We have two warehouses where we manufacture; East & West. Most of our production (>80%) occurs in the West facility. We purchase most of our items to West and will transfer to East as needed (however there are still scenarios where we purchase directly to East.
We have set up re-order points in the West facility for many items that we typically hold in stock. We have encountered the following situation:
- Item X has the following inventory balance:
- East - 5250 units
- West - 0 units
This item has been set up with a re-order point in the West facility at 5,000. However, since the total of both warehouses is above this re-order point, we are not being triggered to purchase in MRP. Additionally, since East has been set up to receive transfers from West (not the other way around), we are not being triggered to transfer from East to West.
Is this a normal scenario? How do we ensure, through MRP, that we purchase at our re-order point within West facility? Are we able to set the supply settings within MRP so it only considers the related warehouse?
