Enter Manufactured/Purchased Inventory Part, Planning Data

Explanation

This procedure is one of the many you can use to complete the registration of a manufactured/purchased inventory parts. It is used to enter part planning data, which is used by the material requirements planning (MRP) process, as well as in order proposal calculations in IFS/Inventory.

Some of this information may be required, depending on the planning method that you selected.

When handling manufactured/purchased inventory parts, you can use the planning method B (Order Point Planning) or C (Order Up to Planning) to plan manufactured/purchased inventory requirements using the order proposal calculations. You can use planning method A (Lot for Lot Planning), D (Fixed Order Quantity Planning), E (Least Unit Cost Planning), F (Part Period Balancing Planning), G (Period Order Quantity) and M (Manually Planned - component demand not planned) to plan manufactured/purchased inventory requirements using MRP.

If a purchased inventory part will be manufactured on site at the same time as being purchased, then the manufactured/acquired split should be entered. The supply types entered in the split, override the default supply type. It is important to note that these lot quantity rules in inventory part planning data will not be applied to Make To Order flow.

Prerequisites

An inventory part header and some general information must be entered.

System Effects

Additional data are entered, such as part planning data.

Window

Inventory Part

Related Window Descriptions

Inventory Part
Inventory Part/Planning

Procedure

In the Inventory Part window, populate or query for the required inventory part record and click the Planning tab.
Select which planning method to use by using the List of Values.
Review or change the values in the following fields:

Select the relevant supply type from the Default Supply Type list.
Select how releases of order proposals should be handled from the Proposal Release list.
Determine which activities should be run automatically by selecting the applicable check boxes in the Auto Update group box.
If the supply is split between purchasing and manufacturing on site, enter the information for the manufactured/acquired split.

Save when completed.