ItemPlanning BOM – fields and calculations – General

No, Description, Description 2, Active version is automatically filled from the item list selection or transferred.

Required quantity and Required date are fields you manage to see the component availability situation for a certain quantity and date.

Starting Date Capacity calc. is set by the system based on the calculation of “Available Date (mat.)”, but can be modified by the user.

Inventory on location, Quantity in production orders are calculated fields with current info on balances for the location in question.

Calculate for qty. is a calculated field which takes current stock into consideration if you are useing the Net Calculation setup.

Qty to build is a calculated field which tells you how many products you can make right now for this item. That is without running short of any components.

Select for Create Order (proposal) and Select all Lines for Creatre Order (proposal) relates to the Header-Item / Line Items respectively.

Based on your input critical items are identified concerning the expected material and capacity situation.

Available Date (mat.) identifies the earliest date available for the most critical component (there might be other components not that critical) producing the wanted quantity/date.
That is the component which will be last available.

Available Date (capacity) identifies the earliest non-forced possible delivery date if you start as of the “Starting Date Capacity calc.”.

Explode gives you the option to work with the bill of material in more ways:

Tick marking the field Show component lines short on required date lets you see only the short items for the locations selected items, and taken the Explode option into consideration and relative to the Required date.

Tick marking the field Show component lines short only – all dates lets you see the short items across all defined locations, and taken the Explode option into considerations with no date limitations.

Show Repl. system gives you the option of showing all items, just manufactured items, purchased items, assembled items.

Show Planning Worksheet data will if selected take Planning Line date, Planned prod.orders and Firm Planned prod.orders ionto account when calculating expected stock.

Exclude Purchase will if selected remove all open purchase transactions to give you an indication of the stock situation if no Purchases are delivered on time.

Exclude Production orders will if selected remove all open production order transactions to give you an indication of the stock situation if no Production is carried through on time.

Use Capacity Constraint will if selected calculate routings based on remaining capacity for resources ( WorkCenters and MachineCenters ) which has been defined as a Capacity Constrained Resource (standard BC functionality)

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