VA Entry Recommended Replenishment Action Report overview
Function acronym: VAER
Use this function to identify VA products to replenish and the recommended quantity to order or transfer.
This function works like the Purchase and Transfer Recommended Replenishment Action Reports. This report applies to Value Add products.
On this page you can perform these actions:
- Create VA orders based on recommended replenishment quantities.
- Review recommended replenishment information to make transfer quantity decisions.
- Review replenishment recommendations for multi-level VA products in a single run.
If you run the VA Entry Recommended Replenishment Action Report to review demand for multi-level VA products, each Build of Material (BOM) level is indicated by a level number (0, 1, 2, 3, etc.). If 99 is displayed in the LVL field, the VA product is set up incorrectly as a component of itself. The message, **BOM Level Cannot be Determined - Circular Reference** is printed on the report. You must correct the VA product setup in VA Product Default Setup.
Customer forecasts and replenishment
If you have established customer forecasts in Product Customer Reservation/Forecast Setup, and if you have set up the VA fabricated product's Average Lead Time in Product Warehouse Product Setup, the calculations for identifying VA products requiring replenishment include additional steps to account for expected forecast quantity. If you select Include Lead Time and specify a Ramp Up Days value in SA Administrator Options-Products-Replenishment, those days are added to the start and end dates when searching for active forecasts. The calculated quantity to purchase for all forecasts is added to the order point and line point values from the Product Administration Month End Processing Report, then these adjusted values are compared to the purchasing net available to determine which stock products to recommend for order or transfer.
For VA products recommended for replenishment, the order or transfer quantity is calculated for the stock item, then the calculated forecast quantity for all forecasts is added to that quantity. Finally, standard pack rounding is applied, and that value is assigned to the line item on the VA Entry Recommended Replenishment Action Report.
The calculated customer forecast quantity is printed on this report under Frcst.