Defining Items for Use in PeopleSoft Engineering

With PeopleSoft Inventory, there is a single point of entry for all items that you use within PeopleSoft Manufacturing. Unlike your production environment, where an item must be approved before it can be accessed within the system, PeopleSoft Engineering can make use of inventory items defined in a pending or approved state, as long as item business unit attributes are defined. For example, when associating an item with a BOM, you can (within PeopleSoft Engineering) immediately access pending items on ECOs and EBOMs.

In addition to using items in a pending state, PeopleSoft Engineering enables you to use placeholder items within BOM maintenance prior to formal component item definition. Placeholder items enable you to define EBOM structure and component information before you enter component item information into the system.

To use pending items or cost component items within PeopleSoft Engineering, you must first define business unit attributes for the items.

The system won't transfer an item from engineering to manufacturing unless the item status is Active.

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The content in this section is only part of what you need to know to define business unit attributes for items. Other relevant information, because it's common to many applications, is located in the PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals. Product documentation