Items allocated across projects/tasks

This exception is displayed by the planning workbench.

It simply means that supply for one project has been allocated to the demand of a different project.

To resolve this issue, check the demand. If the demand is correct, you should:

• Perform project transfers if exception message is related to on hand quantities
• Update purchase and work orders if exception message is not related to on-hand quantities.

We will assume that you are using a Project tracking environment and that the following planning parameters are set up as follow:

• Planning reservation option is set to Planning Group.
• All projects belong to the same planning group.
• Pegging is set to Hard Pegging.

Check the meaning of other exceptions from the planning engine here: MRP most frequently used exceptions