Below are the 10 critical setups on which I will talk.
1. Understanding Make to Stock vs Make to Order configuration at item level and its impact on planning, reservations, production order creation, and inventory behavior
2. Selecting appropriate flushing methods (Manual, Forward, Backward) and analyzing their effect on material consumption, posting accuracy, and shop floor execution
3. Configuring Routing Link Codes and aligning them with flushing methods to ensure correct component consumption and operational control
4. Managing scrap percentages at item, BOM, and routing levels, including differences in system behavior during planning, consumption, and costing
5. Evaluating calendar calculation logic and understanding the downstream impact of changes to shifts, working hours, or calendars on production schedules
6. Designing capacity constrained resources to support realistic production planning, load calculation, and delivery commitments
7. Applying concurrent capacity to model parallel operations and multi resource production scenarios
8. Using send ahead quantity to enable overlapping operations and reduce manufacturing lead time
9. Including non inventory items in production for services, tooling, or indirect consumables, and understanding posting and costing implications
10. Configuring component at location setup to improve MRP accuracy, material availability, and execution planning