Viewing discrete production parameters
This page allows you to view the BU level parameters that have been set for the “Discrete Production” business process chain. You can view the process parameters as well as the functional default values.
Select the “View Parameters – Discrete Production” link from the “Business Unit Parameter Setup” business component.
The “View Parameters – Discrete Production” page appears.
The system displays the following in the “Process Parameters” group box:
Deploy Order Status (Accepted) |
A specification of whether the work orders in “Accepted” status is deployed. |
Deploy Order Status (Firm) |
A specification of whether the work orders in “Firmed” status is deployed. |
Stock Transfer based on Bill of Distribution |
A specification of whether the bill of distribution properties affects the implementation of manual stock transfer. |
Auto Authorize Stock Transfer on Release |
A specification of whether the released stock transfer orders are authorized by the system automatically. |
Option Rule Engine based on |
The selection of position variants with respect to a work order, which could be “Start Date” or “Due Date”. |
Action Message Set Up Level |
The level at which the different types of action messages are generated during the Material Requests Planning process which could be “Business Unit” or “Plant”. |
Allow multiple Planning Groups for an Item |
A specification of whether the same item can be included in multiple planning groups. |
Plant/warehouse mandatory in Analyse Item Plan |
A specification of whether the Plant and Warehouse details must be entered compulsorily in the “Analyze Item Plan” activity of the “Supply Chain Planning” business component. |
Min/Max Order qty to be multiples of Order step |
A specification of whether the Min and Max quantities in Lot size specification must be multiples of the step value specified. |
Check user permission in Mass change WO Update |
A specification of whether users with “Production Controller” permissions are alone permitted to perform Mass Change, that is, replacement of materials during work order updation. |
Ignore Lot sizing for Manual Orders |
A specification of whether lot sizes are considered for manual orders. |
EC to impact Production Bill |
A specification of whether the engineering changes will be included in the production bills. |
EC to impact Costing Bill |
A specification of whether the engineering changes will be included in the costing bills. |
EC to impact Engineering Bill |
A specification of whether the engineering changes will be included in the engineering bills. |
EC to impact Sub-contract Bill |
A specification of whether the engineering changes will be included in the sub-contract bills. |
PR generation options by MRP |
The options for the generation of purchase requests in a Planning run which could be “Purchase Suggestion”, “Unauthorized PR” or “Authorized PR”. |
SCR generation options by MRP |
The options for the generation of subcontract requests in a Planning run which could be “SC Suggestion”, “Unauthorized SCR” or “Authorized SCR”. |
Serial No Assigned for Consumption |
The method of assigning serial numbers from the item inputs consumed to the outputs produced which could be “Manual” or “Automatic”. |
Auto Generation of PS NO |
A specification of whether the product structure number is generated automatically during creation. |
Allow Duplicate PS Usage |
A specification of whether multiple product structure numbers with the same usage for an item can be present. |
Auto generation of Mass change Ref (PS) |
A specification of whether the Mass change Reference number for product structure is generated automatically during creation. |
Auto generation of Activity code |
A specification of whether the activity code is generated automatically during creation. |
Auto generation of PP NO |
A specification of whether the process plan number is generated automatically during creation. |
Allow Duplicate PP Usage |
A specification of whether the same process plan usage can be used across process plan numbers. |
Auto generation of Mass change Ref (PP) |
A specification of whether the Mass change Reference number for process plan is generated automatically during creation. |
Exclude Inactive PS in Cost Rollup |
A specification of whether the items in “Inactive” status must be included during cost rollup. |
The system displays the following in the “Function Defaults” group box:
Default MPS Period |
The time buckets / intervals for Master Production Schedule planning which could be “Day”, “Week” or “Month”. |
MPS Planning Horizon (Days) |
The interval of Master Production Schedule planning in number of days. |
MPS order no scheme |
the numbering scheme for Master Production Schedule orders. |
Default MRP Release Periods |
The time period after which orders must be released for Material Request Planning. |
MRP Horizon (Days) |
The interval of Material Request Planning in number of days. |
Unit Of Measure for Hours |
The representation of hours in the “Usage” business component. |
Default Cost Element for Labor |
The labor cost element that links the cost center and the resource type called “Labor”. |