Key inputs
Manufacturing Plans depends on various inputs to make accurate and informed calculations for generating material, transfer, and production plans. Manufacturing Plans uses the same list of inputs as Auto Replenishment for inventory target calculation and net requirements determination for a product or site combination. For information on Auto Replenishment inputs, see Key inputs. In addition, Manufacturing Plans also requires the following inputs:
Bill of Material (BOM) – The BOM data entity is used to capture relationships between finished goods and various sub-assemblies and components that are required to make the finished goods. BOMs can contain multiple levels of components under a finished good, including alternates. Alternate or substitute components can be modeled under the same parent by using the alternate_group field. AWS Supply Chain only supports priority-based alternates. Components with the lowest priority are selected by the planning process. Suppliers or vendors that supply components are not part of the BOM. This information is derived from sourcing rules and vendor management-related data entities.
Production process – This process is used to model the production step for manufacturing finished goods. The sourcing rule contains a reference to the production process that's used to support the Manufacture type of rule. AWS Supply Chain only supports a single step manufacturing process. The component requirement date is determined based on production lead time and setup time, as defined in the production process entity. Lead time is the offset from the finished goods demand date, which is used to determine the requirement date for components.
For information on data fields required for Supply Planning, see Supply Planning.
