10 types of Lot-sizing/Lot-Size Rules

10 types of Lot-sizing/Lot-Size Rules are the core of MPS and MRP programs

The system determines the target oforder batch size in two aspects, even if the sum of the total cost of production, procurement and inventory involved is minimized, the goal is to minimize the cost of the company's business activities and to maximize the level of customer service.

Master Production Schedule MPS and Material Requirements Planning MRP calculations 95% of the software system uses pseudo methods, and its main logic uses 10 Lot-Sizing Rules/Lot-Size Rules that very few software have in order batch rules. Different order batch strategies are suitable for all kinds of materials of different nature, which meets the needs of various material analysis and actual planning characteristics in the actual main production plan and material requirements planning, and realizesthe main production planning and material requirements planning in the truesense.

  1. Lot For Lot-LFL     
  2. Fixed  Order  Quantity-FOQ
  3. Periodic Order Syetem-POS
  4. Economic  Order  Quantity-EOQ
  5. Period  Order  Quantity-POQ
  6. Least  Unit  Cost-LUC
  7. Least  Total  Cost-LTC
  8. Minimum Cost Per Period-MCP
  9. Part  Period  Balancing-PPB
  10. Wagner Whitin-WW

Note: The 5 Lot-sizing of 6~10 have a large amount of computing in SAP, and are one of the few suppliers that we have implemented. 

Lot-sizing Rules Lot-Size Rules MPS MRP