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A day in the life of material planner
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The role of a material planner is:

* to create and follow up on purchase orders to suppliers
* to create and follow up on distributions orders between locations
* collaborate with suppliers on long term purchasing requirements
* monitor critical material shortages and take corrective actions
* monitor excess inventory situations and take corrective actions

Here are some activities a material planner will perform in frepple:

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   :maxdepth: 2

   approve-mo-po-do
   identify-stockout-risk
   identify-excess-inventory
   identify-expedite
   identify-rebalancing
   review-purchase-summary
   review-inventory-across-network
