Thanks! Currently we are using one coverage group for the production (BOM) item as well as components. I've created now a separate group for the components and added the 30 days re-order margin for the bom item coverage group. Quickly tested and it seems to work. Thanks for the help!!
Eddie --- In Axapta-Knowledge-Village@yahoogroups.com, "dynamics_man" <dynamics_...@...> wrote: > > > Eddie > > Do not change the standard production leadtime to 60 days, since your > production lead time is 30 days only. > > Add 30 days, ( your intimation advance timeline to your sub-contractor )in > the coverage group, re-order margin for the production part. > > Try now, it will work. > > > Dynamics_man > --- In Axapta-Knowledge-Village@yahoogroups.com, "edwardjosling" > <edwardjosling@> wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > I have a query and hope that someone can help. > > > > We are using BOM's for final products with one level of components. The > > company do not produce themselves, but is subcontracting the production. > > The company is responsible for buying the components to be delivered to the > > third party production facility. We use MRP (based on sales forecast) to > > derive production and purchases order and requirement dates. > > > > We use lead times for both production and components to derive delivery and > > order dates. The standard lead time for production is 30 days, but we need > > to give the instruction to produce 60 days before the order (thus an > > additional 30 days to standard lead time). We specify on the item coverage > > a production lead time as 60 days. > > > > Standard purchase lead time for components are 30 days. When the MRP has > > run and we do a explosion, the problem is that the requirement date for the > > components are 30 days from the order date on the production, thus we will > > buy the components 30 days early (because of the extended production lead > > time). > > > > We need to forward the purchase order date to reflect the "actual" > > requirement date for the component on the production order. > > > > Any help how to accomplish this would be appreciated. > > Eddie > > >
