Item file maintenance, Manufacturing information (DIR00101)

This panel can be accessed through different programs and be displayed in different modes:

Default mode

Attribute mode

Enquiry mode

Forward maintenance program

Function keys

Item type

Enter the item type. The item type controls how the items are handled in the material requirement planning and in the pull-planning. A bill of material can only be created for items with item type 1 and 2. The item type can also be used as selection parameter in several programs.

Permitted values:

Type	Description
1	End item. The item is manufactured within the company. This type may not be used if the item is connected to a delivery schedule.
2	Sub assembly. The item is manufactured within the company. This type may not be used if the item is connected to a delivery schedule.
3	Material. The item is purchased from an external supplier.
4	Purchased. The item is purchased from an external supplier.
9	Free usage. This type can be used for drawings, tools, etc., if you want to define these types in the Item file. This type may not be used if the item is connected to a delivery schedule.

Order rule

Enter the applicable order rule used by MRP (material requirement planning) in the creation of order proposals.

Valid codes are:

Code	Description
1	Lot-for-lot. This rule creates one proposal line for each requirement per item/warehouse.
2	Fixed order quantity. This rule gives a proposal line with at least one EOQ per item/warehouse. If the requirement is higher than one EOQ, the proposed quantity will be rounded to the nearest multiple of the quantity defined in the Multiple quantity field.
3	Number of days consumed (used). This rule summarises the requirement from the first shortage day and a number of working days ahead. (defined on this panel in the Number of cons. days field). The requirement date (of the summarised requirement) is the first shortage day.
4	Indicates that the quantity on hand will not be taken into account when creating the material requirements.

Requirement calc

Indicate if the item is to be included in the requirement calculation. If this field is set to NO, this item will never be included on order proposals with one exception. If the Planning method field is set to 1 (Purchase suggestions) for the item on the Inventory information panel, then the item will appear on purchase suggestions.

Number of cons. days

The number of consumption days are used to create order proposals in MRP for items defined with order rule 3 (the Order rule field on this panel is set to 3). To calculate the required quantity on the order proposal, enter the number of consumption days which the requirement is to be summarised by.

Production lead time

The production lead time is the number of days it normally takes to manufacture the item. The information is used when creating order proposals. The requirement date minus production lead time will be the start date, i.e. the date when manufacturing should start. Production lead time is mandatory for item type 1 and 2.

Lead time

This field is only used for items with item type 1 and 2. The lead time is the number of days it takes to produce an item. The lead time is used for sales order availability check. Enter a value indicating the number of days it will take to produce this item. If this field is left blank, the Production lead time will be used for sales order availability check.

Order period

This field is used when creating order proposals for items using the shortage or priority analysis planning method (pull-planning). The replenishment time can be extended by entering a number of additional days in this field. If, for example, order proposals are created once a week and an item has a replenishment time of 3 days, a value of 2 can be entered in this field to see the requirement for a whole week.

Enter the number of days that the replenishment time is to be extended by.

Multiple quantity

This value is used to adjust the quantity on order proposals. Enter the quantity that the proposed quantity is to be rounded up to.

For items using the MRP planning method the following applies:

If one EOQ does not cover the requirement the required quantity is adjusted to its nearest multiple. If one EOQ covers the quantity, the order proposal quantity will be equal to the EOQ quantity.

Note: This field is only used for items using order rule Fixed order quantity (the Order rule field on this panel is set to 2).

For items using the shortage analysis planning method, the following applies:

The order quantity is adjusted to the nearest multiple of this quantity.

SOP value

This field is only displayed if DC1 Sales and Operation Plan (SOP) is installed and activated. The value is used by the Sales and Operation Plan if the field Unit in the Sales and Operation Plan is defined with 10 (SOP value). The quantity on a sales order line/manufacturing order material line, will be multiplied by the quantity in this field. The Sales and Operation Plan is then updated with this information.

Main warehouse

Enter a warehouse from Warehouse table, indicating the warehouse where the material is to be allocated when manufacturing orders are created. Note: The main warehouse can be overridden by defining an allocation warehouse in the bill of material.

Floor stock code

Enter the floor stock code, indicating if material connected to manufacturing orders will be backflushed or not.

Valid codes are:

Code	Description
1	Backflushing item. The item will be backflushed if it is defined on the manufacturing order type (the Backflushing when delivery to stock or Backflush material at operation report field is set set to in the Manufacturing order type table).
2	Normal warehouse item. The item will not be backflushed, irrespective of usage on the manufacturing order type. The Production material issue/reception program has to be used to enter used material.
3	Floor stock item. The item is not allocated during the creation of a manufacturing order. Manual inventory transactions have to be entered to withdraw the quantity of used material. The actual cost for the manufacturing order will be the same as on the manufacturing order, i.e. item cost will not be adjusted according to the actual manufactured quantity.
4	Floor stock related. The same as floor stock item, but the cost for the manufacturing order is adjusted to the actual manufactured quantity.

Department section

Enter a department section from the Work centre table, indicating the main department section of the item. The department section is used as a selection parameter in several programs, e.g., when creating order proposals for items using the shortage or priority analysis planning method (Pull-planning).

Note: Only work centres defined as Department section are valid. This means that the Work centre type field in the Work centre table is set to 2.

Production/hour

Enter the quantity which is normally produced per hour. The information is used in the Work with pull-planning program, to calculate a rough workload. Since the rough workload is not based on the bill of routing, the quantity must be manually entered in this field.

Material overhead

Enter the default material overhead cost percentage for the item. This percentage can be used when calculating the cost of items, i.e. it can be used as a variable in the cost model.

New material OH

Enter the new material overhead percentage to be used as of the date specified in the New material OH from field.

New material OH from

Enter the starting date for the new material overhead percentage to be valid.

Standard quantity PC

Enter the standard quantity for calculating the item cost. This quantity can be used as a variable in the cost model.

Status item cost

Set this field to 1 if the standard cost price is to be defined manually, i.e. the cost price will not be updated by the Product costing program. The cost price is defined on the Inventory information panel in this file.

Leave the field blank if the standard cost price should be updated in the Product costing program.

Note: If the cost price is updated by the Product costing program, this field indicates 9 when the Product costing program needs to be run for the item. This can happen if changes have been done in the bill of material or bill of routing.