| Assembly Part Shortage (tiasc2540m000) |  |
| 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. On the Specific menu, click Check Inventory to zoom to the Check Inventory (tiasc2240m000) session to create a list of shortages. This list is based on the planned inventory stock, in Enterprise Planning. This list is further determined by the requirement dates, assembly lines and assembly parts you select. ERP LN always limits the check to critical assembly parts. Refer to the Items - Production (tiipd0101m000) session for items that are critical. Double-click an item, and click the Methods tab to view the Critical for Inventory Check field. If you create a shortage list, but there was already a list, the existing list is refreshed and updated. This means that: Assembly part shortages with a requirement date in the past are deleted from the existing list. The quantities are updated. For new combinations of requirement date and assembly part, new shortage quantities are added to the list. 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. The list of shortage quantities is displayed either by assembly part or requirement date, according to the selected view. If you want to print the assembly part shortages, the Print Assembly Part Shortage (tiasc2440m000) session is activated. You can print a list of assembly part shortages and/or related orders. Solving shortages If assembly part shortages occur, you can block the orders that require these parts in the Assembly Part Shortage - Assembly Orders (tiasc2545m000) session. 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: Ask your supplier to deliver the goods on time or earlier. Run Enterprise Planning. If you have not run Enterprise Planning, then no purchase schedules or production orders are generated to remove the shortages. Reschedule ASC orders. Reschedule SFC orders that use the same parts. Perhaps a less important SFC order exists, that can be rescheduled to set assembly parts free. Note The inventory can only be checked if in Enterprise Planning the item's order system is Planned. Refer to the Order System field on the Settings tab in the Item - Ordering (tcibd2100s000) session. The specified assembly lines do not occur in the shortage list. You cannot see on what assembly line the problem occurs. Related topics Assembly control overview Critical items Assembly orders Line sequencing and rule types in Assembly Control Assembly line station utilization
Fields | Description
Requirement Date | The date on which the assembly part is required for the production process.
Assembly Part | The assembly part(s) that have shortages.
Shortage Quantity | The quantity of the parts that are in short supply.
Blocked Quantity | The quantity of assembly parts that are in short supply and are required by blocked orders.
Inventory Check Date | The date on which the planned inventory status of the respecting assembly part was last checked.
Inventory Unit | The unit of measure that is used to count this assembly part. For example, pcs (pieces).
Remaining Shortage Qty | The initial shortage quantity minus the blocked quantity.
Commands | Description
Check Inventory... | Zoom to the Check Inventory (tiasc2240m000) session to create a list of assembly part shortages. You can also use this session to generate a list of blocked orders.
Generate Order Lists... | Zoom to the Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000) session to create lists of orders that are affected by assembly part shortages. In this session you can also do the following things: Generate extra orders that use these shortage parts, although the planned inventory stock for them now looks safe. Select the criteria that determine the selection of the orders. Define whether new order lists must be generated, or existing lists must be updated.