Does someone has a workaround for forecasting a sales kit

[EDoe (Eric Doe)]

Hi,
After multiple tests, I found that if I put a forcast on a sales kit, the demand for the materials does not work. I have no purchase suggestions or job suggestions for the materials. Anyone has an idea how to create demand on a sales kit forecast or MPS.

Thanks

[MDiekhuis (Mindi Diekhuis)]

This is the LEAST glamorous reply, but we have forced the Process MRP checkbox on the part with a DMT (it’s grayed out normally). Then it works. It’s unchecked by default.

[EDoe (Eric Doe)]

Hi,
Thanks for the tip it worked. Now I have a second question. Are you able to consume your forecasts against sales orders?

Thanks

[EDoe (Eric Doe)]

HI
I found it it does work but it creates a false job but I can live with that.

Many thanks for your help

Eric

[charlesdixie (Wilwood Engineerig FAO: Charles Dixie)]

Eric

We have the exact same problem as you, how did you get EPICOR to forecast and pass Kit demand down to the componets / PO suggestions?

This seems so simple yet the mighty EPICOR makes this difficult.

Any help would be greatly appreciated?

cdixie@wilwood.com

[charlesdixie (Wilwood Engineerig FAO: Charles Dixie)]

MDiekhuis

We have the exact same problem, what field did you tick to make it work using the DMT?

Any help would be greatly appreciated…

cdixie@wilwood.com

[MDiekhuis (Mindi Diekhuis)]

It’s the Process MRP box on part plant.

[charlesdixie (Wilwood Engineerig FAO: Charles Dixie)]

Yes, we found it see below

This seems to work, we get Kit Unfirmed Job selection but we just filter that out.

It does consume the forecast, think this is a WIN!

Thank you for all your help

[Jackie_Braith (Jackie B)]

Forcing the “Process MRP” checkbox does result in a forecast appearing in Time Phase for the sales kit itself, but there is still no demand for the individual parts within the sales kit after MRP runs. Am I missing a step to implement this? Thanks!

[Jackie_Braith (Jackie B)]

I cannot get the “Generate PO Suggestions” box to check even thru a DMT. Maybe that is my problem. If so, any suggestions why?

[Jackie_Braith (Jackie B)]

After multiple attempts, I have now gotten both the “Process MRP” and “Generate PO Suggestions” boxes checked on a few different sales kits. But still no unfirmed jobs for the sales kits and no forecast or plan of any kind for the parts in the sales kits. I tried changing the sales kits from non-stock to inventory, but that has made no difference. Any idea what I am missing?

[Mark_Wonsil]

If you’re still on 10.2.500, I don’t know that you can get what you want. One of the Kinetic versions introduced Planning BOMs and that should do what you want.

Planning Bom?

Planning BOM - These parts define all the possible material combinations that are used in the method of manufacture for related finished good items. The related finished good items are known as Planning Pool Parts. Planning BOM parts are then used to generate forecast demand for the Planning Pool parts The following rules apply if you set a part to Planning BOM. However, the rules don’t apply to the materials you add to the Planning BOM part’s bill of materials: You cannot setup replenishment…

It has come up before here on the list.

Forecasting Kits?

All Any help is greatly appreciated… After multiple tests, I found that if I put a forcast on a sales kit, the demand for the materials does not work. I have no purchase suggestions or job suggestions for the materials. Anyone has an idea how to create demand on a sales kit forecast? This seems so simple yet the mighty EPICOR makes this difficult.

[EDoe (Eric Doe)]

Hi

Jackie I will look at it soon but at the moment I am swamp.

Thanks<

[Jackie_Braith (Jackie B)]

Thanks so much, Mark and Eric. It did not seem the solution proposed above was using Planning BOMs. I don’t use them now, so that would be a whole other thing to learn how to implement in place of the forecasting/MPS planning we do today. Hoping it will be easier to identify a solution for why I am not getting this to work.

[Jackie_Braith (Jackie B)]

Any chance I could get more guidance on this today? I populated the fields/checkboxes as noted above (Process MRP, Generate Suggestions, Qty Bearing all true), but MRP is still not creating forecasts for the sales kit parts.

[EDoe (Eric Doe)]

Hi

Sorry I am at Insight and I am very busy. I will try to send you information as soon as I have some time.

Thanks

[Jackie_Braith (Jackie B)]

Can anyone give me details about how to get a sales kit to create demand for the materials in the kit? I tried the settings in the post above, but still not working for us.

[Rick_Bird]

Here is the Epicor Idea for this need, please vote it up:
https://epicor-manufacturing.ideas.aha.io/ideas/KIN-I-4504
It’s been mentioned that use of a Planning BOM could help with this but I don’t see how a Part can be setup as a Planning BOM and a Sales Kit at the same time.

[Jackie_Braith (Jackie B)]

Thank you, Rick. I will vote! But I understood from this post that folks had found an effective (although perhaps not the best) way to plan the materials in a sales kit. But I just cannot get the results using the info provided here. Was hoping someone could explain how to set fields in more detail.

[Rick_Bird]

Thanks Jackie… I can’t get the results we need either… I have an open Epicor Support Call trying to get this worked out… but I don’t think there is a solution.