Working with Critical Components and Item Balance Charts

To work with critical components and item balance charts:

1. Access the Critical Component Summary form.

   Form Name	Form ID	Navigation
   Critical Component Summary	W34X260B	Click the DOS or EA link in the Critical Component Alerts group in the Planning Selection group on the Planning Console form.

2. On the Critical Component Summary form, review the search criteria and define additional search criteria in the QBE lines of the Critical Component grid, as applicable.

   The system automatically displays the chart for the first component in the grid. When you navigate back to the Critical Component Summary form from the Planning Console for a specific row, the previously selected row remains selected and the system display the chart for the critical component in that row.

   See Managing Critical Components.

3. Click Find.

   The system displays the Item Balance chart for the first selected row.

4. Review the options, fields, and chart in the Item Balance Chart group.

5. Select the Adjusted or Unadjusted option, as applicable, and review the Item Balance chart.

6. Review the values in the Freeze Fence Date and Planning Fence Date fields.

7. Review the Ending Available chart in the Item Balance Chart group.

   The Ending Available chart is a line chart that plots quantity on the y-axis versus date on the x-axis.

   The chart designates the beginning of the weekly planning horizon with one slash (/) and the beginning of the monthly planning horizon with two slashes (//).

8. Manage critical components, as applicable.

   See Managing Critical Components.