Glossary

Branch/Plant

Enter an alphanumeric code that identifies a separate entity within a business for which you want to track costs. For example, a business unit might be a warehouse location, job, project, work center, branch, or plant. You can assign a business unit to a document, entity, or person for purposes of responsibility reporting. For example, the system provides reports of open accounts payable and accounts receivable by business unit to track equipment by responsible department. Business unit security might prevent you from viewing information about business units for which you have no authority.

Company

Enter a number that, with the document number, document type and G/L date, uniquely identifies an original document, such as invoice, voucher, or journal entry.

If you use the Next Numbers by Company/Fiscal Year feature, the Automatic Next Numbers program (X0010) uses the document company to retrieve the correct next number for that company.

If two or more original documents have the same document number and document type, you can use the document company to locate the desired document.

Customer

Enter a number that identifies an entry in the Address Book system, such as employee, applicant, participant, customer, supplier, tenant, or location.

Customer PO (customer purchase order)

Enter an alphanumeric value used as a cross-reference or secondary reference number. Typically, this is the customer number, supplier number, or job number.

Demand Flag

Displays a flag that denotes that demand is associated with a production number.

The system sets the Demand Flag field in the Production Number Master File table (F34401) for the production number. Values are:

Blank: No demand exists for the production number.

S: Sales demand exists for the production number.

F: Forecast demand exists for the production number.

Generic item

An item that is not production number controlled.

The Production Number Controlled option in the item or item branch/plant is not enabled.

Generic production number

A production number generated for a production controlled item to represent demand for planning purposes. The generic production number is later associated with real demand.

Item Number and 2nd Item Number

Enter a number that identifies the item. The system provides three separate item numbers plus an extensive cross-reference capability to alternative item numbers. The three types of item numbers are:

  • Item Number (short)

    An 8-digit, computer-assigned item number.

  • 2nd Item Number

    A 25-digit, user defined, alphanumeric item number.

  • 3rd Item Number

    Another 25-digit, user defined, alphanumeric item number.

In addition to these three basic item numbers, the system provides an extensive cross-reference search capability. You can define numerous cross-references to alternative part numbers. For example, you can define substitute item numbers, replacements, bar codes, customer numbers, or supplier numbers.

Last Status

Enter a code (system 40/type AT) specifying the last step in the processing cycle that this order line has successfully completed.

Line Number

Displays a number that identifies multiple occurrences, such as line numbers on a purchase order or other document. Generally, the system assigns this number, but in some cases you can override it.

Location

Enter the storage location from which goods will be moved.

Lot/SN, Lot/Serial Number, and Lot Serial Number

Enter a number that identifies a lot or a serial number. A lot is a group of items with similar characteristics.

Next Status

Enter a user-defined code (system 40/type AT) indicating the next step in the order flow of the line type.

Order Co (order company)

Enter a number that, along with order number and order type, uniquely identifies an order document (such as a purchase order, a contract, a sales order, and so on).

If you use the Next Numbers by Company/Fiscal Year facility, the Automatic Next Numbers program (X0010) uses the order company to retrieve the correct next number for that company. If two or more order documents have the same order number and order type, the order company lets you locate the desired document.

If you use the regular Next Numbers facility, the order company is not used to assign a next number. In this case, you probably would not use the order company to locate the document.

Order Date

Displays the date that an order was entered into the system. This date determines which effective level the system uses for inventory pricing.

Order Number

Enter a number identifying the original document. This can be an invoice number, work order number, sales order number, journal entry number, and so on.

Orphaned item

A production controlled item associated with work orders, purchase orders, or on-hand inventory that have no top-level demand.

The top-level demand, either sales order or forecast, is canceled. MRP does not cancel or reassign the supply orders or on-hand inventory automatically. You use the Production Number Reassignment program (P34404) to redirect the supply to another production number.

Orphaned production number

A production number with no top level end item demand. The production number may have associated work orders, purchase orders, or inventories.

Or Ty (order type)

Enter a user-defined code (00/DT) that identifies the type of document. This code also indicates the origin of the transaction. J.D. Edwards has reserved document type codes for vouchers, invoices, receipts, and time sheets, which create automatic offset entries during the post program. (These entries are not self-balancing when you originally enter them.)

The following document types are defined by J.D. Edwards and should not be changed:

P: Accounts Payable documents

R: Accounts Receivable documents

T: Payroll documents

I: Inventory documents

O: Purchase Order Processing documents

J: General Accounting/Joint Interest Billing documents

S: Sales Order Processing documents

Planned Effective Date

Enter the date that the work order or engineering change order is planned to be completed.

