Computed vs. Assigned Lead Times
For manufactured items, you can automatically compute manufacturing and cumulative lead times for a specific item or a range of items. You can also maintain this information manually. You must manually assign all lead time information for purchased items.
Note: You can calculate manufacturing and cumulative lead times for manufacturing or engineering items.
Changing Lead Times
Updating the values assigned to your lead times may impact functions that use dynamic lead time offsetting-- such as material and resource requirements planning. Updating cumulative lead times can also impact material plans and available to promise calculations if these lead times are used to set time fences.
See Also
Overview of Manufacturing Scheduling