needs action and Production gap tabs:- Filter bar — search by component name or code, plus entity filters. Filtering to the components of a finished good scopes the gap view to the runs drawing those materials.
- Horizon — a “Next N days” selector that bounds which runs and requirements are in scope.
- Saved views, Table settings (with Export CSV —
mrp-needs-action.csvormrp-production-gap.csv), and a Refresh control that recomputes the MRP worksheet live from the current plan.
Needs action
The component list, bucketed by urgency, with per-row actions:- Stage — opens the prefilled, editable create-purchase drawer. Quantity, landing date, order-by date, and unit cost are prefilled from the gap row (quantities already reflect the supplier’s minimum, order multiple, and unit precision).
- Order now — opens the born-ordered dialog, buying the net shortfall (the portion in-time covering POs don’t already cover).
- Expedite — jumps to Transactions to chase the covering PO.
Production gap
The run-centric view: a summary line (“N of M committed run(s) short in next Xd”) above each short run’s component shortages. Each shortage carries a fill action that opens the shared movement create drawer:- A transfer fill when another location holds the component — prefilled with source, destination, and the run’s period.
- A purchase fill otherwise — prefilled with supplier, the placeable quantity, a landing date aligned to the run start, and an order-by date clamped so overdue gaps still read “order today” rather than a past date.
Worksheet
The Worksheet tab is self-contained: it brings its own filter bar, settings popover, and committed-only flow statement. Use it when you need the full per-component picture rather than the triage or gap framing.Stale suggestions
If you edit a committed purchase after the last solve, the resurfaced buy suggestion for that component predates your edit and is suppressed here until the next solve — the same stale-recommendation rule used across planning.Best practices
Run Needs action weekly at a short horizon
Run Needs action weekly at a short horizon
A 7–14 day horizon keeps the triage list to what genuinely needs a decision this week. Widen the horizon for a monthly buying pass.
Prefer Stage over Order now when review matters
Prefer Stage over Order now when review matters
Stage puts the buy on the execution plan (and through the approval flow, where enabled) with an editable form; Order now mints the PO immediately for the net shortfall. Use Order now for genuine emergencies.
Scope the gap view through the filter bar
Scope the gap view through the filter bar
Filtering to a finished good’s components narrows the Production gap view to the runs that draw those materials — the fastest way to answer “can this product’s schedule actually run?”
Troubleshooting
Next Steps
Production
The committed runs that drive material requirements
Purchases
The buying workbench for component and finished-good POs
Execution plan
Where staged fills land for review and ordering
BOMs
Keep bills of materials resolvable so MRP sees every run