Analyze Parent Part Demand and Create Shop Order Requisition

Explanation

Use this activity to analyze the availability of parent parts and, if needed, create shop order requisitions of parent parts for the component to be balanced out to.

Prerequisites

• Part to balance must be used as a component in a buildable manufacturing structure alternate of the parent part.
• Manufactured part should not be a serial part
• Manufactured part should not be a configured part
• Component part to balance should not be the same as the manufactured part.

System Effects

As a result of this activity a shop order requisition is created for the parent part demand and connected to the selected batch balance node.

Window

Batch Balance

Related Window Descriptions

Batch Balance
Batch Balance/Parent Availability Planning
Create Shop Order Requisition

Procedure   

1. Navigate to Batch Balance window
2. Create a new batch balance header or query for an existing one.
3. Select the node that corresponds to the component part for which you want to find a parent part to balance against.
4. Use the Batch Balance/Parent Availability Planning tab to analyze supplies and demands for parent parts.
5. If needed, right-click on the parent part that you want to create a shop order requisition for and click Create Shop Order Requisition. The Create Shop Order Requisition dialog box appears.
6. The Quantity field will be filled in with the standard lot size for the part but can be changed.
7. The Due Date field will be filled based on the manufacturing lead time of the part but can be changed.
8. The Structure Revision field will be filled in with the structure revision valid on the current date but can be changed.
9. The Structure Alternate field will be filled in with the alternate corresponding to the quantity but can be changed to another buildable alternate.
10. Press OK