Product Analyze Product Usage Rate Administration - Details overview
Function acronym: ICAMR
Use this window to display information about order and line point, product usage, replenishment and ordering information for the selected product.
The views on the Product Analyze Product Usage Rate Administration - Details window are identical to those you find on the Product Administration Exception Center - Detail window.
Methods
Use the Methods view to view the current usage calculation method rate used in Product Administrator Usage Rate Analysis Report. You can also view information about order and line point, ordered quantity, safety allowance, usage, and usage rate.
Select a new method in this window by selecting the method in the grid and clicking . An asterisk (*) is displayed in the Selected column. You can view the new method on the Product Analyze Product Usage Rate Administration window in the New Method field.
Required
Use the Required view to view the status and the relevant replenishment information for the product.
Ordering
Use the Ordering view to view the information from Product Warehouse Product Setup-Ordering. The order information directly relates to the Purchase Recommended Replenishment Action Report or Transfer Recommended Replenishment Action Report that uses the ordering controls to determine when additional quantities must be ordered. Each time you run Product Administration Month End Processing Report, the system recalculates the ordering controls information, if you select Yes for the Recalculate Ordering Controls option in Product Administration Month End Processing Report.
If you make any changes to the ordering controls on this view, click to update the Product Warehouse Product Setup-Ordering record. Click to update Product Warehouse Product Setup-Ordering and perform Product Administration Month End Processing Report-Recalculate function. This saves you the effort of running Product Administration Month End Processing Report manually after changing ordering controls on this view.
Usage History
On the Details window, select the option to view the historical usage figures of this product for the past 25 months. Usage is defined as the rate of anticipated usage (sales and transfers out) for a stocked item in the period just ahead, expressed as so many units per month. Usage rates form the basis for replenishment control calculations, which in turn generate the service and inventory turnover results.
If you know the historical usage for a product, set it up during the initial warehouse product set up. If you do not know historical usage for the product, the recorded history is used to build usage information each month when you run the Product Administration Month End Processing Report.
If you make any changes to the usage values on the Usage Information window, click to update the Product Warehouse Product Setup-Ordering record. Click to update Product Warehouse Product Setup-Ordering and perform the Product Administration Month End Processing Report-Recalculate function. This saves you the effort of running Product Administration Month End Processing Report manually after changing usage amounts (Override Usg, Days, #Times, Avg Inv) on this window.
Trend
Select the option to view the Trending Calculation window. This displays the ordering controls from the Product Warehouse Product Setup-Ordering record. Values are for display only and cannot be changed.
Adjustor Inquiry
Select the option to view the Adjustor Information window. This displays the Order Point Adjustors information from the Product Warehouse Product Setup-Ordering record. Values are for display only and cannot be changed.