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CAPABILITY MAPExplore planning and production controls

P2M 202 · CAPABILITY MAP

Which P2M capability answers my question?

Start with the planning landscape, then open the demand, structure, MRP, feasibility, execution, or inventory-control question you need.

START HERE · FOUNDATION

S&OP Foundation

Learn how strategic, tactical, and operational planning connect demand, supply, capacity, and manufacturing execution before the ERP capabilities appear.

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01 · ANTICIPATE

Demand planning creates a reasoned view of what customers or operations are likely to need.

History, promotions, orders, market intelligence, and forecast models form a baseline that planners review for bias, exceptions, and consensus.

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02 · STRUCTURE

What is a bill of materials—and when should an assembly be phantom?

A BOM defines the components and quantities needed to make a material. Phantom assemblies preserve a logical grouping but are exploded into their components rather than planned or produced as separate stock.

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03 · STRUCTURE

How is a production order put together?

A production order connects organizational context, order controls, the product, operations, component materials, routing and BOM data, and the settings that govern scheduling, confirmation, backflushing, external processing, and settlement.

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DETERMINATION

What determines a planning result?

Connect material planning parameters, BOM, routing, production version, work center, lead time, lot size, and procurement type to the result MRP creates.

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FEASIBILITY

Can the plan actually be made on time?

Separate MRP supply creation from scheduling, capacity, component availability, and operational feasibility before making a promise.

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04 · CALCULATE

Material Requirements Planning calculates what supply is needed, in what quantity, and by when.

MRP nets stock, receipts, reservations, sales demand, forecasts, safety stock, lead times, and lot-sizing rules to create proposals and exception messages.

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05 · DECIDE

Supply proposals are recommendations that planners review before execution.

Externally procured material usually produces purchase requisitions; in-house production produces planned orders. Dates and quantities can be adjusted before conversion.

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06 · EXECUTE

Production execution converts a plan into controlled material consumption and finished output.

A production order carries quantities, dates, components, operations, work centers, and costs. Release enables execution; confirmations and goods movements record progress.

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07 · LEARN

Inventory management records where material is, its status, quantity, and value—and feeds reality back into planning.

Receipts, issues, transfers, reservations, physical inventory, batches, and valuation update supply visibility. Stock can be unrestricted, quality inspection, blocked, or in transfer.

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CONTINUE THE PATHRun the planning and production day

Connect these capabilities into practitioner execution and evidence.

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