ASCP Vs MRP

ASCP Vs MRP

Difference Between MRP vs ASCP

S.No	Features	MRP	ASCP
1	Quantity On Hand shown in supply/demand screen	No	Yes
2	Multi-level pegging	No	Yes
3	Ability to define queries and publish to planners	No	Yes
4	Vertical Plan / Gnatt Chart	No	Yes
5	Plan for alternate sources and alternate resources	No	Yes
6	Plan with optimization rules	No	Yes
7	Constrained plan (ECC / EDD / lead time constraints)	No	Yes
8	VMI Support	No	Yes
9	Powerful simulations	No	Yes
10	Different calendars for shipping / manufacturing / receiving	No	Yes
11	Multiple instance planning	No	Yes

MRP Problems

Capacity Infeasibility

Long Lead Times

            Lead Time Fixed

            Planner “Covers” themselves with long lead times

Advantages in ASCP

Fast (Generally)

            Less then 10% of the time required to run MRP.

What if Analysis

Better solution than MRP

Better User Interfaces (Generally)

Better access to data

Minimize tradeoff between capacity inventory and customer service.

Schedule Instability

The key capabilities of Oracle ASCP are:

1.Holistic Optimization, Planning, and Scheduling. Oracle ASCP can plan all supply

chain facilities simultaneously. Short-term detailed scheduling and long-term

aggregate planning are supported within a single plan. This single plan also

supports multiple manufacturing methods, including discrete, flow, project, and

process manufacturing.

2.Finite Capacity Planning and Scheduling. Oracle ASCP generates feasible supply

chain plans that consider both resource and material constraints.

3.  Optimization. Users can easily configure Oracle ASCP to optimize specific business

criteria. No programming is necessary to access Oracle ASCP's powerful

mathematical optimization capabilities.

4.  Backward Compatibility. Oracle ASCP's component architecture allow it to be

deployed against any version of Oracle transaction systems.

5.  Workflow-Driven Exception Messaging. Oracle ASCP's exception messages alert

planners to critical issues across the extended supply chain. Workflows that drive

these exceptions route data to and feedback from trading partners as required, thus

effectively involving them in the supply chain planning process.

6.  Global Accessibility. Oracle ASCP's database-centric architecture stores plan data in

a central planning server database. These data are accessible from anywhere via a

simple browser. It is possible for multiple planners to simultaneously access data

from a single plan.

7.  Integrated Planning and Execution. Oracle ASCP's Advanced Planner Workbench

user interface not only displays plan results, but also allows planners to execute

planning recommendations. Planners do not have to move to the transaction system

to perform plan execution.

8.  Simulation Capability. Oracle ASCP allows many types of changes to supply,

demand, plan options, and resource profiles to simulate changing business

conditions. You can generate a plan considering all the changes that have been

entered via the Planner's Workbench. Unlimited numbers of scenarios can be

simulated and compared using online planning, copy plans, and exceptions.

Examples of the types of changes are firming, changing sources, modifying

quantities and dates, modifying priorities, modifying resource availability,

modifying supplier capacity, and modifying objective weights