Assembly Line Material SupplyDifferent supply methods are available for the supply of shop floor warehouse which are related to one or multiple line stations on the assembly line. The internal and/or external supply methods are as follows:
The material supply methods are as follows:
![[...]](../images/tr_screen_assemblylinematerialsupply.jpg) Linking generic items to assembly lines Start Manufacturing > Assembly Planning > Generic Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000). Use this session to define which generic item can be produced on which assembly lines. LN requires this information to determine the master company of the generic item. Several processes can run only in the master company. For example, if you enter a sales order, LN creates a product variant in the master company. In the Generic Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2100s000) details session, you can specify a basic sales price and cost price. Assembled items through warehousing after roll-off from main
line Store finished generic items - setup This topic describes how to set up the items to be able to store the finished end product of an assembly order in inventory. To store a finished generic item in inventory, you must define two items: a generic item and a standard item. Both items represent the same physical item. In Assembly Control, you use the generic item. In Sales Control and Warehousing, you use the associated standard item. To specify which standard item is associated with the generic item, use the Generic Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000) session. Item settings For the generic item and the standard item, use the following item settings:
The Serials in Inventory check box must be selected because Warehousing would otherwise not be able to distinguish between product variants. Additional instructions
Cost price calculation of the standard
item The standard item must have an effective cost component structure. The standard inventory valuation functionality for items in inventory requires such a cost component structure. To specify the inventory valuation method, in the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2510m000) session, select a value in the Inventory Valuation Method field. To obtain the most accurate inventory valuation, select an inventory valuation method based on actual costing. The recommended inventory valuation method is Serial Price (Serial). If the inventory valuation method is Fixed Transfer Price (FTP), which is not an actual costing method, you must calculate a cost price in the Cost Price Calculation module. In this case, LN valuates the item against the calculated fixed transfer price (FTP) of the standard item and ignores differences between the product variants. Storing finished generic items Introduction In LN, an item of type generic cannot be stored in inventory. To store a finished generic item in inventory, you must associate the generic item with a standard item. The item type of the standard item is Manufactured. Both items represent the same physical item. In Assembly Control, you use the generic item. In Sales Control and Warehousing, you use the associated standard item. You can use this setup to carry out post-assembly operations in regular work centers after an item leaves the assembly line. Note If you send the item to the customer immediately upon completion of the assembly order, you only need the generic item. Setup The items must have the following properties:
To specify which standard item is associated with the generic item, use the Generic Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000) session. Restrictions If a manufactured item is associated with a generic item, you cannot do the following with that item:
You cannot return an FAS item to the assembly line for rework. Note You can create routings for post-assembly operations of the standard manufactured FAS item. Procedure Sales order entry To define a sales order line for a generic item that must be stored in inventory after completion, enter the associated standard item on the sales order line. Based on the standard item that you entered, LN retrieves the generic item that is linked to this standard item in the Generic Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000) session. LN sets the Delivery Type field on the sales order line to Warehouse. You must define the generic item 's product variant in one of the following ways:
Note If a generic item has an associated standard item, you can still enter the generic item on a sales order line. If you enter the generic item on a sales order line, LN sets the Delivery Type field on the sales order line to Work Center and you cannot store the finished item in inventory. Assembly order handling If a sales order line has an item with the order system FAS, LN creates an assembly order in the Assembly Control module by running the Generate Assembly Orders (tiapl3201m000) session. The item on the assembly order is the generic item. When the assembly order is sequenced, LN generates the end item's serial number. When the assembly order's final operation is completed, LN completes the following actions:
LN links the as-built structure to the standard item instead of to the generic item. Note Before you can release the sales order line to Warehousing, a sales order line for a standard FAS item must have a serial number. Post-assembly operations To perform additional operations on an item after the item comes off the assembly line, create a rework order. Delivering to customers directly from the assembly
line Delivering to customers directly from the assembly line process is based on generic assembly items. For sales order processing, the Delivery Type field on the sales order is Work Center. A warehouse order is created and will be delivered from the work center to the customer. For more information, refer to Product variants in Warehousing
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