MFG/PRO 9.0 User Guide Volume 3: Manufacturing - QAD.com

The schedule explodes automatically when MRP plans the item and site
or when you run Schedule Explosion. An exploded schedule creates
scheduled work orders for each day of production. Review these work
orders in the Work Orders module. They have a type of S (scheduled).
Run Repetitive Picklist Calculation (18.22.3.1) to see if shortages at work
centers need to be corrected.
Using Repetitive Picklists
In most repetitive operations, issues are managed solely by backflushing.
However, in many operations, you also need to manage the movement of
inventory to the point where it is used. In environments where inventory
is stored on the production line, the repetitive picklist lets you easily
replenish the line’s work centers.
Use repetitive picklists to move inventory from stocking locations to a
work center. To use this method, you must define work centers as
inventory locations.
Each repetitive schedule creates inventory requirements at the work
centers in its routing. When you run Repetitive Picklist Calculation
(18.22.3.1), the system:
• Determines the available inventory and requirements at each work
center for the specified range of parent items
• Determines where shortages exist
• Allocates inventory to meet shortages
• Creates a picklist for each work center shortage
Calculate
Calculate
picklist
picklist
or
or
create
create
detail
detail
allocations.
allocations.
Pick
Pick
inventory.
inventory.
Transfer
Transfer
inventory
inventory
to
to
work
work
centers.
centers.
The system creates a picklist if there is a shortage and inventory is
available to be picked. When you print the picklist, the inventory is
picked. Use Repetitive Picklist Transfer (18.22.3.6) to transfer the
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Fig. 8.10
Picklist Processing
Flow