Create Interim Demand Header
Explanation
Use this activity when you want to create an interim demand header. An interim
demand structure is a temporary holding place for the evaluation, editing, and testing
of an independent demand, either
simulated or not to be immediately executed. The resulting structure can be
either single- or multi-level, and can contain manufactured or purchased
components.
Interim demand structures encompass
interim demands and interim orders, and can hold such information as components,
operations, tools, and work guidelines. An interim demand is created and
released from Manufacturing, while interim orders are created and released from
either Sales Quotation or Customer Order.
Interim demands consist of three basic steps: creating the interim demand
header, evaluating the demand, and maintaining the interim orders that make up the demand structure. After
the header is created, the demand is
'evaluated' to determine the proper structures and operations to include in this
order. You can then edit the resulting order structure to represent a specific
set of manufacturing requirements.
In some flows, interim order structures under the interim demand header are
used to hold the specific manufacturing structure and routing until it is
released to manufacturing, where it is used in place of the standard manufacturing
structure. Interim demands are used in a variety of process flows, including:
- Testing the back office manufacturing rules for a configured part,
independent of other orders. You can test the configuration rules on
configuration structures and routings to see the components, work
guidelines, operations and tools included for different part configurations. It is the required date that controls which part configuration revision is available
for use in the
Create Configuration dialog box. The part configuration revision in
the Released status is always released first. If
overlapping revisions exist, it is always the released revision that is selected first.
If no released part configuration exists, it is the tentative part configuration revision
with the lowest revision number that is selected.
You can also view any errors or warnings that occurred during the
configuration evaluation.
- Rolling up costs of specific configurations when calculating "Cost
per Configuration" figures for the configured part.
- Manually editing the structure.
- Creating a DOP order.
Prerequisites
- IFS/Manufacturing Standards structures and routings should be defined for
the part.
- If configured parts are to be used, IFS/Configuration Characteristics and
IFS/Configuration Back Office must have been installed and associated
configuration characteristics and back office configuration rules defined.
System Effects
A new interim demand structure is created and the information can be viewed,
reviewed, and edited.
Window
Interim Demand Header
Related Window Descriptions
Interim Demand Head
Edit
Configuration
Interim
Demand Head/Result Log
Evaluate
Rules
Result Log
Procedure
- Click New (F5) on the
Interim Demand Header window to create a new
interim demand header.
- In the Description field, enter the description of the interim header.
- In the Site and Part No fields, click List
of Values (F8) to select a site and part number.
- In the Demand Quantity and Required Date fields, change the demand
quantity and required date, if desired.
- Click Save (F12). The interim header and first interim order are created.
- For configured parts, to enter the configuration to be evaluated,
right-click anywhere in the header and then click Configuration/Create. The
effective part configuration revision for the required date is selected for use in
the
Create Configuration dialog box.
- If the configuration has been successfully created, the
Evaluate
Rules dialog box opens. Here you may evaluate the interim order and generate the associated manufacturing
structure. To evaluate the rules, right-click, then click Evaluate Rules.
- To view any errors, select the
Result Log tab.