| Replenish Shop Floor Warehouse (tiasc8210m000) |  |
| Use this session to create or update supply messages, also called transfer data, that suppliers or warehouses can use to transfer items to a shop-floor warehouse. Functionality The session can generate and update supply messages. The functionality of this session is mainly determined by the Supply System you use. Order Controlled/SILS If you use the SILS ( supply in line sequence ) supply system, the messages can be generated and updated in the following ways: If the messages are generated for internal supply, they can be blocked or unblocked. If the messages are generated for external supply, they are always unblocked. Blocked By default the generated messages for internal supply are Blocked. Supply messages are not processed, unless they are unblocked. Unblocked Messages for internal supply are unblocked on the basis of the line station selected in the Line Station Trigger From field, as is explained in the Parameters section. Messages that are updated, can be modified in three ways. Full update A full update is an update of order content, that is, materials and quantities, and of delivery data, that is, delivery sequence and delivery date/time. So, this update is not restricted in any way. Partial update A partial update is an update only of delivery data, that is, delivery sequence and delivery date/time. This update is restricted to delivery data because on the moment of the update the supplier or warehouse can not process changes in order content anymore. An update is partial if the update falls in the Frozen Time Fence. Refer to the Parameters section for more information. Update of the Blocked status, that is, existing blocked messages are unblocked. The unblocking of the messages makes them ready for processing by the warehouse or supplier. Refer to the Parameters section for more information. If you update SILS supply messages, fully or partially, that were already transferred, the Status field in the Line Station - Assembly Part Supply Transfer (SILS) (tiasc8520m000) session is set to Modified. This applies both for blocked, and unblocked messages. Order Controlled/Batch If you use the order-controlled/batch supply system, the messages have the following characteristics: The Blocked status does not apply to them, so they can not, and need not be unblocked. The messages can not be updated in any way, irrespective whether they are already transferred or not. Note If you want to request other parts or quantities, after you generated Batch supply messages, you have the following options: Other quantities of the same parts: You can only request extra parts, by generating a message for another order for which these parts are not already requested. Other parts: You can generate new messages for the same order. Parameters The functionality of this session is determined by the following parameters and settings: In the supply system, defined in the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000) session, the following parameters are set: Supply from Warehouse If you select this check box, assembly parts are requested from the specified warehouse, which generates warehouse transfers. If this check box is cleared, assembly parts are ordered from an external supplier, and the message information is interpreted by Purchase Control, which sends this message information by a (sequenced) shipping schedule. Supply System Assembly parts can be supplied either by Order Controlled/Batch, that is, not for specific assembly orders, or by Order Controlled/SILS. Supply messages can only be updated if you use the SILS supply system. For SILS supply messages, a time fence is used to determine whether an update of the supply messages must be only partial. An update that falls in this time fence is partial. This time fence is the Frozen Time Fence, which is defined on the kit of the assembly parts, in the Assembly Kit (whwmd4550m000) session in Warehouse Management. SILS supply messages are by default Blocked when they are generated for internal supply. For external supply, the messages are always unblocked. Blocked messages are blocked from processing by the warehouse or supplier, until they are unblocked. The block on messages is set by ERP LN and is registered in the Blocked field of the Line Station - Assembly Part Supply Transfer (SILS) (tiasc8520m000) session. Refer to the help on the Line Station Trigger From field for more information. Whether SILS supply messages for internal supply must be unblocked, depends on the line station that is selected in the Line Station Trigger From field. If this station is equal to the Trigger-from Station, defined in the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000) session, the messages are unblocked. The quantity of parts is determined by the value of the Quantity to Allocate field in the Assembly Control Parameters (tiasc0100m000) session. This session will only create or update messages for non- floor stock items. You define whether an item is non-floor stock in the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) session. Post-requirements The current session only creates or updates supply messages. But these messages are not processed, unless they are transferred to the warehouse or the supplier. Therefore, you must transfer the messages with the Transfer Assembly Part Supply Transfer Messages (tiasc8220m000) session, after you generated or updated the messages with the current session. Process triggering To ensure that you always have enough inventory in the shop-floor warehouse of one line station, you can trigger the process by process