Material Control

The Material Control component presents the material status at the level of items and warehouses. Material links are an important element and are created during material synchronization. In the Material Workbench, you can perform aggregation across several items and warehouses.

On the Primary behavior tab, you can select these elements:

• Report view
• Items
• Shortage status filter
• Demand types filter
• Supply types filter

On the Secondary behavior tab, you can define a more detailed item selection, the link status, and the item type.

On the Sorting behavior tab, you can select how items are sorted in material control.

On the Shelf life behavior tab, you can select the shelf life threshold criteria.

Four report views are displayed as tabs:

• The Items tab contains, at aggregated item or warehouse level, this information:
  • Shortage status
  • The types of demands, supplies, and material links that exist in the plan

  This tab is useful to provide an overview at item or warehouse level. This tab can be the starting point for drill down on detailed information for each item and warehouse.

• The External Requirements tab contains, for each external requirement, this information:
  • Shortage status
  • The type of demand
  • The material links that exist in the plan

  This tab is useful to identify how many and which external requirements will not be delivered on time. For example, you can identify how many and which customer orders will be delayed.

• The External supplies tab contains information, for each external supply,
  • Quantity
  • Due date
  • Delay
  • The orders

  This tab is useful to identify how many external supplies will not be delivered on time. For example, you can identify how many and which customer orders will be delayed.

• The Shelf life tab contains information items with life span problems. The tab is useful if monitoring durability is vital internally in the production. The tab is also useful at end-item level to avoid unsellable items.