View Material Plan Graph

Explanation

This activity is used to generate a bar graph that depicts supply, demand, and project balance for a given range of date intervals.

Prerequisites

System Effects

As a result of this activity, the system generates a two-dimensional bar graph showing data for a user-specified inventory part, including supply, demand, projected on hand and projected time phased safety stock. The graph appears in the lower section of the Material Plan Graph window.

Window 

Material Plan Graph

Related Window Descriptions

Material Plan Graph
Graph Parameters

Procedure

  1. Open the Material Plan Graph window. The system defined period template will be automatically selected.
  2. Query for the part.
  1. Click Show Graph.
  2. On the Graph Parameters dialog box that appears change the default period range if needed.
  3. Click OK to generate the graph.

Note: If the template start date falls after the current date, then the current date appears in the Period Begin Date and Period End Date fields and the period numbers 0 and 1 are used respectively.