MPS Plan - ASCP 12.2.6 Question

Hi All,

I am evaluating implementation of MPS plan with recalculation option on ASCP 12.2.6 instance.

However I am facing one question on the forecast spreading.

We get the forecast in weekly buckets at top level items.

Now MPS Plan will suggest planned orders to fulfill top level demand for weekly forecast.

If I feed this MPS plan to MRP Plan, the PLANNED ORDERS for top level item from MPS Plan are considered as FIRM.

They work as demand for components.

Now MPS Plan understands only weekly or period buckets. Hence planned orders from MPS Plan for top level assembly are 1 planned order for 1 week ( may be multiple orders based on order modifiers). But still the bucket is weekly bucket.