Item selection in order planning, examples

This section presents several examples of the selection of plan items to plan in the Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000) session and the Generate Order Planning (Item) (cprrp1220m000) session.

For the general description, refer to RRP run, item selection.

Example 1: item selection and anonymous items

You plan a plan item, called X. The X item is part of the following multilevel BOM:

The A item is a project item. All the other items are anonymous items.

If you select the Include Parent Items check box, LN plans the following items: A, B, and X.

If you select the Include Child Items check box, LN plans the following items: X, E, F, and G.

Example 2: item selection and project items

You plan a plan item called Y. Item Y* is derived from Y. The Y item is part of the following multilevel BOM:

The M item is an anonymous item. The other items are project items.

If you select the Include Parent Items check box, LN plans the following items: Y, K, Y*, and K*.

If you select the Include Child Items check box, LN plans the following items: Y and M.

If you select the project item Y*, and select the Include Child Items check box, LN plans the following items: Y*, M, N, and Y

Example 3: item selection and supplying relationships

You plan a plan item called Z(Ah). Item Z(Ah) is part of the following multilevel BOM, and of the following distribution network:

Z Ah Item Z in the assembly hall
Z Cs Item Z in the central storage
Z Dc Item Z in the distribution center
Z St Item Z in the store
Q Cw Component Q in the central warehouse
Q Ah Component Q in the assembly hall
R Cw Component R in the central warehouse
R Ah Component R in the assembly hall

Item Z, Q, and R are normal items. The dashed arrows in the figure indicate the supplying relationships between the plan items.

If you select the Include Parent Items check box, LN generates the order planning for the following items:

Planned Item Reason
Z Ah The item that you selected yourself
Z Cs Receiving item of Z Ah
Z Dc Receiving item of Z Cs
Z St Receiving item of Z Dc

If you select the Include Child Items check box, LN generates orders for the following items:

Planned Item Reason
Z Ah The item that you selected yourself
Q Ah Component of Z Ah
Q Cw Supplying item of Q Ah
R Ah Component of Z Ah
R Cw Supplying item of R Ah

Example 4: Item selection and alternatives

In the BOM for item A, you have defined item M as an alternative for component X.

The same item M is used as a standard component in the BOM for item K.

If you plan item X and you select the Include Parent Items check box and the Include Child Items check box, LN generates orders for the following items:

Planned Item Reason
X The item that you selected yourself
M The alternative for X
A The main item of X
D Component of X

If you plan item M and you select the Include Parent Items check box and the Include Child Items check box, LN generates orders for the following items:

Planned Item Reason
M The item that you selected yourself
K The main item of M
N, O Components of M
X An item for which M is an alternative
A The main item of X