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Purchasing Workflow
Component NeedsMo Flags Component Shortfalls Before They Stop Production
Mo runs your forecast through your bills of materials into component demand by month, nets off what is on hand and on order, and tells you which components go short and when, soonest first.
- Cadence
- Mondays, 8am
- You get
- Email + Excel, only when something needs you
- Needs
- Bills of materials
- Hand off
- Tell Mo: “Set up the Component Needs workflow”
How Mo runs Component Needs
ScheduleMondays, 8am
ReadRead your plan and BOMs
Reads your plan’s projected units per finished good for the next three months, and your active bills of materials.
Work outTurn the forecast into parts
Turns the forecast into component demand by month.
Work outFind each shortfall
Nets it against components on hand and on open POs, and finds the month each one goes short.
DecideAnything to act on?
Mo checks the results and only sends when something needs you.
EmailAlert on what goes short
Emails the shortfalls, soonest first, with an Excel, and skips the email when nothing is short.