Generate RP Data

Use the Generate RP Data function to generate the data the RP reports contain to help you determine supply requirements. When you generate RP data, you create a data subset from your purchase, sales, and work order information. This subset allows the RP reports and generation functions to run faster.

When considering production orders, the Generate RP Data process only considers production orders with a status of 'Firm Planned', 'Released', or 'In Process' to identify demand or supply quantities. If forecast data is available, the process will also look at forecast data to generate demand based on forecast records.

Component requirements are automatically included if you select an applicable source. For example, if you select Work Orders, any subassemblies required by a work order are included as well as the final assembled item.

For purchase orders, be aware of the purpose of the Expected Receipt Date field. It is important to use this value correctly, which will give you more accurate requirements planning data. See the PO Requested Ship Date Usage Overview for more details.

The Generate RP Data process looks at every quantity transaction that affects inventory, including but not limited to: PO transactions, SD transactions, WM material requisitions, MFG production orders, scheduled blanket orders, WM transfers, order requests, and PC transactions. When the DR Period Definition Horizon business rule has a value, the system will identify and generate Single Component Demand for IN items with a Procurement Type of ‘Make’ with insufficient quantities within the Period Definition. It will generate demand for any stocked subassembly as well as its components. When the Business Rule is empty, Generate RP Data will NOT generate any Single Component Demand.

You should regenerate RP data frequently as the data is only as accurate as the last time this process was run.

1. The read-only Last Run field displays the date of the most recent time the Generate RP Data function was run.
2. Enter any applicable comments in the Comments field.

3. Click a command button to
   

   Click	To
   OK	Generate RP data. When the message box appears, click Yes to regenerate RP data and overwrite any existing data, or No to return to the main screen. NOTE: Remember that when you generate RP data, the system creates a snapshot of your entire system at that time. Any new sales or purchase orders that you create after running this process do not appear on the RP reports.
   Activity	Display the Activity Log to view generating activity.
   Reset	Set all fields to their default values. The system selects all the check boxes on the screen.