Select this option if you want materials to be considered limited during scheduling. If the materials are limited, the material's ...

Select this option if you want materials to be considered limited during scheduling. If the materials are limited, the material's coverage for that time will be considered. In other words, scheduling considers the futures dates that are calculated for the items. Scheduling reserves raw materials and explodes the current production. If scheduling occurs several times, only the first scheduling will run an explosion and make reservations. If you make changes in the production BOM or route, the next scheduling will run an explosion. The explosion assumes that the materials are needed the same day. Because the production is not scheduled at the time of the master schedule explosion, the current date is the best estimate of when the items will be available. The explosion then checks whether the items are available. If the items are available, fulfilling the production requirement is possible. If the items are not available by the current date, a planned order will be generated and an offset selection made for the planned order. If automatic firming is set for the planned order, the planned order will be firmed automatically for purchase or production. The production status will automatically change to the status specified in the Requested production status field in the Coverage groups dialog box. If the option is cleared, the materials are always considered as available. Therefore, scheduling does not consider whether the materials are available at the time of requirement.