Direct processing of material shortagesThis topic describes how you can process materials issued for production orders after a shortage has been resolved, without extensive, manual warehouse handling. Direct material issue To issue materials with little administrative handling, you can select the Direct Process Warehouse Order Line check box in the Items - Production (tiipd0101m000) session or the Estimated Materials (ticst0101m000) session. If shortages exist during backflushing or direct processing, and later new material has arrived in inventory, you can use a skip the warehousing order procedure and directly process the remaining material quantity. You can process the shortages for a range of production orders, individual production orders, operations, or material lines. After you process material shortages, LN prints the resolved shortages in detail. Restrictions Direct processing of shortages only possible for material in a production order for which the following applies:
The direct processing of unblocked warehouse order lines is only possible if the warehouse order line meets the following criteria:
Note Materials for which the ordered quantity is less than the actual quantity are returns. Returns are not automatically processed and must be handled through the warehouse order procedure. Procedure To check for shortages To check for shortages that can be processed, start the Process Material Shortages (tisfc0221m000) session and select the Simulate Only check box. You can also use the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session to find shortages. If for a specific material a quantity is displayed in the To Issue by Warehousing field, and the Direct Process Warehouse Order Line check box is selected, a shortage exists. To process shortages for a range of production
orders To process shortages in a batch, use the Process Material Shortages (tisfc0221m000) session. To process shortages for a specific production
order To process shortages for a single production order, use either the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session or the Production Warehouse Orders (timfc0101m000) session. If you use the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session, complete the following steps:
If you use the Production Warehouse Orders (timfc0101m000) session, complete the following steps:
To process shortages for a specific
operation To process shortages for a specific operation, complete the following steps:
To process shortages for a specific estimated material
line To process shortages for a specific estimated material line, complete the following steps:
To process shortages for a specific warehousing order
line If you use the Production Warehouse Orders (timfc0101m000) session, complete the following steps:
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