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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To avoid shortages on production orders</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Shortages on production orders</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>Production orders</Level1>
			<Level2>shortages</Level2>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>It is essential to know whether sufficient material is available at the moment you start working on a production order.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>For example, you want to know whether sufficient material is available for production order X00001 on (future) production start date X. To determine the availability of material, SSA ERP can take the following factors into account:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Material that is not yet present in inventory, but that will arrive before date X (scheduled purchase receipts or scheduled production receipts).</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Planned production orders that will consume material in inventory before date X.</ListItem>
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		<List><ListIntro>Based on the previously mentioned assumptions, the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0418m000" role="session">Print Shortages by Production Order (tisfc0418m000)</Link> session determines whether shortages exist of a material for a specific production order on a specific date. Using the session, you can perform a pessimistical analysis or an optimistical analysis to determine whether the required material for the production order is available in inventory.</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Optimistical analysis: Projected inventory and the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000315" role="glossary">clustered</Link> warehouses are taken into account.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Pessimistical analysis: Schedules receipts and blocked inventory are not taken into account.</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph>You can also use the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0516m000" role="session">Inventory by Production Order (tisfc0516m000)</Link> session to check whether sufficient material is available for a production order.</Paragraph>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000035" role="manual">Planned inventory transactions</Link>
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