Item substitute properties

Items box

Click the Browse button to locate the item for which you want to create a substitute.

Preference

A preference for the item substitute. It indicates the priority of this item during a substitution. A value of 1 is the most preferred. Substitute items are shown in the BOM tab of the MES Operator application in the sequence of most desirable to least (smallest preference number to largest).

Substitute Level

The substitute level to limit the usage of this substitute.

Only those whose user privileges have a BOM substitution level greater than or equal to this value can report consumption or production of this substitute item in place of the selected item.

Required Grade

The minimum grade that this substitute item must have to report as consumed or produced as a WIP.

Default Prod Code

The default reason for producing this substitute item. An operator can select other production reasons for the item.

You can select the default production code only for the produced items.

Quantity

The quantity of the substitute item to be consumed or produced when used in place of the selected item.

To Storage Location

Click the Browse button to locate the default storage entity at which to place the produced quantities of this substitute item.

You can select the entity in the To Storage Location box only for the produced items.

Min Quantity

The minimum consumption amount of this substitute item that is required for producing a unit of the parent item.

You can select minimum consumption amount only for the consumed items. The Must Consume Before Production Allowed check box is available only when you specify the minimum consumption amount in the Min Quantity box.

Max Quantity

The maximum consumption amount of this substitute item that is permitted for producing a unit of the parent item.

You can select minimum consumption amount only for the consumed items.

Backflush Consumption

Specifies whether the consumption of the consumed item must record automatically whenever the 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.

Users should not report the consumption of the substitute item manually. When the Update Inventory check box is selected, inventory records for the WIP parent item will update automatically.

Update Inventory

Specifies whether the records must update when a user reports production of this substitute item.

Select the Must Consume Before Production Allowed

Specifies whether a user must report consumption of this substitute item before reporting production of the parent item.

You can select this check box only for the consumed items.

Must Consume From Inventory

Specifies whether the WIP parent item, required grade, lot number, and quantity must exist in the inventory records before a user reports the consumption or production of the parent item.

May Create New Lots

Specifies whether you can create new lot numbers when reporting the production of this substitute item. You can create new lots only for the produced items.

Must Consume From WIP

Specifies whether to restrict the consumption of WIP parent item to previously produced work order and associated work orders.

May Choose Alternate Inventory Location

Specifies whether a user can select an inventory location for this substitute item other than the default inventory.

Constant Quantity

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

Consumed quantity value is absolute, as defined in the Quantity box. You can select the Constant Quantity check box only for the consumed items.

Default Lot box

The default value for the substitute item’s lot number. This refers to the lot from which items must be consumed. This lot number is also used to report the production of an item.

Instructions

Additional notes or instructions for using the item substitute.

Units

The unit of measure used by this substitute item. For more information on UOM, see Units of measure.

Scaling Factor

The multiplier used to calculate the consumed/produced quantity of the item. For example, if the inventory tracks pieces but the users of the MES Client application work with cases, the scaling factor might be 12. If a user reports consuming/producing 2 cases, inventory records are updated by 24 pieces.

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User-defined information for this item substitute.