RD.

020 Business Process Questionnaire

OBM Level I OBM Level II OBM Level III Application Category Process Analysis Questions
Which operations/processes do you want to streamline for Master
OPM Planning and Scheduling?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Other
Which operations/processes do you want to eliminate for Master
OPM Planning and Scheduling?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Other
Are there time-intensive Master Scheduling operations/processes that need
OPM Planning and to be addressed?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Other
What business performance statistics do you monitor for Master
OPM Planning and Scheduling?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
What are your Master Scheduling reporting requirements with respect to
OPM Planning and summary or detail formats? Obtain report listing.
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
What reports do you currently generate to meet your Master Scheduling
reporting requirements? Provide examples of each. Include source (could
be manual), user, frequency, number of copies.

OPM Planning and

Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Are there any Master Scheduling reporting requirements that your current
OPM Planning and set of reports does not meet?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Are Master Scheduling reports standard across multiple Sets of Books, for
OPM Planning and example, subsidiaries?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Are Master Scheduling reports standard across multiple levels within a Set
OPM Planning and of Books, i.e., divisions?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
What account codes and/or descriptions are required on Master Scheduling
OPM Planning and reports?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Do you provide a "key" of content/information somewhere on the Master
OPM Planning and Scheduling report?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
What Master Scheduling reports are grouped together on a regular basis
OPM Planning and and printed in one print run?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Who receives a copy of the Master Scheduling reports? Are they viewed
on-line? Do you receive a hard copy?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
What is the criteria for determining who should receive a copy of any Master
OPM Planning and Scheduling report?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
How do you update a Master Scheduling reports distribution list?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Is the process to update a Master Scheduling reports distribution list
OPM Planning and documented?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
How long does it take to update a Master Scheduling reports distribution
list? How long should it take?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Who performs the tasks associated with updating a Master Scheduling
OPM Planning and reports distribution list?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Is there any requirement for on-line (softcopy) distribution and/or remote
OPM Planning and location printing for Master Scheduling reports?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Do some of these Master Scheduling reports belong in report sets? Always
OPM Planning and being run together?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Do the separate business units run their own Master Scheduling reports?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
Do you run Master Scheduling reports for different companies or cost
OPM Planning and centers?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Reporting
How do you currently control demand input? Do you have planners modify
demand based on actuals on a weekly basis? Is it controlled from a central
logistics focal point?

OPM Planning and

Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS MPS
Are you forced to run against Marketing requirements without making
OPM Planning and changes?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS MPS
Do you need to identify a specific MPS for a specific project?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS MPS
OPM Planning and Do you plan only Process/ Batch production?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Planning
Do you plan any repetitive production? Rework? Discrete? Assemble-to-
OPM Planning and Order?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Planning
How long does the MPS take to finalize?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS MPS
How long does the system take to create an MPS at peak periods?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS MPS

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How do you plan for preventive maintenance? How does this impact the
OPM Planning and Master Scheduling process?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS Planning
What are the focal areas within Master Production Scheduling that should
be improved?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS MPS
OPM Planning and Do you generate Master Production Schedules?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMMRP MPS
What type of MPS outputs are used to manage your enterprise? May we
OPM Planning and have sample reports?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMMRP MPS
How often do you generate a master schedule or material plan?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMMRP Planning
Do you have to schedule tooling requirements? How does this impact
OPM Planning and Master Scheduling?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMMRP Planning
OPM Planning and Do you generate Master Production Schedules?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMMRP MPS
What type of MPS outputs are used to manage your enterprise? May we
OPM Planning and have sample reports?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMMRP MPS
How often do you generate a master schedule or material plan?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMMRP Planning
Do you have to schedule tooling requirements? How does this impact
OPM Planning and Master Scheduling?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMMRP Planning
What types of performance measures do you use to measure MPS
OPM Planning and OPMMPS, OPMMRP, compliance? May we have samples?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMPM MPS
What types of performance measures do you use to measure MPS
OPM Planning and OPMMPS, OPMMRP, compliance? May we have samples?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMPM MPS
What happens when a master schedule requirement is missed? Do you
reschedule? Do you maintain it as past due?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMPM MPS
What happens when a master schedule requirement is missed? Do you
reschedule? Do you maintain it as past due?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials OPMMPS, OPMPM MPS
Describe the MPS planning process. Do you use the MasterSchedule to
initiate Blanket Purchase Orders? To enable independent plant execution?
To extrapolate cost projections for inventory?

OPM Planning and OPMMPS, OPMPM,

Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials PO MPS
Describe the MPS planning process. Do you use the MasterSchedule to
initiate Blanket Purchase Orders? To enable independent plant execution?
To extrapolate cost projections for inventory?

OPM Planning and OPMMPS, OPMPM,

Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials PO MPS
What type of printers do you run Master Scheduling reports on? Where are
OPM Planning and OPMMPS, OPMSY, they located?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Reporting
What type of printers do you run Master Scheduling reports on? Where are
OPM Planning and OPMMPS, OPMSY, they located?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Reporting
OPM Planning and OPMMPS, How many employees create Master Production Schedules?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN MPS
Do you have security requirements on who can enter data for Master
Scheduling? (e.g. by company? by cost center?)
OPM Planning and OPMMPS,
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security
Map each GL user to a menu structure. Will any new ones need to be
OPM Planning and OPMMPS, created for Master Scheduling?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security
OPM Planning and OPMMPS, How many employees create Master Production Schedules?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN MPS
Do you have security requirements on who can enter data for Master
Scheduling? (e.g. by company? by cost center?)
OPM Planning and OPMMPS,
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security
Map each GL user to a menu structure. Will any new ones need to be
OPM Planning and OPMMPS, created for Master Scheduling?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security
Do you have security reports on who can run Master Scheduling reports?
(by company, by cost center etc.)
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security
OPM Planning and Is terminal security required for Master Scheduling?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security
Do you run security reports on a regular basis for Master Scheduling?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security
Do you have security reports on who can run Master Scheduling reports?
(by company, by cost center etc.)
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security

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OPM Planning and Is terminal security required for Master Scheduling?
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security
Do you run security reports on a regular basis for Master Scheduling?
OPM Planning and
Forecasting Manufacturing Plan Plan Production Materials SYSADMIN Security
Check
OPM (PR) Procurement Accounts Payable Make Payments AP Reconciliation How long do you do check reconciliation?
Do you get a tape from the bank for check reconciliation? If yes, who can
provide us with the format of the bank tape's data?
Check
OPM (PR) Procurement Accounts Payable Make Payments AP Reconciliation
Is there a requirement to do on-line bank reconciliation's?
Check
OPM (PR) Procurement Accounts Payable Make Payments AP Reconciliation
What are the requirements for reporting tax payments (e.g. company, rate
or tax authority)?
OPM (PR) Procurement Accounts Payable not identified AP Disbursement

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