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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.

All clear? Nothing more runs.
EmailAlert on what goes short

Emails the shortfalls, soonest first, with an Excel, and skips the email when nothing is short.

What you get