Oracle Work in Process Documentation Update (New Features in Oracle Work in Process)


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Oracle Work in Process Documentation Update

This section contains important information. Please read this section for the latest updates and additions to your user's guide.

Setup Prerequisites

Oracle Bills of Material, Oracle Cost Management, and Oracle Project Manufacturing setups are all optional.

See: Setup Prerequisites.

WIP Accounting Classes

In the Valuation and Variance Accounts section, the Expense account is currently defined as follows:

Normally an expense account, this account is debited and credited when issuing and completing non-standard expense jobs under both standard and average costing.

Instead, it should be defined as follows:

This field is optional and was added to accommodate European accounting practices.

See: WIP Accounting Classes.

WIP Parameters

In the Discrete Parameters section, it should be noted that the Default Discrete Class parameter is only applicable to non-project jobs. The logic to determine the default for project jobs is explained in the Default WIP Classes section.

See: WIP Parameters and WIP Accounting Class Defaults.

WIP Profile Options

The TP:WIP:Work Order-less Schedules profile option is not functional in this release. In a future release, it will be implemented to support expanded functionality of the Line Scheduling Workbench. The Line Scheduling Workbench is a beta feature in this realse,

See: WIP Profile Options.

Defining Production Lines

The Production Lines window has two new fields. They are Exception Set and ATP Rule fields.

See: Defining Production Lines.

Exception Set Optionally, select an Exception Set. See: Creating Planning Exception Sets.

Production lines are rate-based resources. The exception sets that you assign to them help you identify capacity problems. See: Overview of Online Capacity Planning.

ATP Rule Optionally, select an ATP Rule. See: Defining ATP Rules.

You can select any user-defined ATP rule. The ATP rule that you assign to the production line is used when determining the capable to promise status of the line resource. See: Capable to Promise and Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Oracle Supply Chain Planning Documentation Update.

Deleting Material Requirements

You cannot delete material requirements that have been transacted, even if their due quantity is 0.

See: Deleting Material Requirements.

Deleting Resource Requirements

You cannot delete resource requirements that have been transacted, even if their due quantity is 0.

See: Deleting Resource Requirements.

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Exception Set	Optionally, select an Exception Set. See: Creating Planning Exception Sets.
	Production lines are rate-based resources. The exception sets that you assign to them help you identify capacity problems. See: Overview of Online Capacity Planning.
ATP Rule	Optionally, select an ATP Rule. See: Defining ATP Rules.
	You can select any user-defined ATP rule. The ATP rule that you assign to the production line is used when determining the capable to promise status of the line resource. See: Capable to Promise and Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Oracle Supply Chain Planning Documentation Update.