triggered workflow, for example, by line-station orders being reported complete in a previous line station. In that way, you anticipate your demand requirements. Process triggers are defined in the Process Trigger Definition (tiasl8100m000) session. Note You can display the parts transferred with either the Line Station - Assembly Part Supply Transfer (Batch) (tiasc8510m000) session or the Line Station - Assembly Part Supply Transfer (SILS) (tiasc8520m000) session. The current session is one of the two sessions you can use to generate or update SILS supply messages. The other session is the Generate Time Horizon-driven SILS Supply Messages (tiasc8212m000) session, which uses time fences to control the generation and update of supply messages. You can use the current session together with that session. Refer to the online help of that session for further explanation. Related topics Assembly control overview Assembly backflushing
Fields | Description
Assembly Order | The assembly order for which the supply messages are created. Note The supply messages are actually generated or updated for the LSOs that are contained in the assembly order. Specifically, the messages are generated for the LSO that exists for the Line Station Supply At station. The assembly order must not have one of the following statuses: Sequenced In Progress Completed
Line Station Trigger From | The line station in this field either triggers the generation or update of supply messages, or determines whether supply messages must be unblocked. The functions of this field are explained in the following points: The line station you select in this field determines whether supply messages for internal supply must be unblocked. If the current session generates messages for internal supply, the messages by default receive the Blocked status. Blocked messages produce blocked warehouse orders, that are not processed by Warehouse Management, although these orders can be used for scheduling and reservation purposes. When existing messages are updated, they can be unblocked. Whether the update unblocks the messages, depends on the line station that is selected in the current field. If the line station in this field is equal to the Trigger-from Station, defined in the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000) session, the messages are unblocked. If the supply messages are just generated at this line station, the messages are at once unblocked. The status of the supply messages is displayed in the Blocked field in the Line Station - Assembly Part Supply Transfer (SILS) (tiasc8520m000) session. If you run this session manually, this field only determines whether supply messages must be unblocked, as explained in the previous point. The line station for which you generate or update supply messages is only determined by the Line Station Supply At field. However, if you run this session in a process triggered workflow, the current field can be identified as the Triggered by Station in the Process Trigger Definition (tiasl8100m000) session, which defines at which station the current session must be run, that is, which station triggers the generation or update of supply messages for the LSO that exists for the Line Station Supply At station. Note Only SILS supply messages can be updated and only if they are for internal supply, they can be unblocked. So, for Batch supply messages, this field is only used for the generation of the messages, if you use this session in a process triggered workflow. Refer to the Functionality section of the session help for more information. The actual trigger is not a line station, but an event that occurs at the line station. For example, if a line station order is reported complete at the specified station, this event triggers the current session, which generates or updates supply messages for the line station order that exists for the combination assembly order & line station, which are specified in the Assembly Order field and the Line Station Supply At field.
Line Station Supply At | The line station for which the supply messages are generated or updated. Two rules apply to this field: The Line Station Order Status for Assembly Orders (tiasc2502m000) and Line Station Supply At must not be Completed or Closed. Station Type must be Line Station.
Job Sequence Type | The job sequence you want to use as basis for the calculation of the delivery times of the required assembly parts in the shop floor warehouse. The following options exist: Planned The planned sequence of the work on the assembly order is taken as basis. That is, the planned times of the line station order (LSO) for the Line Station Supply At station are used to calculate the planned delivery time of the requested parts, even if at that moment the actual times of the order differ from the planned times. Actual The actual sequence of the work on the assembly order is taken as basis. If you use process triggered workflow, the current session is run, for example, when the line station order for the Line Station Trigger From station is reported as Completed. ERP LN then detects any differences between the actual times and the planned times of the LSO, and takes this differences into account when calculating the planned delivery time of the requested parts. Note You can only take the actual sequence as basis, if the parts are ordered through the SILS supply system.
Commands | Description
Generate | Click to generate the transfer data (messages).
Messages | Click to display error messages, such as line station orders whose requirements have not been backflushed or WIP transfers that cannot be created.