Master planning coverage groups in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

Master planning coverage groups in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

Coverage groups important considerations

• coverage code options
  • Manual
    • This is used to turn off planning
    • Could be define at coverage group assignment to item OR could also be used to stop planning at warehouse level
  • Requirement
    • This makes D365FO suggest planned supply orders per demand transaction
      • g. 1 Planned PO for 1 SO line
    • Period
      • This can combine demand to suggest planned supply for the period group
    • /Max
  • Coverage time fence in days
    • How much into future and present day or any outstanding demand to be factored in planning
  • Decision on consumption of on-hand inventory
  • Positive and negative days
    • Positive days
      • Usually set equal to coverage time fence
      • number of days that are subtracted from a requirement due date
    • Negative days
      • Usually allowing supply to cover demand with additional days of buffer without needing to create additional supply
      • days that are added to a requirement due date.
    • Safety lead time in days
    • Forecast reduction principle
    • Resource Capacity criteria
    • Action (messages)
    • Delays (Future messages)