Viewing the part supply chain performance

Select the “View Part Supply Chain Performance” link under “Create Purchase Order”/”Edit Purchase Order” page.

The “View Part Supply Chain Performance” page appears.

Enter the following.

Part #

Enter the part # for which you wish to view demand and supply details.

Click the “Get Details” pushbutton.

The system displays the following in the “Part Info” group box:

Part #	The number identifying the part, which has to be procured by raising the PO. Click the hyperlinked part number to view detail part information.
Part Desc.	The short description of the part.
Part Type	The type of the part which could be “Raw Material”, “Component”, “Expendable”, “Tool”, “Consumable”, “Kit” or “Miscellaneous”.
Part Category	The user-defined category to which the part belongs
Part Class	The user-defined classification to which the part belongs.
Stock/ Pur. UOM	The unit of measurement of the part for storage and procurement. Note: If the stock and purchase unit of measurement are different, the system will display both the units of measurement.
Pref. Sup. #	The number identifying the preferred supplier for the part.
Pref. Rep. Shop #	The number identifying the preferred repair shop/outside vendor for the part.
Std. Cost	The standard cost of the part in Base currency
Std. Pur. Price	The standard purchase price of the part in Base currency.
Shelf Life?	Indicates whether the part can remain on the shelf for a fixed period of time.
Designed Shelf Life	The maximum period of time, for which a part can remain on the shelf without any deterioration of its basic characteristics.

Source Info

The “Source Info” multiline displays the following:

Source for	The source for procurement or maintenance of the part.
Supplier #	The supplier from whom the part can be purchase or the repair shop who can maintain the part.
Sup. Name	The name of the supplier or the repair shop.
Status	The status of the supplier.
Unit Cost	The unit cost of the part defined in Supplier component.
Currency	The currency for the unit cost.
Last QTC	The quoted cost available in the latest quotation document of the supplier.
Contract?	Indicates whether the part is contracted with the supplier for repair or purchase. Note: If the part is under contract, the type of contract appears alongside that could be one or more of PBH, Exchange, Blanket Purchase Order (BPO) and Repair contracts.

Note: The “Source Info” multiline remains blank, if Part – Supplier Mapping is not defined for the part in the “Supplier” component.

The “Purchase/ Repair History” multiline displays details of the previous five repair and purchase transactions entailing the part.

Doc. Type	The type of the order document such as Purchase Order, Loan Order, Release Slip and Repair Order.
Order #	The number identifying the order document
Order Type	The type of the order document such as Normal, Exchange, General etc.
Order Priority	The priority accorded to the order document.
Date	The date on which the order was raised.
Supplier #	The supplier on whom the order was raised.
Order Qty	The quantity of the part that was procured from or dispatched for repair to the supplier.
UOM	The unit of measurement of the ordered quantity.
Unit Cost	The cost per unit of the part.
Currency	The currency in which the order is raised.
Turn Time (Days)	Indicates the elapsed time between the order date and the date on which the part was received into the inventory in days.

The “Open Order” multiline displays the following details of purchase orders, loan orders, release slips and repair orders, which currently exist in Open statuses. More on Open statuses

Source	Qty on Order	Surplus Order Qty
Open PO/RS Qty	The sum of ordered quantities of the part in all Open purchase orders and release slips.	The sum of the ordered quantities that is in excess of Material Request - Purchase Request - Purchase Order coverage. Sometimes quantity in excess of the requested quantity is ordered for purchase to meet unsatisfied/unplanned future demands. Note: Each document is evaluated for open ordered quantity and surplus order quantity.
Open RO Qty	The sum of quantities of the part sent for maintenance to repair shops in all Open repair orders.	Not Applicable to repair orders.
Inshop Qty	The sum of quantities of the part in all work centers undergoing maintenance.	Not applicable to work centers
Open PR	The sum of quantities of the part in all Open purchase requests.	The sum of quantities of the part without material request reference in all Open purchase orders.

Stock demand information

The “Open Demand” multiline displays the following.

Demand	The sum of requested quantities of the part in all Open material requests.
Total Qty	The sum Indicates the total quantity of the part in all open Material Request documents (MR in “Authorized” and “Partially Issued” status).
Unsatisfied Qty	Indicates the total authorized quantity for which no sourcing action is initiated.

Stock availability information

The “On Hand Free Stock” multiline displays the following:

Stock	Total Quantity	Free Quantity
In Warehouse	The quantity of the part in stock in all warehouses associated with the organization unit. Total Qty = Hard Allocation Qty + Frees Qty	The quantity of the part available in stock in warehouses, which is not allocated to material requests.
Quantity under Receipt	The quantity of the part received through goods receipts and inspected though not moved into the warehouses yet. Total Qty = Qty available with goods receipts in statuses other than Cancelled or Completed or Rejected Pending Return + Qty available with repair receipts in statuses other than Cancelled or Moved or Partially Moved or Rejected	The quantity of the part received through goods receipts without material request reference and inspected though not moved into warehouses yet.
In Transit WH Transfers	The quantity of the part in shipment with reference to stock transfer orders (Qty of the part with stock transfer issues against which stock transfer receipts not recorded).	The quantity of the part in shipment through stock transfer orders without material request reference.

Replenishment Info

The multiline displays the following details for all warehouses in the organization unit.

Warehouse #	The identification number of the warehouse in which the part is stocked.
Min	The minimum quantity of the part that must be stocked in the warehouse.
Max	The maximum quantity of the part that can be stocked in the warehouse.
Re-Ord Lvl	The quantity of the part in stock in the warehouse at which point the replenishment of the part must be initiated.
Re-Ord Qty	The quantity of the part that must be replenished each time.
Safety Stock	The quantity of the part that is considered ideal for stocking in the warehouse considering demand and supply.
Available Stock	The available stock of the part in the warehouse.
Alt Part Qty	The sum of available stock of all alternates of the part in the warehouse.
Rep. Act. By	The method of replenishment, such as Purchase,
Rep. Qty	The quantity that can be replenishment through the replenishment activity.

Note: 1)
The Re – Order Level, Qty and Safety Stock fields are displayed, if planning type of the part is Re-Order level, the Min and the Max fields are displayed, if planning type is Min-Max.

2) The “Replenishment Info” multiline remains blank, if replenishment details are not defined for the part in the Storage Information component.

Alternate Part Information

The multiline shows the total consumption as well the month-wise breakup of consumption of alternate parts for the part. The period of information covers the past year beginning the current month.

Part #	The alternate part # for the part.
Part Description	The short description of the alternate part #.
Order of Pref.	The order of preference of substitution for the alternate part #.
12 M Usage	The total quantity of consumption of the alternate part # in the past year.
12 Months beginning with the current month	Month-wise consumption of the alternate part in the past year beginning the current month.

Consumption Info

The multiline in this section displays consumption of the part and its alternates in stock UOM month-wise for the past year beginning the current month.

Year	The year of consumption.
Month	The month of consumption
Part Qty	The total consumed quantity of the part.
Alternate Part Qty	The sum of total consumed quantity of all alternates of the part.
Total Qty	The sum of the consumed quantities of the part and all its alternates.

Graphical representation of Consumption Info

A graphical depiction of the month-wise average consumption of the part and its alternates is available in this section. The average consumption for the previous12 months beginning with the current month is shown in the graph. A picture of the graph follows next.