Specifying item information

To specify the Item Information:

  1. Expand the Trading Partner Information field set.
  2. Specify this Item Information:
    Kanban
    Specify the Kanban number. The Kanban signal ODETTE Message is issued by the consignee. This signal message enables the consignor production system to respond to real requirements, not predictions and forecasts. Kanban is a demand-pull system of just-in-time production that regulates the supply of items to shop floor warehouses. Kanban uses standard containers or lot sizes (also called bins) to deliver items to shop floor warehouses. In the shop floor warehouse, two or more bins are available with the same items. Items are only taken from one bin. If a bin is empty, a new bin is ordered, and the items are taken from that full bin. A label is attached to each bin. The line stations use the label to order a full bin with the required items. Therefore, no inventory administration is performed in the shop floor warehouse for the floor stock items that are used.
    Lot
    Specify the lot number. A number that is assigned to a discrete batch or production run of an item, which is typically used for tracking and tracing purposes.
    Revision Level
    Specify the engineering change level. Identifies the engineering/construction change level of an item, typically using a unique index. This information is received per EDI and often has to be printed on labels. Minor changes of the drawing without any engineering change are identified by the Drawing Revision.
    Revision Date
    Specify the date of the engineering change level. Select a date from the calendar.
    NAEL Number
    Specify the NAEL number. The drawing change level NAEL number is a BMW specific combination of 6 alphanumeric characters.
    Special Markings
    Specify special markings of the release order item. This field indicates a trading-partner-specific additional attribute (Nissan).
    Defect Warning
    Specify defect warnings for the release order item.
    Heat Code
    Specify the heat code of the release order item. The heat code is the identifier for the temperatures that an item can tolerate.
    Part Name
    Specify the name of the release order item.
    Stockman
    Specify the stockman number, which indicates a trading-partner-specific additional attribute (GM/Opel).
    Widgets
    Specify the widgets, which indicate a trading-partner-specific additional attribute.
    Item Status
    Specify the status of the release order item.
    STARD Account
    Specify the STARD Account of the release order item. The STARD Account is used by the trading partner BMW for the STARD logistic process. In this process, a planning schedule from BMW includes items with a new change index. These items must be delivered on a fixed date or on a variable date. In case of a fixed date, the items with the new change index must be delivered on the specified date. In case of a variable date, items with the old change index are delivered until the stock has been consumed. When items with the new change index are delivered for the first time, BMW sends a planning schedule for the old item change index. The planning schedule includes a quantity of “zero” for the old item change index. The planning schedule for the new item change index contains the release quantities of the old item change index that are still outstanding.
    FINIS Code
    Specify the FINIS Code, a seven-digit code for items to order from the Ford Customer Service Division.