To issue materials, strategies

Methods

LN offers you various levels of control for the issue of materials. You can specify a different method for each material.

Available methods to control the quantity of the issue:

  • Direct user control over the quantities to issue.
  • Quantities determined by the allocations.

Available methods to control the time of the issue. LN issues the material:

  • After a user gives a command.
  • At the allocation date.
  • Immediately when the production order is released.

Special methods:

Details of the methods to issue materials

You can influence the issue process with parameters such as:

  • Direct Process Warehouse Order Line.
  • Backflush Materials.

The Manual Issuing check box in the Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session influences the issuing process of all materials. Materials are issued when you choose the Initiate Inventory Issue command in the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session.

For instructions about the use of these check boxes, see the Material issue parameters topic.

For information about the methods to control the quantity and timing of material issues, see:

Backflushing

If you apply backflushing, LN issues the material when you report a quantity of the end product as completed or rejected. See Backflushing.

Floor stock

You can keep inexpensive materials present on the shop floor as floor stock. Floor stock is not allocated to a warehouse and is not included in material costs. To account for floor stock materials, a surcharge is added to the cost price of an end item. The supply of floor-stock items to the shop floor is triggered by Kanban. A warehousing order of the Production type can be created in which you determine from which warehouse and to what work center the material must be shipped.

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