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Friday, September 12, 2008

Forward Scheduling for External Procurement

In the reorder point planning procedure, when the planning run determines that a material shortage exists, the date of the shortage is not in the future. This is not possible because once the reorder level is exceeded, material procurement must be organized immediately. During scheduling, the system determines the date when the material must be available starting from the material shortage date. This procedure is referred to as forward scheduling .

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