Understanding Lot Start Workfile Management

After you run the Lot Start Workfile Generation program (P44H711), you can manage the information at a detailed level in the Lot Start Workfile (F44H711) using established activity rules.

Use the Lot Start Workfile Review (P44H711) to manage information in the F44H711 workfile. Managing information includes:

• Creating commitments for records.

• Canceling records.

• Deleting records.

• Placing and releasing records on hold.

• Revising estimated takeoff quantities.

• Assigning TBD suppliers or changing suppliers.

• Removing options.

• Reviewing and managing budgets.

Unless you delete records, the lot start information remains in the F44H711 workfile after the system processes the lot in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Procurement systems. This information provides an important audit trail between the purchasing detail information and the information in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Procurement system.

If you create commitments manually on the Work with Lot Start Workfile form, select only one record to generate commitments for all eligible records for a lot. The system generates commitments for those records with a blank commitment posting status. The system processes the selected lot and then updates the Com PS field on the Work with Lot Start Workfile form with the value P.The system also displays a 1 in the Natl Pur field if the P44H711 program uses the national purchasing item and price.

You can review tax information for bid contracts and takeoffs, when available, on the Workfile Detail Preview form. For example, you can view the tax commitment amount for taxable lines. If the takeoff detail records do not contain tax information, the system first searches the job, and then the supplier address book for tax information.