SourceDay’s MRP Exceptions dashboard gives buyers clear visibility into how supply and demand changes affect revenue, cash flow, and working capital. By surfacing PO change suggestions directly from your MRP, the dashboard highlights which orders carry the greatest financial impact, whether it’s protecting sales, reducing excess inventory, or freeing up cash. With this insight, buyers can quickly prioritize which PO lines to take action on, focusing effort where it will matter most for the business.
What are MRP exceptions?
MRP (Material Requirements Planning) exceptions highlight purchase orders (POs) that may not align with current demand so buyers and planners can focus on what’s truly actionable.
SourceDay's MRP Exceptions feature surfaces only actionable POs by excluding:
- Fully shipped or canceled POs
- Completed orders
- Exception messages dated in the past
- Duplicate exceptions
- Previously removed messages
This allows you to spend time on the right orders, protect revenue, and reduce excess inventory or carry costs at a glance.
Exception types
| Exception | What it means | Typical action | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move In | Receipt must be accelerated to meet earlier demand. | Request earlier date/qty change. | Avoids shortages & revenue risk. |
| Move Out | Receipt can be delayed due to later demand. | Push out date to reduce stock. | Lowers carrying costs. |
| Cancellation | Receipt is no longer required. | Cancel unneeded supply. | Frees cash, space, and labor. |
| Projected Late | Order is expected to miss the required date. | Mitigate with expedite/date change. | Prevents customer impact. |
| Reschedule | Date misalignment between plan and PO. | Align dates; confirm with supplier. | Keeps supply/demand in sync. |
Opportunity Cost (at a glance)
The Opportunity Cost column (optional) quantifies the value of taking or not taking action, helping you sort and prioritize by impact.
Move In: potential revenue/profit at risk if you don’t accelerate
Move Out / Cancellation: carrying cost or spend you can avoid
See Understanding Opportunity Costs for enabling the column, examples, and calculation details.
Turn MRP exceptions into easy PO actions
When the Buyer chooses to apply the exception from the MRP, SourceDay automatically creates a change propose and notifications to the supplier. Suppliers can then confirm these updates and verify quantity, price, and date all within SourceDay. This feature helps ensure the accuracy and transparency of the supply and demand balance.
FAQs
Do I always act on every exception?
Not necessarily. Use business context, Opportunity Cost, and customer priorities. Place low-impact items on hold and tackle the highest value work first.
What if my supplier already shipped?
Verify shipment status first; shipped/completed lines won’t appear as actionable exceptions.
Note on quantity
Quantity exceptions are only available for specific ERPs.