Generate Alternatives for Estimated Materials (ticst0216m000)

Use this session to check the inventory position of the estimated materials and use alternative materials or use-up materials, where appropriate.

After the production order is released or the estimated costs are frozen, you can no longer generate alternatives for those estimated materials. The estimated costs are frozen if the Estimated Costs Frozen check box in the Production Orders (tisfc0501m000) details session is selected.

Note: This functionality is available only if the Alternative Materials check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

Field Information

Group by

Select the way the production orders are grouped.

Allowed values

By Order
By Group

Site

site

Production Order

Production order

Project

Project

Planned Delivery Date

The date on which the production order's end item is planned to be delivered.

Shop Floor Planner

Shop floor planner

Item From

Main item

Production Order Group

Order group

Sort Material Lines based on

This field determines the order by which LN processes the estimated-material lines of all production orders in order to generates alternatives.

This sort order determines for which estimated-material line LN allocates the standard material, as specified in the BOM, and for which estimated-material line LN must choose an alternative material.

Always Reconsider Alternatives

This check box determines how LN reacts if a standard material was unavailable during an earlier planning run and becomes available later, after LN replaced the standard material by an alternative material.

If this check box is selected, LN repeats the entire material-availability check and discards the previous selection of standard materials and alternative materials.

If you select this check box, the planning process can become nervous, because LN changes the material allocations each time a higher-priority alternative becomes available.

If this check box is cleared, LN first checks whether you can execute the production order with the currently selected materials. If that is the case, LN does not change the planned materials, even if a higher-priority material has become available in the mean time.

If you clear this check box, the planning process will be less nervous, because LN changes the material allocations only if that action is absolutely necessary.

Print Error Report

If this check box is selected, a report is printed with errors that occur during material generation.