Supply controlled by Infor Forcam MES

If the integration with Infor Forcam MES is implemented, you can define a warehouse as MES controlled.

A warehouse is MES controlled if the MES Controlled check box is selected in the Warehouses (tcmcs0503m000) session and the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session.

The integration with Infor Forcam MES is implemented if the MES Reporting for Job Shop check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

If a warehouse is MES controlled, various processes involving the supply of the warehouse are performed in the Infor Forcam MES application.

Whether supply processes are performed in LN or in Infor Forcam MES is configurable to a large extent, but automatic consumptions from MES controlled warehouses are not allowed.

Consequently, you cannot specify a MES controlled warehouse in the Supply Warehouse field in the Item Data by Warehouse (whwmd2510m000) session, and these supply processes are impacted:

  • Outbound advice

    Outbound advice cannot be defined as an automatic activity if the ship-from warehouse is MES controlled. See The outbound procedure for details.

  • Generate Order Advice (SIC) (whina3200m000)

    If the item supply source is Job Shop, the generation of production order advice is skipped if the materials needed to fulfill the production order are to be consumed from a MES controlled warehouse.

    If the item supply source is Purchase, the generation of purchase order advice is allowed for MES controlled warehouses because this does not involve inventory consumptions.

  • Generate Orders (Kanban) (whinh2200m000)

    It is not allowed to specify supply type Work Center for a kanban signal ID if the warehouse that supplies the work center is MES controlled. This is because automatic consumptions from the MES controlled warehouse needed to supply the work center are not allowed.

    If the supply type is Warehouse, you cannot specify a ship-from warehouse that is MES controlled.

  • Generate Orders (TPOP) (whinh2201m000)

    If the supply type is Warehouse, the generation of warehouse transfers and sales (schedule) transfers is skipped if the ship-from warehouse is MES controlled.

    If the supply type is Work Center, the generation of production orders is skipped if the warehouse that supplies the work center is MES controlled. This is because automatic consumptions from the MES controlled warehouse needed to supply the work center are not allowed.

  • Generate Orders (OCB) (whinh2205m000)

    The restrictions on generating warehouse transfers, sales (schedule) transfers, and production orders are identical to those imposed on generating TPOP orders.

  • Replenishment at Customer (whinh2204m000)

    You cannot specify a MES controlled warehouse as the ship-from warehouse.

  • Generate Mass Warehouse Transfers (whinh2207m000)

    If the selection range includes ship-from warehouses that are MES controlled, warehouses transfers are not generated for these warehouses.

  • Create Warehouse Return Order (whinh2208m000)

    You can start this session from the Warehouse Manager Dashboard (whinh2300m000) session for a selected order. But if the selected order was a receipt in a MES controlled warehouse, this option is disabled.

  • Generate Inventory Commitments (whinp2200m000)

    When generating inventory commitments, orders with a MES controlled ship-from warehouse are skipped.

  • Cross-docking

    Cross-docking via DMS is not possible. If the Infor Forcam MES integration is implemented, the Dynamic Cross-docking check box in the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session is cleared.

    When manually generating cross-dock orders in the Generate Cross-dock Orders (whinh6200m000) session, no cross-dock orders are generated for MES controlled ship-from warehouses.

Note: 

Enterprise Planning of inventory in MES controlled warehouses is allowed. Therefore, MES controlled warehouses are not excluded from enterprise planning.