Production controlled item

An item associated with a production number in order to manage the supply and demand for a customer order.

You enable production number control by item or item branch/plant using the Production Number Controlled option.

Production Number

Enter an alphanumeric value that provides the ability to associate supply transactions to a demand transaction. The production number is a system generated 30-digit alphanumeric value. The system generates a production number based on user-defined segments and segment values. The system concatenates the production number short to the system generated production number to maintain a unique identifier.

The production number can also be a user input value that is different from the system generated value. If the user inputs a value for the production number, then the system does not concatenate the production number short to the production number.

A production number is generated or entered at the time of sales order entry or forecast entry. Material requirements planning (MRP) populates all messages generated from this demand with the production number. All transactions associated with the production number may be managed through the Production Number Workbench program (P34403).

Production Number Short

Displays a number that provides a unique identifier during production number generation. The production number short is a 10-digit next number that is setup in system 34 of the Next Numbers program (P0002).

The system concatenates the production number short to the system generated production number to maintain a unique identifier.

Production Number Status

Enter a user-defined code (34/PS) that indicates whether a production number is active or inactive. Only production numbers that are at an active status can be used to create sales orders and forecasts. The default value is active.

Promised Delivery

Displays the promised shipment date for either a sales order or purchase order. The Supply and Demand Programs use this date to calculate Available to Promise information. This value can be automatically calculated during sales order entry. This date represents the day that the item can be shipped from the warehouse

Quantity Backordered

Enter the number of units backordered in Sales Order Management or in Work Order Processing, using either the entered or the primary unit of measure defined for this item.

Quantity Canceled

Enter the number of units canceled in Sales Order or Work Order Processing, using either the entered or the primary unit of measure defined for this item.

In manufacturing, this can also be the number of units scrapped to date.

Quantity On Hand

Displays the number of units that are physically in stock. The system displays the quantity on-hand in the primary unit of measure.

Quantity Open

Displays the original quantity for the order detail line, plus or minus any changes to that quantity, minus all quantities shipped, received, and vouchered to date.

Quantity Ordered

Enter the quantity of units affected by this transaction.

Quantity Shipped

Displays the number of units committed for shipment in Sales Order Entry, using either the entered or the primary unit of measure defined for this item.

In the Manufacturing system and Work Order Time Entry, this field can indicate completed or scrapped quantities. The quantity type is determined by the type code entered.

Rel Ord (related order)

Displays the key company that is associated with the document number of the related order.

Related PO/WO No (related purchase order/work order number)

Displays a number that identifies a secondary purchase order, sales order, or work order that is associated with the original order. This number is for informational purposes only.

Related SO No (related sales order number)

Displays a number that identifies a secondary purchase order, sales order, or work order that is associated with the original order. This number is for informational purposes only.

Related Type and Rel Ord Type (related order type)

Enter a user-defined code (system 00, type DT) that indicates the document type of the secondary or related order. For example, a purchase order might be document type OP and might have been created to fill a related work order with document type WO.

Request Date

Enter the date that an item is scheduled to arrive or that an action is scheduled for completion.

Scheduled Pick

Displays the promised shipment date for either a sales order or purchase order. The Supply and Demand Programs use this date to calculate Available to Promise information. This value can be automatically calculated during sales order entry. This date represents the day that the item can be shipped from the warehouse.

Secondary Qty Ordered (secondary quantity ordered)

Displays the number of units ordered in secondary units of measure. If the secondary unit of measure option in the Inventory Constants is selected, this field displays on data entry screens.

Secondary Quantity On Hand

Enter the number of units on-hand in secondary units of measure.

Sec UM and Sec UoM (secondary unit of measure)

Enter a user-defined code (00/UM) that indicates an alternate unit of measure for the item.

Ship To Number

Enter the address number of the location to which you want to ship this order. The address book provides default values for customer address, including street, city, state, zip code, and country.

Sold To

Enter a number that identifies an entry in the Address Book system, such as employee, applicant, participant, customer, supplier, tenant, or location.

Start Date

Enter the start date for the order. You can enter this date manually, or have the system calculate it using a backscheduling routine. The routine starts with the required date and offsets the total leadtime to calculate the appropriate start date.

Status

Enter a user-defined code (00/SS) that describes the status of a work order, rate schedule, or engineering change order. Any status change from 90 through 99 triggers the system to automatically update the completion date.

Supplier

Enter a number that identifies an entry in the Address Book system, such as employee, applicant, participant, customer, supplier, tenant, or location.

UoM (unit of measure)

Enter a user-defined code (00/UM) that indicates the quantity in which to express an inventory item, for example, CS (case) or BX (box).