Calculate Cumulative and Unprotected Lead Time

Explanation

This activity is used to calculate a part’s cumulative and unprotected lead times. The cumulative lead time of a part is the total turnaround time for all parts in the structure. You can calculate the cumulative lead time for a single part or all parts for the specified site.

Note: Safety lead time of the parts excluding planning method B, C, O, T, K, P or H will be included as a component in respective cumulative lead time.

Prerequisites

Part must have been defined with a routing.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• The system calculates the cumulative lead time for a part or parts on a site.
• The system updates the cumulative lead time field in the Inventory Part/Manufacturing tab.
• The system calculates the unprotected lead time for a part or parts on a site.
• The system updates the unprotected lead time field in the Inventory Part/Manufacturing tab.
• The system detects whether the parts exist in a critical path of a product structure/structures.
• Lead time categories will be assigned to parts with planning method H.

Window

Cumulative Lead Time Calculation

Related Window Descriptions

Cumulative Lead Time Calculation

Procedure

From the Cumulative Lead Time Calculation dialog box:

1. In the Site field, enter the site for which you want to run the calculation. Click List to select from the available sites.
2. If you want to calculate the cumulative lead time for a specific part, select the part in the Part No field. Click List to select from the available parts. If no part is selected, the calculation is done for all parts in the site.
3. Click OK.

To schedule the task as a background job:

1. On the Cumulative Lead Time Calculation dialog box, click Schedule. The Create New Task Schedule window opens.
2. Set the relevant scheduling parameters and Save. You can view the scheduled tasks in the Scheduled Database Tasks window.