Demand Management Hub

Demand Management Hub - A summary of the activity

Unified Glossary

Basics of using a Ramco iEnterprise Series 4.0 Web Page

Using Online Help

The Demand Management Hub screen enables the Material Planner to track the end to end life cycle of Material Request document.

The “Demand Management Hub” page appears.

The display and default of the sections in the hub are controlled based on the preferences defined in the "Manage Defaults & preferences" screen.

List View

The system displays the following tiles along with the count:

To Be Assigned

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests which are unassigned to employee.

To Be Planned

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests assigned to the current login user.

Planned MR

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests for which the documents are generated e.g. purchase request, purchase order, stock transfer order, stock transfer issue, goods receipt etc.

In Purchase Request

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests for which Purchase Request has been generated.

Under Order

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests for which the purchase order/repair order/stock transfer order has been generated/updated.

Under Receiving

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests for which receipt has been created i.e PO receipt, Repair Receipt and Stock transfer Receipt.

Under Issue

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests for which issue document has been created i.e. Direct and Maintenance Issue.

Under Shipment

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests for which shipping note document has been created.

Click to view the details displayed in "List View".

Alert View

The system displays the following tiles along with the count:

AOG Request

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests that is to be performed on Aircraft on ground.

Alert Request

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests based on the parameter ‘Number of days before Need Date to display Material Request in Alert Requests’ set in the “Manage Screen Defaults and Preference” screen.

Overdue Request

Indicates the total count of the Material Requests whose current date is later than the need date.

AOG Orders

Indicates the total count of Orders which has the Priority as "AOG".

Alert Orders

Indicates the total count of Orders based on the parameter ‘Number of days before Need Date to display Material Request in Alert Orders’ set in the “Manage Screen Defaults and Preference” screen.

Overdue Orders

Indicates the total count of Orders whose need date(PO earliest which have need date equal to and less than Current date).

Click to view the details displayed in "Alert View".

Search

The system displays the User Preference defined for the login user.

Example: Customer # = "400007" AND Contract # = 'CON-101021'.

In the global search section, Search can be done based on the following fields:

·         Material Request #

·         Material Request Priority

·         Part #

·         Part Description

·         Aircraft Registration #

·         Customer #

·         Warehouse #

In the “Advanced Search” pop-up Search can be done based on the following controls:

 Material Request #

Enter the material request # to retrieve the material request details based on the material request.

Material Request Priority

Select the material request priority to retrieve the material request details based on the material request priority.

Material Request Type

Select the material request type to retrieve the material request details based on the material request type.

Material Request Class

Select the material request class to retrieve the material request details based on the material request class.

Part #

Enter the Part # in the input field to retrieve material requests created for the specific part.

Part Description

Enter the Part Description in the input field to retrieve material requests created for the specific part.

Warehouse #

Select the warehouse # to retrieve the material request details created on the specific warehouse.

Work center #

Enter the Work center # to retrieve material requests created for the Work center #.

Assignee

Enter the Assignee to retrieve materials requests, user for whom material request is assigned.

Name

Enter the Name to retrieve material requests, user for whom material request is assigned.

Preferred Supplier

Enter the Preferred Supplier to retrieve material requests created for Preferred Supplier.

Requested By

Enter the Requested By to retrieve material requests, user who requested the creation of the material request.

Stock status

Select the Stock status to retrieve the material request details based on stock status of the part for which the material request is raised.

Ship by

Select the Ship By to retrieve the material request details on the specific Ship by.

Part Category

Select the Part Category to retrieve the material request details created on the specific part category.

Part Type

Select the Part Type to retrieve the material request details created on the specific part Type.

Main Core Part #

Enter the Main Core Part # to retrieve the unsatisfied material requests based on the code identifying the main core part For example, such material requests are raised for an engine or component.

Main Core Serial #

Enter the Main Core Serial # to retrieve the unsatisfied material requests based on the code identifying the main core serial. For example, such material requests are raised for an engine or component.

Customer #

Enter the Customer # to retrieve material requests created for the Customer #.

Customer Name

Enter the Customer name to retrieve material requests created for the Customer Name.

MR stage

The drop-down list box lists the following values:

1)To be assigned

2)To be planned

3)Planned MR

4)In Purchase Request

5)Under Order

6)Under Receiving

7)Under Issue

8) Under Shipment.

User can retrieve the material request details by selecting the respective MR stage.

Processing Status

The system lists all the active Processing Statuses defined in Material Request component against the “Processing Status” quick code type.

 User can retrieve the material request details by selecting the required Processing Status.

Ref. Doc Type

The system lists the values Customer Order, Exchange Order, Shop Work Order, A/C Maint. Exe. Ref. #, Part Sale Order, Others.

Select the specific Ref. Doc Type to retrieve the material request details on the specific Ref. Doc Type.

Ref. Doc #

Enter the Ref. Doc # to retrieve material requests created for the Ref. Doc #.

Request For

Select the Request For to retrieve the material request details based on whether the request is for Internal/Customer/Internal and Customer.

Need Date: From/To

Enter the starting date and ending date to define the range of dates to retrieve the material requests

Additional Search

The drop-down list box lists the values based on the following options selected:

  • Buyer Group – The system lists the adjacent drop-down list box based on the option set for “Buyer Control” in the “Set Purchase Options'” activity in “Logistics Common Master” business component.

  • Requesting Unit - The system lists the adjacent drop-down list box with valid posting finance books defined for the organization unit.

  • Exchange Entity - The system lists the adjacent drop-down list box with values “Top Assembly” and “Sub Assembly”.

  • Reason for Deferral -  The system lists the adjacent drop-down list box with all the reasons defined in the “Common Master” business component.

  • Deferral Type – The system lists the adjacent drop-down list box with all the deferral types defined in the “Common Master” business component.

  • Package type - The system lists the adjacent drop-down list box with all the package types defined in the “Common Master” business component.

  • Part Source - The system lists the adjacent drop-down list box with  the values 'Purchase', 'Subcontracted', 'From Pool', 'On loan' & 'On Exchange'.

  • Storage Location - The system lists the adjacent drop-down list box with all the "Active" Storage Locations defined in the “Maintain Storage Location” activity in “Storage Administration” business component.

On selecting the any of the above value will load the material request based on specific value selected.

The system displays all the fields in the “Search Results” multiline that are available in the OU.

Note: The system retrieves the material requests based on the User Preference defined in the “Manage Screen Defaults and Preferences” activity of the “User Preference” business component. If no User preference definition exists, the system retrieves all the Material Requests with the default date range defined for the Need Date.