| To store finished generic items |  |
| This topic describes how to store an item after completion of an assembly order. Introduction In ERP LN, an item of type generic cannot be stored in inventory. To store a finished generic item in inventory, you must associate the generic item with a standard item. The item type of the standard item is Manufactured. Both items represent the same physical item. In Assembly Control, you use the generic item. In Sales Control and Warehouse Management, you use the associated standard item. You can use this setup also to execute post-assembly operations in regular work centers after an item leaves the assembly line. For more information, refer to Post-assembly operations. Note If you send the item to the customer immediately upon completion of the assembly order, you only need the generic item. Setup The items must have the following properties: The order system of the generic item and the standard item must be FAS. Both items must be serialized items. If you use unit effectivity, both items must be unit effective items. To specify which standard item is associated with the generic item, use the Generic Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000) session. For more information, refer to Store finished generic items - Setup. Restrictions If a manufactured item is associated with a generic item, you cannot do the following with that item: Use the item in Purchase Control. Create a bill of material (BOM) for the item, or use the item as a component in another BOM. Create a production order for the item, other than a rework order. Plan the item in Enterprise Planning. That is impossible, because the item's order system is FAS. Use the standard item in the Project Control module. The item code's project segment must be empty. You cannot return an FAS item to the assembly line for rework. Note You can create routings for post-assembly operations of the standard manufactured FAS item. Procedure Sales order entry To define a sales order line for a generic item that must be stored in inventory after completion, enter the associated standard item on the sales order line. Based on the standard item that you entered, ERP LN retrieves the generic item that is linked to this standard item in the Generic Item - Assembly Line (tiapl2500m000) session. ERP LN sets the Delivery Type field on the sales order line to Warehouse. You must define the generic item 's product variant in one of the following ways: You configure the generic item in Product Configuration or in Assembly Planning, as determined in the Configure by PCF check box in the Assembly Planning Parameters (tiapl0500m000) session. You select a previously configured product variant. Note If a generic item has an associated standard item, you can still enter the generic item on a sales order line. If you enter the generic item on a sales order line, ERP LN sets the Delivery Type field on the sales order line to Work Center and you cannot store the finished item in inventory. Assembly order handling If a sales order line has an item with order system FAS, ERP LN creates an assembly order in Assembly Control. The item on the assembly order is the generic item. When the assembly order is sequenced, ERP LN generates the end item's serial number. When the assembly order's final operation is completed, ERP LN completes the following actions: ERP LN generates a warehousing order to receive the finished item in inventory. The item on the warehousing order is the standard item. The assembly order status becomes To be Completed. ERP LN sets the Ownership field on the inbound-order line to Company Owned. After the item is received in inventory, and any required inbound inspection has been performed, the assembly order gets the status Completed. If the item is rejected or destroyed after inspection, the relevant product variant obtains status Canceled. ERP LN links the as-built structure to the standard item instead of to the generic item. If a product variant obtained the status Canceled, to continue processing the assembly order, manually cancel the sales order and create a new sales order using another product variant. Note Before you can release the sales order line to Warehouse Management, a sales order line for a standard FAS item must have a serial number, . Post-assembly operations To perform additional operations on an item after the item comes off the assembly line, create a rework order. For more information, refer to Post-assembly operations. Related topics Assembly control overview Store finished generic items - Setup Post-assembly operations |