Advanced Scenarios
Advanced Planning supports complex planning and supply chain scenarios that go beyond basic lot exclusion. Here are some examples:
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Multi-level eligibility checks: Plan for items where lots must pass both expiration and inspection status checks and may also need to meet customer-specific shelf-life requirements.
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Rolling supply with predicted compliance: Evaluate inbound supply (purchase or production orders) based on predicted expiration and inspection status at the expected receipt date, ensuring only future-compliant lots are considered.
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Customer-driven planning: Use QRS integration to enforce minimum shelf-life and required inspection status for specific customers or sales orders, automatically excluding lots that do not meet these requirements.
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Automated planning for high-volume environments: Schedule background regenerative planning runs for large datasets, ensuring planners start each day with pre-calculated suggestions and error logs, even when no planning lines are created.
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Audit and traceability for compliance: Use Log Planning Information to provide a full audit trail of planning decisions, including reasons for exclusion (expiration, blocked, inspection status, shelf-life), supporting quality and regulatory audits.