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Item file enquiry, Manufacturing information (DIR20101)

On this panel manufacturing information is displayed for the item. Note: This panel is only displayed if DC1 Manufacturing is installed and activated.

Item type
Displays 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.

Valid codes are:

Code Description
1 End product. The item is manufactured within the company.
2 Sub assembly. The item is manufactured within the company.
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 of items in the Item file.
Order rule
Displays 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 (spent). This rule summarises the requirement from the first shortage day and a number of lead working days (defined on this panel in the Number of cons. days field). The requirement date (of the summarised requirement) is the first shortage day.
Requirement calc
Indicates if the item is to be included in the requirement calculation. If 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
Displays the number of consumption days that are used to create order proposals in MRP for items defined with order rule 3 (i.e. the Order rule field is set to 3 on this panel). The value entered here is used to calculate the required quantity on the order proposal.
Production lead time
Displays the number of days it normally takes to manufacture an item. The information is used in the creation of order proposals. The requirement date minus production lead time will be the start date, i.e. the date when manufacturing should start. Note: This field can be overridden on the item warehouse level.
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. Displays 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. Note: This field can be overridden on the item warehouse level.
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. This field displays the number of days by which the replenishment time is to be extended.
Multiple quantity
Displays the value used to adjust the quantity on order proposals. This value is used to round up the proposed quantity.

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.

Note: This information is not used for items using the priority analysis planning method

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 Unit field in the Sales and Operation Plan is set to 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
Displays a warehouse from Warehouse table, this indicates the warehouse where the material is to be allocated when manufacturing orders are created. Note: If another warehouse is displayed in this field, it means that the main warehouse has been overridden. The new warehouse will be used as the allocation warehouse on the bill of material.
Floor stock code
Displays the floor stock code which indicates 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 (i.e. the Backflushing when delivery to stock field or the Backflush material at operation report field is set to YES 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
Displays a department section from the Work centre table, which indicates the item’s main department section. 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 is set to 2 in the Work centre table.
Production/hour
Displays the quantity which is normally produced per hour. The information is used in the Work with pull-planning program, to calculate a rough workload.
Material overhead
Displays the default material overhead cost percentage for the item. This percentage is used when calculating the cost of products, i.e. it is used as a variable in the cost model.

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

New material OH from
Displays the starting date for the new material overhead percentage to be valid.
Standard quantity PC
Displays the standard quantity for calculating the product cost. This quantity can be used as a variable in the cost model.
Status item cost
If this field is set to 1, it means that the standard cost price is to be defined manually, i.e. the cost price will not be calculated by the Product costing program. The cost price is defined on the Inventory information panel.

If the field is blank the standard cost price should be calculated in the Product costing program.

Note: If the cost price is calculated by the Product costing program, this field will be set to 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.