Item reasons

You can use the Item Reasons module to create and maintain item reason groups and reasons. An item reason defines a reason for an item to be in any state and grade. Item reason groups are used to organize similar reasons. An item reason is selected when production or consumption of an item is reported and then this reason determines the state and grade of the lot of an item. A reason can be selected by PLC, I/O, or an operator.

The item reason group and the reasons associated to that reason group are assigned to item classes and entities to specify which reasons are applicable to different item classes or entities.

When you open the Item Reasons workspace tab, a list of all the existing item reason groups and reasons is shown.

By default, the Item Reasons module is in the Product Definition group in the Navigation Bar. For more information on groups and modules, see Groups and modules.

When you open the Item Reasons workspace tab, the Current View tab appears on the ribbon.

The Current View tab includes the View group, the Sequence group, and the View Relationships group.

In the View group, the following commands are available:

• Default View: Shows a list of all the existing item reason groups and reasons.

• Group By Item Classes: Shows a list of all the reasons by group. When you click Group By Item Classes, the group name and description of all the available reason groups class is shown.

• Group By Entities: Shows a list of all the reasons grouped by entities. When you click Group By Entities, the name and description of all the available entities is shown.

If you are using Group by Item Class or Group by Entities option, item reason groups and item reasons that are not associated with an item class or entity does not appear in the filtered list.

In the Sequence group, the following commands are available:

• First: Changes the selected item reason to the first item reason.

• Up: Moves the selected item reason up.

• Down: Moves the selected item reason down.

• Last: Changes the selected item reason to the last item reason.

In the View Relationships group, the following command is available:

• View Relationships: Shows a graphical representation of the relationship between an item group, an item class, and entities.