Detailed Inventory Scheduling: Tasks (Level 3)

Creating and maintaining a detailed inventory schedule
- Shall the MES provide the capability to create and maintain a detailed plan for inventory management?
- Will a rough-cut planning be conducted up-front?
- How will the results of the rough-cut planning be transferred into the detailed planning?
- Which master data for inventory planning shall be managed(storage capacity, replacement period)?
- Which inventory strategy shall be applied?

Comparing actual movements to planned movements
- For which movement types ( e.g. different means of transportation) shall the comparison be conducted?
- What and for what purpose shall be compared?
- Which movement types (to-bin transfer, from-bin transfer, bin-to-bin transfer) shall be managed?
- How are the movements defined (fixed positions/routes/ means of transportation)?
- How are status notifications captured?
- How are movements documented?

Determining the committed capacity of each resource
- Shall the MES be able to determine the committed capacity of each resource?

Creating inventory work orders in accordance with inventory requests
- What are the tasks of the MES in internal logistic?
- Shall the MES be able to create transportation orders and/or transportation demands?

Determining future assignment of inventory work orders to storage zones and storage units
- Shall the MES be able to determine future assignment of inventory work orders to storage zones and storage units?

Determining start time and completion time of inventory work orders
- Shall the MES be able to determine start time and completion time of inventory work orders?

Determining lot size of each inventory transfer order
- Shall the MES be able to determine lot size of each inventory transfer order?