Reverse Planning — Product Roadmap
Here's where Reverse Planning is heading. The next release is focused on the Move Demand Dates worksheet — more information in front of the planner, clearer control over what gets recalculated, and more accurate planning periods. After that, attention turns to Simple MRP and make-to-order chains. Scope for later releases is directional and may change.
In the next release (28.4)
Ready for release (28.4)
More accurate planning periods
Planning template periods now always end on the last day of the month thanks to a corrected end-date formula, so period boundaries line up with how you actually plan.
More information in the Move Demand Dates worksheet
The worksheet shows how many supply changes relate to each line, and base quantities and remaining base quantities are populated for sales order lines — so you can judge the impact of a move without leaving the worksheet. A new sort order setting lets you arrange the worksheet the way your planning process works.
Better control over supply changes
You can open the supply changes view from any line type rather than only some, while the lookup itself is restricted to the current journal type and batch — so you see the changes that belong to what you're working on and nothing else.
Recalculation that keeps what you meant to keep
Recalculating Move Demand Dates now deletes only the planning lines it should, leaving the rest of your work in place.
Assembly orders shown correctly
Assembly order lines are identified by their real source type in Move Demand Dates rather than being labelled as inventory.
Smarter setup defaults
Use Reverse Planning is set automatically on the planning template when the planning feature is Move Demand Dates, so there is one less thing to configure. A stray character in the Suggest Quantity to Order option text has also been corrected.
Also planned for 28.4 (in progress)
- Visibility of calculated parents — whether a parent has already been calculated is shown and populated in both the Move Demand Dates worksheet and the supply changes view
- Purchase actions where you plan — Purchase Order Management actions become available directly from the Reverse Planning worksheet
Planned for later releases (29.0)
Simple MRP that follows the chain
Production orders are recalculated automatically after Carry Out, so make-to-order chains stay consistent without a second manual pass. Lower-level make-to-order lines will also insert reliably where space is currently too tight.
Complete planning results on every licence
Simple MRP includes production demand and production supply in its calculation regardless of licence tier, so planning results are complete on an Essential licence too.
A visual planning view out of the box
Installing Reverse Planning sets up the Graphical Inventory Profile as well, so the visual planning view is available straight away.