Direct processing of material shortages

This 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 Item - 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 Process Warehouse Order Line check box is selected. This is always true for backflushed materials.
  • The ordered material quantity on the production warehouse order line exceeds the actual quantity. This means that the remaining material is in progress in the warehouse.

The direct processing of unblocked warehouse order lines is only possible if the warehouse order line meets the following criteria:

  • The correct serial number is found if the material is serialized in inventory.
  • The correct lot is found if the material is a lot-controlled item, and lot selection is Specific.
  • The item-warehouse combination is correct.
  • The correct effectivity unit is found based on interchangeability if the material is unit effective.
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:

  1. Start the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session.
  2. Find the relevant production order. Do not select a record.
  3. On the View menu click Production Order Distribution
  4. Without selecting a record, on the appropriate menu, click Process Shortages Directly.

If you use the Production Warehouse Orders (timfc0101m000) session, complete the following steps:

  1. Start the Production Warehouse Orders (timfc0101m000) session.
  2. On the appropriate menu, click Process Material Shortages.

To process shortages for a specific operation

To process shortages for a specific operation, complete the following steps:

  1. Start the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session.
  2. Find the relevant production order and operation. Do not select a record.
  3. On the View menu and then click Production Order Distribution
  4. Select the relevant operation.
  5. Without selecting a record, on the appropriate menu, click Process Shortages Directly.

To process shortages for a specific estimated material line

To process shortages for a specific estimated material line, complete the following steps:

  1. Start the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session.
  2. Find the relevant production order
  3. Select the relevant material line.
  4. On the appropriate menu, click Process Shortages Directly.

To process shortages for a specific warehousing order line

If you use the Production Warehouse Orders (timfc0101m000) session, complete the following steps:

  1. Start the Production Warehouse Orders (timfc0101m000) session.
  2. Select the relevant inventory transaction.
  3. On the appropriate menu, click Process Material Shortages.