Item ordering data

You can specify item ordering data for items of the following types:

• Purchased item
• Manufactured item
• Generic item
• Service item
• List item

The item ordering data define in which way:

• An item is ordered (the order policy)
• Purchase and production orders for the item are planned (the order system)
• The order quantity is calculated (the order method)

The order policy for the item can be:

• To-order
• Anonymous

The order system for the item can be:

• SIC
• Planned
• FAS item
• Manual

The order method for the item can be:

• Lot-for-lot
• Economic order quantity
• Fixed order quantity
• Replenish to maximum quantity

The following additional details and restrictions apply to the various kinds of items:

• Purchased and Manufactured items
  You can select the Purchase Schedule in Use check box in the Items - General (tcibd0501m000) session only for Purchased and Manufactured items. Orders for these items are then issued according to a purchase schedule. If you use a purchase schedule, the order system must be Planned and the order method must be Lot for Lot.
• Items of type Generic

  If the order policy of a generic item is Anonymous, the configured standard items (CSI) concept is applied to the item. These items are processed without using the Project Control module.

  If the item type is Generic and the order system is FAS, the value of the Order Policy field ( Anonymous or To Order) does not affect the way LN processes these items.

• The order policy of generic items must be To Order. If you specify ordering data for a generic item, the customized items that you derive from the generic item inherit only the relevant generic item's ordering data. Ordering data that is used for make and store to stock items, is irrelevant for customized items. For example, the economic order quantity is a calculated value based on a formula. Therefore, in case of customized items, the following fields get predefined values:

  • Reorder Point: 0
  • Order Costs: 0
  • Service Level: 0
  • Safety Stock: 0
  • Number of Periods: 1
  • Period Type: Month
  • Seasonal Pattern for Safety Stock: [empty]
  • Seasonal Pattern for Forecast: [empty]
  • Update Inventory/Order Data: [cleared]
  • Order Method: Lot for Lot
  • Order Quantity Increment: 0.0
  • Minimum Order Quantity: 0
  • Fixed Order Quantity: 0
  • Economic Order Quantity: 1.0
  • Maximum Order Quantity: 99999999
• List items
  For list items, you can specify ordering data only if the list item type is kit.
• Tool

  Purchased items that have the Tool item specification in the Items - General (tcibd0501m000) session must have the ordering data listed below, regardless of whether you use a purchase schedule. The order quantity settings define the recommended order quantity for planned orders.

  • Order policy: To Order
  • Order system: Manual
  • Order method: Lot for Lot
• Service

  Service items are not tangible, physical items like Purchased and Manufactured items, but they can represent services or work carried out, for example, by your suppliers or subcontractors. Service items are mainly used for cost accounting, in the same way as cost items. Service items can be used in any Operations Management package. You can specify service items that are not used in Service at all.

  It is not mandatory to define item ordering data for service items. However, if you want to create purchase orders and register receipts of service items, you must define the warehouse item data for the service items in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) session.