Inventory

Material Inventory Management

The AI Scheduler includes functionality to manage material inventory based on scheduled production orders. All consumed and produced materials are tracked in detail across various transaction types:

Replenishment Orders

These represent inbound inventory derived from MRP or ERP systems, modelled within the Scheduler to account for inventory builds. Each Replenishment Order includes:

• Material Code

• Quantity

• Arrival Date (when the material will be on site and available for consumption)

By tracking Replenishment Orders, the Schedule ensures that planned activities align with material availability.

Consumption Events

These occur when scheduled Orders consume specific materials, drawing down on available inventory. Each time an Order is scheduled, the system automatically calculates and deducts the required materials from inventory levels.

Inventory Snapshots

These capture the inventory position for a material at a specific point in time. Snapshots are useful for:

• Stock taking and reconciliation

• Calibrating Scheduler inventory levels with actual warehouse quantities

Inventory Visualisation

The Inventory Draw Down Graph displays inventory levels for each material type, showing a forward projection of how scheduled activities will impact inventory through both inbound replenishments and consumption events.

The graph above shows material inventory impacts by date. Min and max threshold positions are visible also. These min/max levels are used to indicate either a low inventory position, or an excess inventory position for each material. These are set in the MaterialsConfiguration section of the system.

Filtering the Inventory

By Status

Click on the filtering button next to the search bar.

You will be presented with options to filter.

As shown above, materials may have different avator colours, based on how material levels are compared to their configured thresholds.