Update 19D

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Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update.

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Sales and Operations Planning

Report Dependent Demand for Upstream Organizations

In a multitier supply chain, view the dependent demand at upstream locations for items with demand at downstream locations, in addition to the demand at the same location.

Monitor Late Activities and Tasks in a Planning Cycle

Track the actual completion date and days of delay for each activity and task within a S&OP planning cycle.

Copy a Sales and Operations Plan with All Details

Make a complete copy of a Sales and Operations plan with details, including details for supply chain master data.

Supply Planning

Consume Forecasts Using Flexible Time Buckets

Set up forecast consumption parameters to consume forecasts using configurable buckets that may be different from the forecasting buckets. In addition, you can specify parameters for consideration of past-due demands as part of the plan options for each plan.

Include Postprocessing Lead Time for Manufacturing Items

Plan your manufactured item orders more accurately by adding postprocessing lead time that accounts for quality control, curing, document preparation, or other processes that would prevent those items from being used right away.

Constraint-Based Planning

Create and run supply plans that consider material and capacity constraints. Focus on meeting demand on time by evaluating all possible alternatives, such as using different sources, substitute components, or alternative work definitions.

After you opt in to constraint-based planning, you can use the features described in this section.

Create and Manage a Constrained Supply Plan

Create a named plan and select the options to consider planning constraints, such as resource capacity or supplier capacity. Run a plan that takes into consideration these constraints and recommends solutions to overcome these constraints to meet demand on time.

Automatically Evaluate and Select the Alternative to Meet Demand on Time

Run a plan that evaluates the use of alternate sources of supply, such as using alternate resources, substitute components, and alternate manufacturing methods, to overcome demand fulfillment issues.

Plan Considering Material Constraints

Generate a plan where the lead time or supplier capacity is a constraint. If a constraint is encountered, the supply plan will generate recommendations, such as building ahead, use of a substitute component, or use of an alternate source, so that the demand can be fulfilled on time. If no alternatives are found to meet demand on time, then supplier capacity may be overloaded to fulfill the demand on time. Lead time will be honored, and orders may be fulfilled late in order to respect lead time constraints.

Plan Considering Resource Constraints

Generate a plan where resource capacity is a soft constraint that drives the selection of alternate sources of supply. If a constraint is encountered, the supply plan will generate recommendations, such as using an alternate resource, alternate work definition, or alternate source, where resource capacity is available so that the demand can be fulfilled on time. Resource capacity may be overloaded after all these other alternatives have been exhausted.

Simulate Supply Chain Changes

Simulate changes in-line, such as a change to supply or demand quantity, and see the effects immediately without having to replan. Additionally, existing simulation capabilities for an unconstrained plan are also supported in constraint-based planning.

Plan for Safety Stock

Calculate the safety stock levels using available safety stock methods, such as Days of Cover. Fulfill safety stock targets, ensuring that no material and capacity constraints are violated. Supply to meet safety stock targets may be delayed until there are no material or capacity constraints.

Evaluate Exceptions

Generate planning exceptions in a constraint-based plan when constraints are encountered, such as the usage of an alternate resource or substitute component. Additionally, a subset of the exception types generated for an unconstrained plan are also generated in a constrained plan.

Plan Considering Process Manufacturing Work Definitions

Plan supply based on the process manufacturing work definition as specified in Oracle Manufacturing Cloud, or in other manufacturing applications, in a constraint-based plan. Plan appropriate batch quantities and account for the creation of co-products and by-product supplies along with the primary product specified in the work definition.

Respect Reservations

Respect reservations considering the reserved supply for an end item as firm supply in a constraint-based plan. This approach is different from when you use unconstrained supply plans, where there can be recommendations to push out or pull in supplies that are reserved to sales orders if those supplies are not firm.

Prevent Creation of Planned Orders for End-of-Life Items

Specify an item-organization indicator in a simulation set to prevent the creation of new supply for an item in a constraint-based plan. You typically use this capability for end-of-life items or components when there is a need to create supply on the alternate rather than the primary item or component.

Diagnose Planning Issues Using Calculated Order Attributes and Gantt Charts

Use milestones on an order that are calculated as part of a plan run, such as Earliest Start Date, and explanatory attributes, such as a Shared Supply, to diagnose planning issues and confirm the accuracy of the plan output. Use a Gantt chart to visualize and change the plan for a specific order in context of these attributes.

Plan for Multiple Fulfillment Strategies

Plan for fulfillment of demand using contract manufacturing, drop ship, and back-to-back orders.

View Order Recommendations

View recommendations in a constraint-based plan when orders need to be canceled, rescheduled in, or rescheduled out.