IBP SOP functional issue

[former_member926433]

Hello,

I have an issue with the Inventory and Production part after the Optimizer runs.

Please find my scenario where the issue is occuring:

we have an Work centre resource W1 in IBP, which handles three products to process through its production process. This continues throughout the year . When there is sudden plan in cancelling the Work centre W1 processing for two days. Hence the capacity made as 0 and shifts not defined for that work centre on two days.

After that we run the optimizer on three Products and the Projected stock last period with Production values of three products get piled up on one day each to cover the shut down period of the Work centre W1. The stock gets piled up on one day to cover the non working of two days of Work centre shifts.

For this issue Client is expecting that piled up stock on one day on each product with three different days need to be spread smoothly on multiple days equally instead of one day huge value of piling .

I would require some idea , what are all the ways the optimizer can solve this issue by providing the additional parameters can control it and cover equal values on multiple days.

Note: There is no cost setting like stock holding cost rate, no lot size maintained, no Production cost rate has been mainatined.

[mkorndoerfer · Accepted solution]

Hi Ameer,

You could use MAXPRODUCTION to limit the Production Receipts for each period, or use the MAXINVENTORY to limit the Projected Inventory for each period.

This is manual work, but it should work fine, and I'm also not sure how to model this from a cost perspective. Maybe other colleagues have an idea of how to do this with costs.

Best regards,
Matheus