Item (plsch1600m000)

Field Information

Scenario

The code of the scenario for which items can be maintained.

Site

The code of the site for which items can be maintained.

Item

The code of the main item.

General

Item Type

The type of item.

Allowed values

Purchased

Manufactured

Generic (Obsolete)

Cost (Obsolete)

Service (Obsolete)

Subcontracted Service (Obsolete)

List (Obsolete)

Tool (Obsolete)

Equipment (Obsolete)

Engineering Module (Obsolete)

Product

Rental Product

Tool

Equipment

Subcontracted Service

Cost

Service

Generic

Configuration Module

List

Item Group

The group to which the item belongs.

Standard Cost

The standard cost of the item.

Standard Cost Currency

Scheduling

MTO

If this check box is selected, the item is make-to-order. When an item is ordered for a customer order line the application sets this check box to checked.

Schedule Transaction

If this check box is selected, the item is loaded and considered for scheduling.

This check box is selected for items such as bolts, screws and so on, to accelerate schedule calculation.

Use Up

If this check box is selected, a recommendation is generated for the first alternate item that meets the criterion specified in the Selection Mode field of the Alternate Consumption window.

Note: Recommendation is not generated for the BOM items.

This option is used to liquidate and replace items in inventory with the alternate items defined in the bill of material.

Low Level Code

The code of the low level component used for the item. In the bill of material, level indicates whether an item is a finished product, raw material or sub-assembly component. The same item can be used at different BOM levels. The lowest level in the BOM is the finished product.

Change Over Date

The date from when an item must not be used in the production process.

When this date is reached, the consumption demand is fulfilled by the alternate items defined in the BOM. The quantity of the BOM item in stock, is not consumed and recommendation is not generated for the BOM item. If multiple alternate items are available, a recommendation is generated for the first alternate item in the list.

Dynamic Buffer

The maximum period for which the Scheduling Engine can reschedule the Scheduled Start Date of a production order's steps. The reschedule date must be prior to the production order's Planned Start Date field.

For example, if you set the Dynamic Buffer to 1 week, the scheduled start date of a production order steps associated with a production order for this item, cannot be earlier than 1 week and before the production order step's Planned Start Date.

You can specify a dynamic buffer to prevent production order steps from being scheduled too early, by the Scheduling Engine. This setting is useful for items with limited shelf life. If multiple items with varying shelf life are produced using the same machine, this value can be used to indicate the items that can be scheduled early.

Dynamic Buffer Unit

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Allowed values

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Days

Weeks

Item Type for Scheduler

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Allowed values

Purchased Item

Finished Good

Sub Assembly

Default Routing

Description

Revision

The revision number of the item.

Buyer / Planner

The person responsible for planning the purchase or the manufacture of a specific item.

Name

Shop Floor Planner

Inventory

On Hand Quantity

The quantity of the item that is currently and physically on hand in the inventory. This also includes the quantities that are currently on the shop floor waiting to be used in various processes (the work-in-process quantities).

To Deliver Quantity

The total quantity of the item that is currently listed to be delivered on customer order line items.

To Receive Quantity

The total quantity of the item that is ordered for the existing purchase order line and is forecasted to be received.

To Consume Quantity

The sum of all the To Consume transactions for the item. These transactions are automatically generated for items used in manufacturing processes.

To Produce Quantity

The total quantity of the item that can be produced according to the Production order operations that are currently scheduled. This value decreases as soon as production starts.

Inventory Unit

The unit in which the inventory quantity is expressed.

Total quantity of the item that is to be delivered for customer order.

Alternative Unit

The alternative that can be used for managing item inventory levels.

Firm Allocation Quantity

The quantity of the item that is firm allocated from the quantity on hand.

Temporary Allocation Quantity

The quantity of the item that is allocated temporarily from the quantity on hand during the Synchronized Scheduling and MRP engine's last run. Temporary allocations change with each run of the engines.

Batching

Minimum Level

The minimum number of items that must always be available. The Synchronized MRP Engine generates recommendations or suggests date or quantity changes to increase the inventory quantity to the minimum level quantity. This information is displayed in the Time-Phased Supply and Demand report.

Minimum Lot

The minimum lot size for purchase or production orders that is usually set to distribute setup costs accross a number of items. This is the smallest possible quantity of items that can be ordered or produced. The Synchronized MRP Engine always generates recommendations with a multiple of this value.

Note: A 0 value indicates that lot sizes cannot be managed by the application.

Lot Multiplier

Lead Time

The standard lead time for producing or purchasing a lot. The quantity of items in the lot is specified in the Lead Time Lot Sizefield. This value includes the time it taken for processing the production orders, the production time for the item and inventory storage delays after production.

For sub-assemblies, this value indicates the time from when the requirement of the item is expressed, to the time when the item is available for production purposes.

This value is considered by the Synchronized Scheduling and MRP engines.

Lead Time Unit

The lot size for producing or purchasing a lot of the item.

Allowed values

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Days

Weeks

Batching Maximum Delay

The period of time during which the Synchronized Scheduling Engine looks for production order operations that can be included in the same batch. This period is applied to the planned start date of the first production order operation that is included in the batch.

Note: This data is used for synchronous batching.

For example, if the date is August 1, 2001, 8:00 am, and the batching delay is 4 hours, the Synchronized Scheduling Engine searches for all production order operations with a planned start date between 8:00 am - 12:00 pm. These Production order operations are included in the same batch.

If this value is not specified, the application considers the value specified in theLate Batch Duration field of the System Parameters (plsch0100m000) session.

Batching Maximum Delay Unit

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Allowed values

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Days

Weeks

Maximum Level

The maximum number of items that can be available for use.

Note: This value is not considered by the Synchronized MRP Engine and is used for information purpose and reports.

Maximum Lot

The maximum quantity of items that can be purchased or produced for one purchase or production order. The Synchronized MRP Engine splits the required quantity into lots instead of ordering more than this quantity for one purchase order line item or for a production order.

Note: A 0 value indicates that lot control is not implemented.

Item Quota by Batch

Lead Time Lot Size

The Lot size to be produced or purchased. The Synchronized MRP Engine uses this value to:

• Determine the dates on which purchase or production orders for the item must be created.
• Determine the wait period for unavailable items.

Example: If the lead time lot size is set to 10 and 30 items are required, the Synchronized MRP Engine considers the equivalent of three times the production lead time as the wait period to procure the item. The planned dates are modified accordingly.

Maximum Grouping

The Maximum regrouping period for purchase and production recommendations. This value represents the maximum period considered by the Synchronized MRP Engine to group orders, for the item.

Example: If a production order is planned for March 20, and Maximum Grouping is set to 10 days, the Synchronized MRP Engine scans production orders from March 20 until March 30 to find other recommendations for the same item and group these items together for a production recommendation.