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Note: You can also add material requirements 'ad hoc' to jobs and schedules by issuing components not required by the job or schedule. See: Issuing and Returning Specific Components.

You can also update job and repetitive schedule material requirement information including: Date Required, Required or Per Assembly quantity, MRP Net option, supply Type, supply Subinventory and Locator, and Comments. For repetitive schedules, you can also view, but not update, daily Requirement and Issue Quantities, as well as information regarding a schedule's progress (Quantity and Days Ahead or Behind).

   To add or update material requirements:

1. Navigate to the Material Requirements window.

2. Select the Job or repetitive Line and Assembly.

You can only select a discrete job or a repetitive line and assembly for a repetitive schedule if the job or schedule has a status of Unreleased, Released, On Hold, or Complete.

3. If you select a line and assembly, choose the repetitive schedule by selecting the first unit start date of that schedule. If you select a discrete job, the system displays the scheduled start date of the job.

4. Optionally, choose the Find button to populate the Material Requirements region.

5. From the Main alternative region of the Material Requirements region, select the Component to update or add.

You can add items with Push, Assembly Pull, Operation Pull, Bulk, Phantom, and Supplier supply types. If you add Phantom items, their supply types are changed to Push. Supply types are also changed to Push if you add Assembly Pull items to jobs or schedules without bills of material. Similarly, if you add Operation Pull items to jobs or schedules without routings, their supply types are changed to Assembly Pull.

You can add engineering items as requirements if you have the WIP:See Engineering Items profile option set to Yes. See: Work in Process Profile Options and Engineering Bills of Material and Routings.

In the case of non-standard discrete jobs, you can add the primary assembly as a component. In other words, the job assembly requires itself. This is useful when you use non-standard jobs to manage rework or disassembly. See: Rework Assemblies and Disassemble Assemblies.

You can add items that already exists as job or schedule component requirements if you add them at a different operation sequence.

6. If adding a component, select the Operation Sequence number. See: Overview of Routings and Creating a Routing.

You can only add components at existing operations. The operation sequence identifies where the material is required.

If you add a requirement to a job or schedule without a routing, the system displays 1 as the default operation sequence. This value cannot be updated.

7. Select the Date Required.

For jobs with routings, the system displays the start date of the operation as the default. For repetitive schedules with routings, the system displays the first unit start date of the operation as the default. You can update the date required with a date that lies between the start and completion dates of the operation.

For jobs and schedules without routings, the systems displays the scheduled start date of the job or the first unit start date of the schedule as the default. You can update the date required with a date and time that lies between the start date and time and completion date and time of the job or schedule.

8. In the Quantities alternative region, enter the Per Assembly Quantity or the Required Quantity for the component.

If you are adding a component, the per assembly quantity defaults to 1 and the required quantity is derived from the job or schedule quantity and displayed in the component's primary UOM. It can be updated. If you update the per assembly quantity, the required quantity is automatically calculated. Conversely if you update the required quantity, the per assembly quantity calculated. You can enter a decimal value, such as 1.25, for both the per assembly and the required quantity. You can also enter a required or per assembly quantity of zero.

9. In the Supply alternative region, select the Supply Type. See: Supply Types.

When you add components, the supply type specified for the item in Oracle Inventory is normally defaulted. If the item does not have a supply type, the supply type defaults to Push.

Supply type selection is restricted based on the type and makeup of the job or schedule. You cannot, for example, change the supply type of a Push component to Assembly Pull if the job or schedule has no routing.

10. If the component's supply type is Assembly Pull or Operation Pull, you must select the supply Subinventory, and if required by the supply subinventory, the supply Locator. See: Supply Subinventory and Locator Fields.

11. Check the MRP Net check box to include material requirements as demand (Per Assembly Quantity or Required Quantity greater than 0) or supply (Per Assembly Quantity or Required Quantity less than 0) in the calculation of net requirements. See: Net Work in Process.

If you have entered a negative quantity for a standard discrete job or repetitive schedule, you cannot check the MRP check box. If you have entered a negative quantity for a non-standard discrete job and check the MRP check box, Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning nets the negative requirement as supply rather than demand.

12. In the Comments alternative region, enter or update the Comment.

13. Save your work.

See Also

Setting Up Material Control

Deleting Material Requirements