APS Order Priority

This form is used only with the APS planning mode.

APS plans one order at a time, reserving necessary planned supplies, on-hand inventory, and resource capacity for that order. The order is planned through its entire routing/bill of material before the next order is considered. The system must plan the next order using materials and resources that remain unreserved.

Use this form to specify the sequence with which the system allocates material and capacity to satisfy various types of demands.  You may also add priorities for specific customers, customer orders, and customer order lines. During a run of APS Planning, the system satisfies orders with the lowest priority level numbers first.

If two demands with the same priority level request resources at the same time, the system allocates the capacity to the demand with the earliest due date first.