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.
Field Information
- Group by
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Select the way the production orders are grouped.
Allowed values
- By Order
- By Group
- Site
- Production Order
- Project
- Planned Delivery Date
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The date on which the production order's end item is planned to be delivered.
- Shop Floor Planner
- Item From
- Production Order Group
- Sort Material Lines based on
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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
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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
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If this check box is selected, a report is printed with errors that occur during material generation.