Analyze Process Manufacturing Plans

In constraint-based supply planning, you can analyze the process manufacturing work definitions in your plans from several views. There are also some specific measures that support process manufacturing work definitions in a constrained supply plan.

Routings View

When you create a work definition or work order, the Routings view displays the Work Method attribute. The Work Method attribute represents the production process, or manufacturing work method. Valid values are Discrete manufacturing and Process manufacturing.

Item Structures View

In a constrained supply plan, the Item Structures view distinguishes between ingredients and output products.

• The Component Items tab contains the details about ingredients required to build an assembly, including substitute components.

• The Output Item tab shows various output types, such as primary product, co-products, and by-products produced at different operations of a process work definition. The Output Items tab is read-only.

Supplies and Demands View

These attributes in the Supplies and Demands view support process manufacturing work definitions in a constrained supply plan

Attribute	Description
Suggested Completion Date	The completion date for work orders and planned orders. The suggested completion date can be later than the due date of the primary product for process manufacturing.
Batch Quantity	The quantity of the production batch used for batch sizing and scaling. It is also the quantity that moves between the operations in a work order. The batch quantity linearly scales to the primary output quantity and all the output and input items on the work definition.
Batch Quantity UOM	The unit of measure code of the work definition quantity (Batch Quantity).
Work Method	The manufacturing work method. You can select the work method in the Routings view. Value are: Process manufacturing Discrete manufacturing

Build Plan View

In the Build Plan view, you can select Related Output Supplies from the Highlight Related Cells drop-down list. The other supplies that are related to the selected supply through a co-product or by-product relationship are highlighted.

In the Configure Build Plan dialog box, you can select the Related Output Items option in the Levels to Display drop-down list. For the selected item/organization or category, all items that appear as output items in the work definitions are shown in the Build Plan.

Measures to Support Process Manufacturing Work Definitions

These measures support process manufacturing work definitions in a constrained supply plan.

Measure	Description
Planned Order Co-Product Supply	Measure contains the supplies for products recommended by the supply planning process, which gets produced with primary product in the manufacturing process.
Work Order Co-Product Supply	Measure contains work order supplies for products that are getting produced during the manufacturing process of the primary finished good work order.
Planned Order By-Product supply	Measure contains the supplies recommended by the supply planning process for residual items that gets produced in the manufacturing process of the primary finished good.
Work Order By-Product supply	Measure contains supplies that are produced as a residual of, or incidental to, the production process of the primary finished good work order. By-product supplies aren't inventoried.