How it works

Ask what the plan is short of

Ask, and it names the part and the quantity short, picks the supplier from your own records and drafts the requisition. You check it and release it.

  • Needs ordering: PN-4471-02 Housing, Pump Body 60 of 480 pc No PO

Needs ordering

Find the gap before the run

It reads demand, stock on hand and open orders together, the same records your team already keeps. When something won’t make it, you get the part, the quantity short and the date it lands. Run readiness for every job already on the plan comes with it.

  • Demand, stock on hand, and open orders read together
  • The part, the quantity short, and the date it lands
  • Run readiness for the jobs already on the plan
  • Suppliers for PN-6119-11 96 Ridgeline Castings 88 Kestrel Fasteners 93 Delta Bar and Tube

Supplier registry

Get a supplier straight from your records

The supplier comes straight from your supplier records under product master, with lead time, minimum order and last price already on the line. If the first supplier can’t make the date, it names a second source. You’re never starting the search from scratch.

  • Supplier drawn from the supplier records under product master
  • Lead time, minimum order, and last price on the line
  • A second source named when the first cannot make the date
  • Requisition, PN-6034-03 ShaftDrafted, 80 pc
  • Check and release Release Discard

New requisition

Get a requisition ready to check

It fills the lines, quantities and supplier straight from the records it already read. The draft waits for you to check and release it; nothing goes out on its own. From there, purchase orders track from release through to receipt in one list.

  • Lines, quantities, and supplier filled from the same records
  • The draft waits for a person to check and release it
  • Purchase orders tracked from release to receipt in one list
  • MRP recommendations PN-5218-07 reorder point hit CP-0447 safety stock low
  • REQ-0473 drafted

Reorder points

Turn a reorder point into a requisition

Reorder point, safety stock and lot size are held per item, and the recommendation follows those numbers with no model in the path. Accept a recommendation and it converts straight into a requisition. It’s the same math every time, so you know what drove the call.

  • Reorder point, safety stock, and lot size held per item
  • Deterministic recommendations, with no model in the path
  • Accept a recommendation and it converts into a requisition
  • Deliver to Brantford Plant 2 Paint stores Bay 2, 480 pc
  • Qty from forecast, week 41

Procurement summary

Name the location that should hold the stock

It weighs your inventory locations against the demand at each one and names the location that should hold the stock. The demand forecast shapes the quantity and the date as well. You get one answer instead of a spreadsheet to reconcile.

  • Inventory locations weighed against the demand at each one
  • The location that should hold the stock is named
  • The demand forecast shapes the quantity as well as the date
  • Requisition REQ-2207, draft Release Discard

Command center

Keep the final say: it places and approves nothing

It answers when you ask, on the previous generation of mode40 Agents: there’s no schedule and no trigger running behind it. It places nothing and approves nothing. A person always releases the order. Purchase orders, MRP and your supplier records keep running whether or not you call on it.

  • It answers when asked. There is no schedule and no trigger.
  • It places nothing and approves nothing. A person releases the order.
  • Purchase orders, MRP, and supplier records run without it
  • Projected on hand, weeks PN-5218-07 3 wks CP-0447 1 wk
  • PO-0291 released

Materials desk

Work the list, then ask when something looks wrong

Needs ordering, purchase orders and run readiness sit in one section, so you can work the list without switching screens. Projected on hand shows the weeks ahead for every item. Ask at any point and you get the working behind the number.

  • Needs ordering, purchase orders, and run readiness in one section
  • Projected on hand shows the weeks ahead for every item
  • Ask at any point and get the working behind the number

What your materials planner sees on the desk

    • Requisition REQ-2207Drafted, 80 pc
    • Requisition REQ-2207 Release Discard

    A requisition drafted and waiting for you to release.

    The Buyer fills in the lines, quantities, and supplier from your own records, then stops there. Nothing is sent until a person checks it and releases the order.

    See requisition tracking
    • PN-6034-03 reorder check Reorder point crossed Safety stock covered Lot size applied
    • Auto flagged

    A reorder point that becomes a requisition.

    MRP recommendations run on your own reorder point, safety stock, and lot size, with no model deciding for you. Accept one and it converts into a draft requisition.

    How MRP recommendations work

FAQ

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