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Caution: You cannot define WIP parameters if the current organization shares costs with another organization. If the current organization does share costs, you must change the organization's control level for the Costing Enabled and Inventory Asset Value item attributes (Costing Group) to Item/Organization. This can be done using the Item Attribute Controls window in Oracle Inventory. Before changing these attributes, however, you must confirm that item costs have been defined in the current organization. See: Cost Organizations and Shared Costs and Defining Item Attribute Controls.

Prerequisites

   Define a discrete accounting class. See: Defining WIP Accounting Classes.

   Optionally, define a shop floor status that disallows moves of PO resources. See: Defining Shop Floor Statuses.

   To define and update work in process parameters:

1. Navigate to the Work in Process Parameters window. See: WIP Parameters.

2. In the Discrete alternative region, enter the Default Discrete Class. See: Default WIP Classes.

3. Select the Default Lot Number Type.

Determines how lot numbers are assigned to discrete jobs.

4. Select one of the Respond to Sales Order Changes options.

Determines if and how the system responds to changes to assemble-to-order (ATO) sales orders and their related discrete jobs.

5. In the Repetitive alternative region, select the Recognize Period Variances option.

Determines which repetitive schedule variances are posted to the general ledger when an accounting period is closed.

6. Enter the number of repetitive Autorelease Days.

Determines the time period within which the system automatically releases the next Unreleased schedule.

7. In the ATP alternative region, select a default ATP Rule. See: ATP Parameter.

8. In the Average Costing alternative region, select a Default Completion Cost Source. The options are System Calculated and User Defined. See: Average Costing Parameters.

Attention: You can only set parameters in the Average Costing alternative region if your current organization has been defined as an average cost organization in the Oracle Inventory Organization Parameters window. See: Organization Parameters Window and Defining Costing Information.

9. If you select the System Calculated as your default completion cost source, you must select a System Option. The options are Use Actual Resources and Use Predefined Resources.

10. Select a Cost Type.

Determines which Cost Type is defaulted for when completing jobs. You must select a cost type if the Default Completion Cost Source parameter is User Defined.

11. Check the Auto Compute Final Completions check box to indicate whether the system should automatically determine when a completion transaction completes a job (quantity complete + scrap quantity = job quantity) and calculates completion costs by taking the incurred job costs and dividing them by the completion quantity.

12. In the Move Transactions alternative region, select the Shop Floor Status for PO Move Resources.

Determines which 'no move' shop floor status is assigned when assemblies are moved into the Queue intraoperation step of an outside processing operation that has PO Move Resources assigned to it.

13. Select or deselect the Require Scrap Account check box.

Determines whether a scrap account is required when you move assemblies into and out of the Scrap intraoperation step of an operation.

14. Select or deselect the Allow Creation of New Operations check box.

Determines whether you can or cannot add an operation to a discrete job work in process routing during a move transaction.

15. Select or deselect the Allow Moves Over No Move Shop Floor Statuses.

Determines whether moves are disallowed if an intraoperation step that disallows moves exists at an autocharge operation and intraoperation step between the From and To operations and intraoperation steps.

16. In the Backflush Defaults alternative region, select a default backflush Supply Subinventory and, if required by the Supply Subinventory, a Supply Locator.

These two parameters determines which supply subinventory/ locator is used when backflushing Operation Pull and Assembly Pull components that do not have defaults defined at the bill of material component level or at the item level.

You can select an expense subinventory, if the Oracle Inventory Allow Expense to Asset Transfer profile option is set to Yes. See: Inventory Profile Options.

17. Select a backflush Lot Selection Method.

Determines how lot controlled Assembly Pull and Component Pull component items are selected during backflush transactions.

18. Select a backflush Lot Verification Method.

Determines how lots are verified during backflush transactions.

19. In the Interoperation Steps alternative region, enable Intraoperation Steps as required.

Determines which intraoperation steps are enabled in your WIP routing operations.

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