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

1. Click New (F5) on the Interim Demand Header window to create a new interim demand header.
2. In the Description field, enter the description of the interim header.
3. In the Site and Part No fields, click List of Values (F8) to select a site and part number.
4. In the Demand Quantity and Required Date fields, change the demand quantity and required date, if desired.
5. Click Save (F12). The interim header and first interim order are created.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. To view any errors, select the Result Log tab.