Master Schedule Definitions ................................................................................. 

Master Scheduling in the MPC System ............................................................... 

Master Scheduling Process Flow ......................................................................... 

What the Master Schedule is NOT ........................................................................ 

Marketplace/Customer Expectations ................................................................... 

Manufacturing Requirements ...................................................................... 

Scheduling Approaches ................................................................................. 

Inputs to the Master Schedule ........................................................................ 

S&OP and the Master Schedule ....................................................................... 

Product Family Planning Bill of Material........................................................... 

Planning BOM Exercise ........................................................................................ 

Introduction to the MPS Grid ............................................................................. 

Understanding Master Schedule Demand........................................................... 

Demand and the Master Schedule Grid................................................................ 

PAB and the Master Schedule Grid .................................................................... 

Net Requirements and the Master Schedule Grid ........................................... 

MPS Planned Order Generation ...................................................................... 

MPS Generation Order Policies ........................................................................ 

ATP and the Master Schedule Grid ................................................................. 

Master Schedule Grid Time Fences and Zones.................................................. 

Review, Terms, Discussion Questions, Exercises ......................................... 

Terms Check ................................................................................................... 

Performance Check ............................................................................................. 

Discussion Questions ................................................................................. 

Case Study ....................................................................................................... 

Suggested Additional Readings ...............................................................