Define Project MS Part

Explanation

This activity is used to define a part which can be scheduled by project master scheduling (project MS).

Prerequisites

This activity requires that:

• A site has to have been defined.
• The part needs to be defined as an inventory part in the same site.
• A project PNG must have been defined in the same site.

System Effects

As a result of this activity you can register forecasts for the part and run project MS for it.

Window

 Project MS Part

Related Window Descriptions

Project MS Part

Procedure

1. Open the Project MS Part window and create a new record.
2. In the Part No field, enter the part that you want to define as a project MS part.
3. In the Site field, enter the site to which this project MS part should belong.
4. In the PNG field, enter the ID of the project PNG. The associated project ID appears automatically in the Project ID field.
5. Change the values in the Demand and Planning fields if the default values do not match your requirements. For a purchased part, the demand time fence is set to 1 and the planning time fence is set to the purchasing lead time of the part by default. For a manufactured part, the demand time fence is set to the manufacturing lead time and the planning time fence is set to the cumulative lead time by default.
6. Change the values in the Active, Roll, Gen Fixed MS and Create S/P Req lists if the default values do not match your requirements. The default values are taken from the settings defined in the Project MS Basic Data/Project MS Default Settings tab.
7. In the Activity Seq field, use the List of Values to select the activity sequence for the activity that you want to use as the default MS supply activity.
8. Save the information.