Reviewing Search Criteria for Supply and Demand

To review search criteria for supply and demand:

1. Access the Planning Console form.

   Form Name	Form ID	Navigation
   Planning Console	W34X200A	Click the Item No. link in the Item Number field of the Item Summary grid in the Planning Summary program (P34X100). DRP Daily Operations (G3411) or MRP Daily Operations (G3413). Select Planning Console (P34X200).
   Additional Item Information	W34X100HA	On the Planning Console form, click the orange square in the Item Number field.

2. On the Planning Console form, enter or review the following fields in the Planning Selection group, as applicable:

   Item Number

   Enter or review the number that the system assigns to an item. It can be in short, long, or third item number format.

   Unit of Measure

   Enter a user-defined code (00/UM) that identifies the unit of measurement for an amount or quantity. For example, it can represent a barrel, box, cubic meter, liter, hour, and so on.

   Planner Number

   Enter or review the address number of the material planner for the specified item.

   Branch/Plant

   Enter or review the alphanumeric code that identifies a separate entity within a business for which you want to track costs. For example, a business unit can 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.

   Note: Business unit security can prevent you from viewing information about business units for which you have no authority.

   Start Date

   Enter or review the date that specifies the planning start date for planning information retrieval.

   End Date

   Enter or review the date that specifies the planning end date for planning information retrieval. The system calculates the planning end date by adding the horizon periods to the planning start date.

   Note: When you navigate to the Planning Console form from the Planning Summary program, the system populates the Item Number, Branch/Plant, Unit of Measure, Start Date, and End Date fields with data from the Planning Summary form and the processing options of the Planning Console program.

3. (Optional) In the Planning Selection group, click the orange square in the upper left corner of the Item Number field.

4. Review the item information on the Main and Additional tabs of the Additional Item Information hover form.

5. (Optional) In the Planning Selection group, click the orange square in the upper left corner of the Planner Number field.

6. Review the planner information on the Planning Summary/Console Contact Information hover form.

7. Click Find.

8. Review supply and demand information.

9. Review the alerts in the Critical Component Alerts group.

   See Reviewing Critical Component Alerts.

10. Define additional criteria, as applicable, using the Beginning Inventory On Hand group and QBE lines in the Supply/Demand Details and Informational Messages grids.

11. Manage supply and demand, as applicable.

    See Managing Supply and Demand.