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<Session ID="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2540m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Assembly Part Shortage (tiasc2540m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to view a list of assembly part shortages. Based on this list, you can take appropriate action to ensure the continuation of the production process.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph>On the Specific menu, click Check Inventory to zoom to the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2240m000" role="session">Check Inventory (tiasc2240m000)</Link> session to create a list of shortages. This list is based on the planned inventory stock, in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>. This list is further determined by the requirement dates, assembly lines and assembly parts you select. SSA ERP always limits the check to critical assembly parts. Refer to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/ipd/tiipd0101m000" role="session">Items - Production (tiipd0101m000)</GUIRef> session for items that are critical. Double-click an item, and click the Methods tab to view the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/ipd/tiipd0101m000#tiipd001.cick" role="formfield">Critical for Inventory Check</Link> field.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>If you create a shortage list, but there was already a list, the existing list is refreshed and updated. This means that:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Assembly part shortages with a requirement date in the past are deleted from the existing list.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The quantities are updated.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>For new combinations of requirement date and assembly part, new shortage quantities are added to the list.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>Except for deleting shortages in the past, these operations are only carried out for the dates, parts, and assembly lines you specified. The Inventory Check Date field shows you when quantities were updated or created. Note that the specified assembly lines are not considered in the list, although they may have a vast influence on it.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>The list of shortage quantities is displayed either by assembly part or requirement date, according to the selected view.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>If you want to print the assembly part shortages, the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2440m000" role="session">Print Assembly Part Shortage (tiasc2440m000)</Link> session is activated. You can print a list of assembly part shortages and/or related orders.</Paragraph>
			<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Solving shortages</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>If assembly part shortages occur, you can block the orders that require these parts in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2545m000" role="session">Assembly Part Shortage - Assembly Orders (tiasc2545m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
				<List><ListIntro>Of course, blocking orders does not solve the problem of assembly part shortages itself. You must look for the cause of these shortages and take appropriate action there. But if that is not possible now, blocking your orders is a method to ensure that the production process carries on, giving you time to solve the shortage problem. To solve the supply problem, you can, for example:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>Ask your supplier to deliver the goods on time or earlier.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Run <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>. If you have not run <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>, then no purchase schedules or production orders are generated to remove the shortages.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Reschedule ASC orders.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Reschedule SFC orders that use the same parts. Perhaps a less important SFC order exists, that can be rescheduled to set assembly parts free.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</GeneralSection>
			<List><ListIntro>Note</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The inventory can only be checked if in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> the item's order system is Planned. Refer to the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd2100s000#tcibd200.osys" role="formfield">Order System</Link> field on the Settings tab in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd2100s000" role="session">Item - Ordering (tcibd2100s000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The specified assembly lines do not occur in the shortage list. You cannot see on what assembly line the problem occurs.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000301" role="manual">Assembly control overview</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000182" role="manual">Critical items</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000306" role="manual">Assembly orders</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000323" role="manual">Line sequencing and rule types in Assembly Control</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000305" role="manual">Assembly line station utilization</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="tiasc240.rqdt"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Requirement Date</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The date on which the assembly part is required for the production process.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tiasc240.assp"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Assembly Part</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The assembly part(s) that have shortages.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tiasc240.sqty"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Shortage Quantity</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The quantity of the parts that are in short supply.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tiasc240.bqty"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Blocked Quantity</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The quantity of assembly parts that are in short supply and are required by blocked orders.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tiasc240.icdt"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Inventory Check Date</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The date on which the planned inventory status of the respecting assembly part was last checked.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tcibd001.cuni"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Inventory Unit</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The unit of measure that is used to count this assembly part. For example, pcs (pieces).</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="f.rem.sh.qty"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Remaining Shortage Quantity</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The initial shortage quantity minus the blocked quantity.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
	<FormCommands><CommandHelp ID="check.inventory"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Check Inventory...</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Zoom to the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2240m000" role="session">Check Inventory (tiasc2240m000)</Link> session to create a list of assembly part shortages. You can also use this session to generate a list of blocked orders.</FuncDesc>
		</CommandHelp>
		<CommandHelp ID="generate.order.lists"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Generate Order Lists...</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Zoom to the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2245m000" role="session">Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000)</Link> session to create lists of orders that are affected by assembly part shortages.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><List><ListIntro>In this session you can also do the following things:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>Generate extra orders that use these shortage parts, although the planned inventory stock for them now looks safe.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Select the criteria that determine the selection of the orders.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Define whether new order lists must be generated, or existing lists must be updated.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</SimpleSection>
		</CommandHelp>
	</FormCommands>
</Session>
