Substitutes Settings

Item

Click the Browse button and select the item that will be produced in the current job.

Preference

The preference for the job BOM substitute. A value of 1 indicates the most preferred.

Substitution Level

The substitution level for this job BOM. This is the security setting that limits the usage of this substitute item.

You must have a BOM substitution level greater than or equal to the substitutes level to use the substitute.

Required Grade

The grade for the job BOM substitute.

Default Prod Code

The default production code for the job BOM. This indicates the default reason for producing this substitute item in the MES Operator application. An operator can select other production reasons for this substitute item.

Quantity

The quantity of this item to be consumed or produced in this BOM per unit of the produced item.

To Storage Location

Click the Browse button and select the storage location for produced items. This indicates the default storage entity to place produced quantities of this substitute item.

Min Quantity

The minimum consumption quantity of this item required per unit of the produced item. This is for consumed items only.

Max Quantity

The maximum consumption quantity of this item required per unit of the produced item.

Required Start Value Is%

Specifies whether the value in the Required Start Value box should be interpreted as a percentage rather than an absolute value.

Required Start Value

The required start value.

Backflush Consumption

Specifies whether the consumption of the WIP parent item must record automatically whenever production of this substitute parent item is recorded. For example, to make a bottled water bottle, if backflush for the BOM is enabled, the consumption of the bottle, bottle cap, wrap label, and water is automatically posted. If Update Inventory is selected, inventory records for this BOM item updates automatically.

Update Inventory

Specifies whether the inventory records must update when you report production of this substitute item.

Must Consume Before Production Allowed

Specifies whether the item must be consumed before production.

Must Consume From Inventory

Specifies whether the item must be consumed from the inventory.

May Create New Lots

Specifies whether you can create new lots. This indicates that an operator can create new lot numbers when reporting the production of this substitute item. This is for produced items only.

Must Consume from WIP

Specifies whether to restrict consumption of the item to lots produced by this work order.

May Choose Alternative Inventory Location

Specifies whether you can select an alternative inventory location for this item. This indicates that an operator can select an inventory location for this substitute item other than the one supplied by default.

Constant Quantity

Specifies whether consumption quantities of this substitute item are not dependent on the number of produced parent items.

Default Lot number

The default value for the lot number of the selected substitute item.

Instruction

Additional instructions about this item, if any.

Units

The units for the job BOM substitute.

Scaling Factor

The multiplier for scaling the consumption and/or production quantity of the item.

Job_BOM_Subst spare 1–4

User-defined information about this job substitute.