General Information
Select the General Information tab.
- Work Order Number
Enter the next number used for work order documents. Do not modify this value unless you are sure you want to reset the work order next numbers for the blend facility.
- Operation Number
Enter the next number used for operation documents. Do not modify this value unless you are sure you want to reset the operation next numbers for the blend facility.
- Bill of Lading Number
Enter the next number used for bill of lading documents. Do not modify this value unless you are sure you want to reset the bill of lading next numbers for the blend facility.
Note: This is the bill of lading document number, not the bill of lading vessel number.- Bond Serial Number
Enter the next number used for bond serial documents. Do not modify this value unless you are sure you want to reset the bond serial next numbers for the blend facility.
- Inventory Availability Checking (Release 9.2 Update)
Enable this check box to validate inventory availability. Inventory availability checking validates that there are sufficient on-hand quantities of the inventory item (spray, additive, or consumable) used in grower and blend operations. A warning message is displayed when the available quantity of an item is less than the quantity used on the operation.
When the Inventory Availability Checking is enabled for the first time, you should run the Repost Work Orders (R3190) program. The Repost Work Orders (R3190) program recalculates the commitments for additives, sprays and consumables.
Inventory is soft-committed to the primary location when a lot or location is not specified. Inventory is hard-committed when a secondary lot or location is specified. When an operation is changed to closed status, an error message is displayed if the item availability is insufficient and would cause negative values in the Item Ledger.
Note: If the Line Type of a consumable item is set to a value that has no inventory interface (such as N), that item is exempt from validations, commitments, and item ledger updates.- Survey Gain Loss Threshold % (survey gain loss threshold percent)
Enter the allowed value for survey gains or losses. The system validates that the operation survey gain or loss does not exceed this threshold.
Note: When the survey gain or loss is outside of the threshold percent, you must enter a comment with the operation before you can save the operation. If you adjust the operation and a survey gain or loss no longer exists, the system displays the comment until you remove the comment.Additionally, if you enter zero as an allowed operational gain or loss, no threshold for acceptable gains or losses exists and the system does not generate an error message when the operational loss is less than zero percent.- Significant Change Threshold % (significant change threshold percent)
Specify the default threshold value that volume changes for the Before lot of an operation or the input lot for a trial blend should not exceed.
If the volume change exceeds the specified threshold, the system issues a warning and highlights the field in the trial blend application. A significant change can occur as the result of a direct lot change or through a dependency.
- Virtual Indicator
Specify whether you want to define the blend facility as a virtual facility. Virtual facilities represent an abstract framework for using virtual lots. Any vessels or lots that are used in a virtual facility are represented as any other physical vessel or lot in the system. As virtual lots, however, they do not really exist in the system, which means that you cannot use them in operations. The value that you enter here is used as the default virtual lot type in the Lot Master table (F31B31). Values are:
Blank: Non-Virtual Lot
1: Trial Blend Lot.
2: Virtual "To Buy" Lot.
3: Virtual "Competitors" Lot.
4: Imaginary Lot.
The values are set up in the Virtual Lot Types UDC table (31B/VL). Virtual lot types are indicated by special handling code 1. The values in this UDC table are hard-coded.
- Default VBT type (default virtual barrel tank type)
Specify the VBT or VCT type that you want to use as a default value when creating a new VBT or VCT. The system uses the type to calculate the number of barrels or containers when a volume is given, or vice versa.
You must set up the barrel or container type that you select here in the Barrel Types and Capacities program (P31B032).
- Barrel Tracking Method
Specify the default tracking method that the system uses for barrels. Values are:
C: The system tracks barrels as collections with similar attributes. The collection is a single record, but it stores the number of barrels associated with the collection.
U: The system tracks barrels by their unique ID number in quantities of one.
At receipt, barrel attributes that are representative of the entire collection are stored with the quantity of barrels in the collection.
- Container Tracking Method
Specify the default tracking method that the system uses for containers:
C: The system tracks containers as collections with similar attributes. The collection is a single record, but it stores the number of containers associated with the collection.
U: The system tracks containers by their unique ID number in quantities of one.
At receipt, container attributes that are representative of the entire collection are stored with the quantity of containers in the collection.
- Owner Short Code
You must specify the owner that the system uses as the default value when you create operations.
- Spirit Volume
Specify a value to determine how a blend facility calculates the volume of a spirit. If you specify Proof Volume, the system uses the following formula to calculate the volume of a spirit: (Volume × Alcohol %) × 2. If you enter Alcohol Volume, the system uses the following formula to calculate the volume of the spirit: Volume × Alcohol %.
The value that you enter in this field determines the label of the spirit volume field on the Instructed Lot Attributes and View Lot Details form. The default value is Proof Volume.
- QA Alcohol Attribute and UOM (quality assurance attribute and unit of measure)
You must enter a value to be able to calculate the proof or alcohol volume of a spirit. The value you enter here determines which alcohol value (that is, which test result value) to retrieve and use for calculating the spirit volume. The specified test result name returns the QA result as a percentage.
Note: If you do not provide a QA alcohol attribute, the system does not calculate proof or alcohol volumes for spirits. The system also does not perform any conversions from ambient to standard temperatures, because the conversion factor is assumed to be 1.- Type of Establishment
Specify whether to set up the establishment as a winery or a cellar. The system uses this field in the Fortification report (R31B70).