Machine breakdowns, rush orders, material unavailability, inaccurate demand forecasts and unreliable lead times. Creating a Master Production Schedule (MPS) that can efficiently deal with these scenarios can be a huge challenge.
This solution brief on MPS will give you an eight-point assessment checklist to identify key problems in your plan. We’ve also included a section on MPS best practices, where you’ll discover key capabilities that a supply chain plan needs to be profitable:
- Visualizing your whole supply chain in one place
- Exploring what-if scenarios within your MPS
- Incorporating short- and mid-term demand signals into your MPS