Using "Do not consider in MRP" setting

Customer Introduction:

This customer is a press shop using nesting software for cutting sheets.

Problem / Goal:

Upon running the MRP program, OurSys calculated the shortfall of sheets based on the standard BOM. But the requirement of sheets is based on Nesting and thus cannot be calculated using the BOM. It was required to exclude sheets from the MRP.

The Solution:

We introduced a setting in the Item master called ?Do not consider for MRP?. All such items like sheets can now be marked as ?Yes? in this setting and thus get excluded from the MRP calculation.

The Result / Benefits:

The company was not using MRP due to incorrect requisitions getting generated for sheets. With this change, they were able to exclude sheets and run the MRP program. This in turn resulted in better planning and inventory management.