Understanding Item Definition
You can set up item definitions using the DFM Item Definition Master program (PF30L501) if you are not importing item branch records from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Inventory Management system. You create item definitions for the end items (SKU), field replacement units (FRU), and options that are produced on the Demand Flow line. You set up items by scenario and branch. The default user scenario becomes the scenario for the item definition.
To set up an item definition, you have to provide the following information: item number, branch/plant, stocking type, planner number, buyer, number, supplier number, standard unit-of-measure conversion, and primary unit of measure. On the Demand Flow tab you can provide information for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Demand Flow Manufacturing functionality.
The remaining fields on the Additional Info, Category Code, Quantities, and Item UoM tabs are not required, but are populated when you import Item Branch records. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Demand Flow Manufacturing does not use the fields that are related to MPS/MRP, for example, planning code, planning fence, and planning fence rule. You can use the maximum and minimum order quantity for dividing sequence quantities.
You can calculate unit-of-measure conversions for the items. Depending on how you set the Standard Unit of Measure Conversion flag for the item, the unit-of-measure conversion is based on either the standard or the item-specific unit-of-measure conversion.