Item General Planning Specifications
The following are the attributes that make up item general planning specifications and their possible values. You set these attributes when defining or updating items.
Item General Planning Specification Attributes
Attribute Name | Description |
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Apply Order Modifier to Start Quantity | Determine whether to apply the item order modifier settings to the
calculation of planned order start quantities. This attribute is a part of
the Planning Order Modifiers attribute group. Select one of the
following:
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Autoexpire ASN | Indicate whether the advance shipment notice expires automatically. This attribute is reserved for future use. |
Bucket Days | Enter the number of days to dynamically calculate safety stock quantities. The planning process multiplies the Safety Stock Percent by the average gross requirements and divides by the number of days that you enter here. |
Carrying Percentage | Enter the percentage used to calculate the annual carrying cost. This is the percentage of the unit cost that represents your internal cost to stock one unit for one year. |
Consigned | If selected, the item is consigned, meaning residing at your location, but owned by the supplier |
Days of Cover | Number of days times average demand that defines the safety stock level. |
Demand Period | Number of days to use for average daily demand calculation. |
Fixed Days Supply | Enter the number of days used to modify the size and timing of planned
order quantities. The planning process suggests planned order quantities
that cover net requirements for the period defined by this value. The
planning process suggests one planned order for each period. For example, use this to reduce the number of planned orders for a discrete component of a repetitive item. |
Fixed Lot Multiplier | Enter the fixed lot multiple quantity or repetitive rate (units per
day). Planning algorithms (reorder point, min-max, MPS, and MRP) use this to
modify the size of planned order quantities or repetitive daily
rates. When net requirements fall short of the fixed lot size multiplier quantity, planning algorithms suggest a single order for the fixed lot size multiplier quantity. |
Fixed Order Quantity | Enter the quantity used to modify the size of planned order quantities
or repetitive daily rates. When net requirements fall short of the fixed order quantity, the planning process suggests the fixed order quantity. When net requirements exceed the fixed order quantity, the planning process suggests multiple orders for the fixed order quantity. For discrete items, use this attribute to define a fixed production or purchasing quantity. For repetitive items, use this attribute to define a fixed production rate. For example, if your suppliers can provide the item in full truckload quantities only, enter the full truckload quantity as the fixed order quantity. |
Fixed Quantity | Indicate the fixed quantity for reorder. |
Forecast Type | Indicate the forecast type. This can be one of the following values:
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Inventory Planning Method | Select an option for organization level planning:
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Make or Buy | Select the option that applies to items with the Inventory Item set to
Yes. The Planner Workbench uses this to populate
the appropriate value for the implementation type. You can’t change this
value if open orders exist for the item.
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Maximum Days of Supply | Indicates the maximum allowed days of supply for replenishment reorder. |
Maximum Min-Max Quantity | Indicate the maximum on-hand quantity that you don’t want to exceed for Min-Max Planning. |
Maximum Order | Enter the maximum order quantity or repetitive rate (units per day) of
the item. Planning algorithms (reorder point, min-max, MPS, and MRP) use this to modify the size of planned order quantities or repetitive daily rates. For discrete items, when net requirements exceed the maximum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest the maximum order quantity. For repetitive items, when average daily demand for a repetitive planning period exceeds of the maximum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest the maximum order quantity as the repetitive daily rate. For example, use this to define an order quantity above which you do have insufficient capacity to build the item. |
Maximum Order Quantity | Enter the maximum order quantity or repetitive rate (units per day) of
the item. Planning algorithms (reorder point, min-max, MPS, and MRP) use this to modify the size of planned order quantities or repetitive daily rates. For discrete items, when net requirements exceed the maximum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest the maximum order quantity. For repetitive items, when average daily demand for a repetitive planning period exceeds of the maximum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest the maximum order quantity as the repetitive daily rate. For example, use this to define an order quantity above which you do have insufficient capacity to build the item. |
Minimum Days of Supply | Indicate the minimum allowed days of supply before replenishment must occur. |
Minimum Min-Max Quantity | Indicate the minimum on-hand quantity before replenishment for Min-Max Planning. |
Minimum Order | Enter the minimum order quantity or repetitive rate (units per day).
Planning algorithms (reorder point, min-max, MPS, and MRP) use this to modify the size of planned order quantities or repetitive daily rates. For discrete items, when net requirements fall short of the minimum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest the minimum order quantity. For repetitive items, when average daily demand for a repetitive planning period falls short of the minimum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest the minimum order quantity as the repetitive daily rate. For example, use this to define an order quantity below which it’s unprofitable to build the item. |
Minimum Order Quantity | Enter the minimum order quantity or repetitive rate (units per day).
Planning algorithms (reorder point, min-max, MPS, and MRP) use this to modify the size of planned order quantities or repetitive daily rates. For discrete items, when net requirements fall short of the minimum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest the minimum order quantity. For repetitive items, when average daily demand for a repetitive planning period falls short of the minimum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest the minimum order quantity as the repetitive daily rate. For example, use this to define an order quantity below which it’s unprofitable to build the item. |
Organization | Optionally enter the organization from which an internal requisition
draws the item. This applies only when Inventory is the replenishment source
type. You can choose organizations that meet the following criteria:
The source organization can be your current organization if the item is MRP planned and you choose a non-nettable Source Subinventory. |
Percent | Enter the percent to dynamically calculate safety stock quantities for
the item. The planning process multiplies this percent by the average gross
requirements. The planning process uses this attribute when you set Safety Stock to MRP planned percent. |
Planner | Enter the material planner assigned to plan this item. You must define
planner codes for your organization before updating this attribute. The planner defined here’s responsible for approving all move order lines requesting the item if move order approvals are used. If an item is supplier managed, you must enter a planner for the item. |
Release Authorization Required | Authorization is requireD before a sales order is created. You can set
the authorization as follows:
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Safety Stock Planning Method | Planning method to be used in calculating safety stock levels. |
Subcontracting Component | Indicate the subcontracting type associated to this item when it’s used
as a subcontracting component in Chargeable
Subcontracting. The available choices are:
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Subinventory | Enter the subinventory within the source organization from which an internal requisition draws the item. This applies only when Inventory or Subinventory is the replenishment source, and only when you specify a source organization. For MRP planned items, you must enter a non-nettable source subinventory when the source organization is the current organization. |
Replenishment Type | Indicate the way in which the requests are fulfilled.
Note: If you are using Supplier Scheduling, it’s generally
recommended that this field be left blank. Otherwise, it could override
your sourcing rules. |
Window Days | Enter the period for which a forecast is considered by the planning engine. |