Interim Demand Header

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Usage

Use this window and its tabs to create and maintain an interim demand. An interim demand head represents the top of an interim demand structure. It is a temporary holding place for an independent demand that is either simulated or not to be immediately executed. This window allows you to define the demand in terms of the part's quantity and required date, identify a configuration specification if necessary, and then evaluate the manufacturing requirements. A graphical outline window displays the resulting set of pegged component orders, multi-level if necessary, and their associated operations and/or work guidelines.

If you are using condition code functionality, the condition codes on the Interim Demand Head, Interim Demand Orders, and Interim Order Components will be passed on the the supply orders (shop orders, DOP, purchase orders) and demand records (shop order material and DOP). There is no impact on rule evaluation.

If you are using the owner code functionality and you specify the Customer Owned ownership type, only one owning customer will be allowed for all levels of a given interim demand head. An error message will appear if you try to specify more than one owning customer.

An interim demand can be used in a variety of ways:

• By IFS/Customer Order with sales quotations or customer orders to evaluate the manufacture of a specific configuration's structure and routing. This allows you to evaluate the necessary manufacturing elements for calculating the cost of the order or customizing the structure or routings prior to manufacturing.
• By IFS/Constraint Based Scheduling in customer quote or order cases for determining the capable-to-promise due date. For example, the capable-to-promise process can reserve necessary resources for a sales quotation until the order is confirmed, or for a customer order before it is released.
• Independent of other orders for testing the back office manufacturing rules for a configured part. The testing can be based on both tentative and released part configuration revisions. You can test the configuration rules on configuration structures and routings to determine the components, work guidelines, operations, and tools that will be included for different part configurations. You can also see any errors or warnings that occurred during the configuration evaluation.
• To roll up costs of specific configurations when calculating cost-per-configuration figures for the configured part.

For a description of each tab in the window, follow the appropriate link: Tree Structure, Detail, Result Log.

Activity Diagrams

Create interim demand structure

Activities

Create interim demand header
Evaluate rules
Calculate interim demand cost
Maintain interim demand header
Convert interim demand structure to DOP
View Configuration
Edit Configuration
Create Configuration