Setting Up PeopleSoft Flow Production

This chapter provides and overview of the steps required to set up flow production, after Inventory and Manufacturing information has been set up, and discusses how to:

Set up Flow Production replenishment defaults.
Set up issue methods.
Set up Kanban automatic numbering.
Set up purchasing defaults.

Setting Up PeopleSoft Flow Production Replenishment Defaults

When creating replenishment requests or Kanban cards, the system looks to see if production replenishment location defaults exist first, then looks to the WIP replenishment defaults that are associated with the business unit and item for replenishment guidelines.

This section discusses how to:

Set up production replenishment locations.
Set up production replenishment details.
Set up WIP replenishment item attributes.

Pages Used to Set Up PeopleSoft Flow Production Replenishment Defaults

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Prdn Replenish Locations	SF_REPL_INV	Inventory, Maintain Storage Locations, Production Replenish Locations, Prdn Replenish Locations	Set up production replenishment location defaults in Inventory.
Prdn Replenish Detail	SF_REPL_INV_DTL	Inventory, Maintain Storage Locations, Production Replenish Locations, Prdn Replenish Detail	Set up production replenishment location defaults in Inventory.
Manufacturing - WIP Replenishment	MFG_ATTRIB2	Items, Define Items and Attributes, Define Business Unit Item, Manufacturing	Set up item replenishment defaults in the Inventory Define Business Unit Items menu.

Setting Up Production Replenishment Locations

When creating replenishment requests or Kanban cards, the system looks at the production replenishment locations details first to see if specific item and WIP location replenishment details exist. If you haven’t set up Production Replenishment locations defaults, the system looks at the WIP Replenishment details by item.

See Also

Using the Replenishment Method

Setting Up Production Replenishment Detail

Use the Prdn Replenish Detail page to set up production replenishment location defaults in Inventory.

See Using the Replenishment Method.

Setting Up WIP Replenishment Item Attributes

You use this page to define how the replenishment is triggered using the WIP Replenishment mode. You specify how the replenishment request is communicated with the WIP Replenishment Method, whether Pull List, Pull Ticket, or Workflow. You define here where the material comes from, inventory, feeder line, or vendor using the WIP Replenishment Source.

See Also

Using the Replenishment Method

Setting Up Issue Methods

To use, each item must be defined with replenishment as the issue method.

This section discusses how to:

Set up item issue methods.
Set up production area issue methods.

Pages Used to Set Up Issue Methods

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Define Business Unit Item - Manufacturing: General	MFG_ATTRIB	Items, Define Items and Attributes, Define Business Unit Item, Manufacturing, General	Set up item replenishment defaults under Inventory Define Business Unit Items.
Production Area Maintenance - Item Detail	SF_PRDN_AREA_ITEM	Production Control, Define Production, Production IDs/Schedules, Production Area, Item Detail	Define production details for each item associated with a production area.

Setting Up Item Issue Methods

You must set the Component Issue method to Replenish for items that you replenish using Flow Production.

See Defining Manufacturing Information for an Item.

Setting Up Production Area Issue Methods

You can set the component issue method to Use Component’s Method on the Production Area - Item Detail page. You can also set the production area’s component issue method to Replenish to indicate that all components for the item use the replenish issue method.

See Defining Production Area and Item Detail.

Setting Up Kanban Automatic Numbering

You must set up automatic numbering for Kanban IDs to enable the autonumbering of Kanban IDs when you create Kanban cards or replenishment requests.

Page Used to Set Up Kanban Automatic Numbering

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Auto Numbering	AUTO_NUM_PNL	Set Up Financials/Supply Chain, Common Definitions, Codes and Auto Numbering, Auto Numbering	Set up automatic numbering for Kanban IDs.

Setting Up Kanban Auto Numbering

You must set up defaults for the number type of Kanban ID. Associate the SF_KANBAN_ID Field Name to the automatic numbering defaults.

Setting Up Purchasing Defaults

If you are using vendor replenishment with Flow Production, you must set up several defaults in Purchasing.

This section discusses how to:

Set up purchasing items.
Set up vendors.
Set up vendor contact information.
Set up vendor email addresses.
Set up vendor fax numbers.

Pages Used to Set Up Purchasing Defaults

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Purchasing Attributes - Purchasing Controls	ITM_TBL_PUR	Items, Define Items and Attributes, Purchasing Attributes, Purchasing Controls	Define whether to include past-due Kanban purchase orders when associating Kanban receipts with a specific purchase order.
Procurement Options	VNDR_PROC_OPT_SEC1	Vendors, Vendor Setup/Maintenance, Vendor Information, Location, Procurement Options	Set up the replenishment dispatch method.
Vendor Information - Location	VNDR_LOC	Vendors, Vendor Setup/Maintenance, Vendor Information, Location	Associate an address code for the vendor location in the Ordering group box. If you are dispatching vendor replenishment requests by email or fax, the system uses this address code to determine the vendor email address or fax phone number.
Vendor Information - Address	VNDR_ADDRESS	Vendors, Vendor Setup/Maintenance, Vendor Information, Address	Enter an email address for the address code.
Phone Information	VNDR_ADDR_PHN_SEC	Vendors, Vendor Setup/Maintenance, Vendor Information, Address, Telephone	Enter a vendor fax number for the address code.

Setting Up Purchasing Items

When associating Kanban receipts to a purchase order, select the Include Past Due Kanban POs check box if you want to include past-due purchase orders during the Kanban Receiving PO Selection process.

Also, because vendor replenishment occurs on a frequent basis, if you set the Early Ship Reject Days value too low, the receiving process may not permit you to receive the material because it arrived too early.

See Also

Defining Purchasing Item Attributes

Setting Up Vendors

Use the Procurement Options page, accessed from the Location page, to define the replenishment dispatch method. When you create Kanban IDs and select a vendor for vendor replenishment, the vendor replenishment dispatch method is associated to the Kanban ID. When you run the Replenishment Dispatch process, the system determines the dispatch method using the value that is stored with the Kanban ID record. Dispatching is required for replenishment requests with backflush-controlled or manual replenishment modes. You don’t dispatch Kanban cards using the dispatch process.

See Also

Defining Vendor Locations