Forecast/MRP with short lead times

mgerritt

Well Known Member
We operate on a fairly short lead time of 5 days from taking an order to shipping product. Within those 5 days we manufacture the product, package the product and ship. We have about 850 active products. We are trying to minimize inventory, and wondering how other folks in our situation use forecasting and MRP to control inventory when the products to be made and the quantity of the product is not really predictable outside the 5 day window. Is anyone else in this situation who might be able to point us in the right direction? Currently we run forecast based on actuals monthly, and to a large extent ignore the MRP messages and control inventory from known orders.
 
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