Administrator Industry Observation: MRP Benefits Go Beyond Automatic Purchase Requisitions When companies discuss MRP, the first benefit often mentioned is that the system can automatically generate purchase requisitions. That benefit is real, but it is only one part of the value. A more co... Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning May 13, 2026
Administrator Industry Observation: Ten Common MRP Misunderstandings In more than twenty years of project work, we have met many complex manufacturers that said the same thing: MRP is hard to run. Orders change, data is imperfect, capacity is unstable, BOMs are complex... Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning Apr 1, 2026
Administrator Manufacturing Planning Optimization Project Enters Stable Operation A manufacturing planning optimization project has entered stable operation after a period of rollout support and process observation. The work focused on MRP parameter review, planning exception class... Project Go-live SAP MRP / Planning Feb 6, 2026
Administrator Industry Observation: How Order Transfer Keeps MRP Plans Clean Sales order transfer is a common planning scenario in manufacturing companies. A stock-preparation order may later be covered by a confirmed customer order, or one confirmed sales order may temporaril... Industry Observation Order Transfer SAP MRP / Planning Jan 20, 2026
Administrator Industry Observation: MRP and Specified Raw-material Suppliers A difficult MRP topic appears in many manufacturing industries: the same raw material can have several qualified suppliers, but a specific finished product may only allow one supplier, or a limited se... Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning SRM / SNC Dec 16, 2025
Administrator JRS Releases SAP MRP Optimization Service Package JRS has released a SAP MRP optimization service package for companies that need more stable planning parameters, clearer exception analysis, and stronger links between planning and execution feedback.... Product Release SAP MRP / Planning Dec 12, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: Demand Management Is the First Gear of MRP After releasing Lean APS and Super MRP, we worked with many companies on planning optimization. Some projects were light consulting, some solved focused topics such as MTO order transfer, substitutes,... APS Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning Nov 18, 2025
Administrator A Manufacturing Customer Goes Live with Online Daily Production Scheduling JRS recently helped a manufacturing customer go live with online daily production scheduling. The project focused on a high-frequency planning scenario: daily schedule allocation across demand, batche... Project Go-live SAP MRP / Planning May 13, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: MTO and MTS Are Not Just “Produce After Receiving an Order” MTO and MTS are old concepts, but they still cause wrong decisions in ERP projects. The problem is not that the words are difficult. The problem is that many teams understand them only from a business... Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning Dec 26, 2024
Administrator Industry Observation: Supplier Collaboration Should Move Up to Planning Many SRM systems focus on execution: purchase-order collaboration, delivery collaboration, reconciliation, and invoice collaboration. These are useful, but they often start too late. In many companies... Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning SRM / SNC Nov 1, 2024
Administrator Industry Observation: Why MRP and ATP Are Harder Than They Look Many companies face the same contradiction: inventory is high, yet planners and buyers are busy chasing shortages every day. From the system side, MRP appears to be running, but the supply chain still... Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning May 29, 2023