Consolidation of Action messages - Cancel/New

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I have read a lot about action messages and how to request the system consolidate or reschedule orders if there are any changes in the demand or supply, instead of asking you to cancel the production/purchase order. We have adjusted both the Rescheduling Period and Lot accumulation period at a SKU level; however, when I run MRP/MPS (combined or separately) on certain items the system requests cancellation of existing purchase orders and for us to raise new ones for the same quantity.

Are there any flags in the background that we have may missed?

I would appreciate any feedback from someone who has experienced a similar situation.

Regards,

Rob Ercegovic

Purchasing Manager

HVAC Consoilidated

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Hi Rob,

The Rescheduling Period only applies to Reordering Policy "Lot-for-Lot" and to orders where there is a change in the date on the demand side for said Item. If the delay is within the Rescheduling Period, it will recommend a Reschedule. If it is outside the Rescheduling Period, then it will recommend one Cancel action message, and one New action message. And if the quantity changes, it will recommend a Change Qty, or a Reschedule & Change Qty action message.

Given this, can you confirm the following: You are seeing a Cancel and a New Action Message in the Planning Worksheet for POs already created for Item XYZ at Location ABC, even though the Stockkeeping Unit for Item XYZ at Location ABC is set for Reordering Policy "Lot-for-Lot".

Between the two times you run Planning Worksheet, has anything changed, such as demand? Are there new Sales Orders for Item XYZ at Location ABC? Has the Qty on a Sales Order for Item XYZ at Location ABC changed between runs? Does any other Stockkeeping Unit for Item XYZ at another Location have a Replenishment System of "Transfer" with Location ABC set as the transfer-from location? And is there additional demand coming from this other Location for Item XYZ affecting what is needed at Location ABC?

In all of these cases, you would see a Cancel action message if the date on the demand side has changed by more days than what you have in the Rescheduling Period (or if all demand associated with a Purchase Order has been removed). New Orders within the Lot Accumulation Period will simply result in a Change Qty (and if applicable, a Reschedule) action message.

I'm running NAV 2017 CU9 North American localization, and have done a handful of tests and can verify that the functionality works as it is supposed to. I know that until (or through) NAV 2013, there were some issues here but I believe they were resolved by 2015. If you are using Lot-for-Lot, and the issues persist, I suggest opening a support case with Microsoft (or asking your partner to do so on your behalf) and/or getting the latest cumulative update available for NAV 2015. While your partner (or you, if you have have a developer license for NAV) can debug and try to correct the code, it will be like finding a needle in a haystack.

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Hi AJ,

I really do appreciate your response. We have set the parameters at a SKU level with Lot-for-Lot selected as the reorder policy. The Rescheduling period I have extended to 1Y (originally set to 6M), thinking the extra time may prompt the system and avoid the cancellation messages; however, it still produces the same result. In other words we are still getting cancellation messages for items that are Lot-for-Lot" and the request to cancel message is appearing within the rescheduling period, with suggestions on raising a new order for the same quantity with a different date. Hopefully the below will help explain.

I have checked the version we are running - which is NAV2016 Version AU Dynamics NAV 9.0 9.0.44974.0. If there are no other suggestions I will open a support case as you suggest.

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I am having the same issue. If the date change is with in rescheduling period then system should not give new and cancel message,instead should given reschedule message. Even if you set rescheduling period to 10 Y ,system gives same incorrect action message.

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