Set Up Your Items in Product Information Management

Use the Product Information Management work area to do various set ups that affect promising on your item.

Each navigation path in this topic describes how to get to the attribute. For example, go to the Product Information Management work area, click Tasks > Manage Items, search for and open your item for editing, then navigate to Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > Lead Time.

Lead Times

Attribute in Product Information Management See This Topic for Details

Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > Lead Time

  • Processing Days
  • Postprocessing Days

Consider Your Lead Times

Guidelines for Using Lead Time Mode

Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > General Planning

  • Make or Buy

Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > Lead Time

  • Postprocessing Days
  • Fixed
  • Variable

Set the Postprocessing Lead Time

Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > Lead Time

  • Preprocessing Days
  • Processing Days
  • Postprocessing Days
  • Variable
  • Fixed
  • Cumulative Total
  • Cumulative Manufacturing
Split or Substitute Fulfillment Lines

Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > Lead Time

  • Cumulative Total
  • Cumulative Manufacturing

Promising Modes for ATP Rules

Time Fence

Database Promising

Attribute in Product Information Management See This Topic for Details

Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > MPS MRP Planning

  • Create Supply
  • Create Supply After

Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > Lead Time

  • Postprocessing Days
Database Promising

Bill of Resources

Attribute in Product Information Management See This Topic for Details

Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > General Planning

  • Make or Buy

Specifications > Item Organization > Planning > Lead Time

  • Processing Days
  • Postprocessing Days

Guidelines for Creating a Bill of Resources

Create a Bill of Resources

Order Management

Attribute in Product Information Management See This Topic for Details

Specifications > Item Organization > Sales and Order Management > Order Management

  • Check ATP

Get Promising Dates in Real Time

Collect Source System Data

Specifications > Item Organization > Sales and Order Management > Order Management

  • Back-to-Back Enabled

How Promising Promises a Back-to-Back Sales Order

Use Supply Chain Orchestration in Your Back-to-Back Flows

Set Up Promising to Support Your Back-to-Back Flow

Guidelines for Reducing Inventory

Guidelines for Reserving Inventory

Don't Use Order Promising to Schedule Fulfillment

Specifications > Item Organization > Sales and Order Management > Order Management

  • Shippable

Collect Source System Data

Set Up Dual Units of Measure

Troubleshoot Your Supply Chain Orchestration Flows

Configured Items

Attribute in Product Information Management See This Topic for Details

Specifications > Item Organization > Manufacturing > Item Structure

  • Base Model
  • Autocreated Configuration
  • Pick Components

Create Bills of Resources for Configured Items

Include Resources for Configure Options

Include Supplier Capacity When You Promise ATO Items

Database Promising

Overview of Configure-to-Order

Item Structure Specifications