Set Manufacturing Options for your Login Branch

When you select Manufacturing Options and click Branch settings, you can set these options, which will override those set for your enterprise and manufacturing branch. See Overview: Setting Manufacturing Options for more information.

Set this option for your login branch:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Consume safety stock in current period?

Optional

Select to consume safety stock immediately or leave blank to consume it after the review date.

If you select this option, the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) program deducts safety stock immediately. For example, if you have 100 on hand and safety stock of 10, then planning will base the forecast on 90 on hand.

If you leave blank, Material Requirements Planning calculates demand for safety stock at the item's lead time. This means that the safety stock quantity is always planned but doesn't have to be in inventory. If you have a released non-firm manufacturing order for the safety stock quantity and you run Material Requirements Planning at least once before the order becomes past due, the order moves along with the demand.

Close component short without scrap?

Optional

This option only comes into play when the Process excess/short components option is set to R. It allows a component to be closed short automatically during manufacturing order receipt. Select to set the component to a closed status if it has been picked for the required quantity per assembly times the quantity received. Components picked in Material Usage Maintenance (MUA) after the parent has been received still need to be marked as closed if they are not picked in full.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change an option	Click on the field and make required changes.
Accept the changes	Click Apply.
Exit without saving changes	Click Cancel.
Print these options	Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.
Accept these options and exit	Click OK.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To	Do This
Change an option	Click on the field and make required changes.
Accept the changes	Click Apply.
Exit without saving changes	Click Cancel.
Display additional options	Click Other info.
Print these options	Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.
Enter overrides at the manufacturing branch level	Click Mfg branch. See Set Manufacturing Options for your Manufacturing Branch. Under certain branch configurations, this button may not display.
Enter overrides at your login branch level	Click Branch settings. Under certain branch configurations, this button may not display.
Accept these options and exit	Click OK.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To	Do This
Display a category of options	Highlight the line and click Select or double-click the line.
Exit the program	Click Exit.