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   <Header>
      <Title>Viewing Assembly Part Shortage - Assembly Orders</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2042160">
         <Level1>Viewing</Level1>
         <Level2>assembly part shortage - assembly orders</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2042165">
         <Level1>Assembly Part Shortage - Assembly Orders</Level1>
         <Level2>viewing</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>To create new/updated
		lists of orders, run the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2245m000" role="session">
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2245m000" role="session">Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000)</GUIRef>
         </Link> session, through the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu. If you
		run that session, you can update existing lists or create new lists, which are
		displayed as new groups.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Each list/group is
		defined by date and assembly part, that is: each possible combination of date
		and assembly part results in a new list, unless for that combination no
		shortages occur or no orders can be found. If you specified a range of two days
		and three assembly parts, this may result in six order lists. Several lists may
		contain the same orders if these orders use more than one of the specified
		assembly parts and/or occur on several of the specified dates.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The generated lists may
		be displayed themselves or they may be used to update existing lists. This
		depends on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2245m000#f.regen.lists" role="field">Regenerate Order Lists</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2245m000" role="session">Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000)</GUIRef> session. Refer to the
		field help for this check box for further details.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>If you chose to display a <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2245m000#f.nr.extra.orders" role="field">Number of Extra Orders</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2245m000" role="session">Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000)</GUIRef> session, not all orders
		  that are displayed are actually affected by the shortage problem. Displaying
		  extra orders is useful if you want to block orders, other than those LN suggests. This can be
		  necessary if, for example:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The actual priority of
		  orders does not match the priority attached to them by LN, based on the
		  predefined sets of criteria.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You want to unblock
		  orders that were already blocked. You may be required to block other orders for
		  them, else the shortage problem will increase instead of decrease.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Solving shortages</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If assembly part
		shortages occur, you can try to solve this problem. This can be performed
		manually, for example, by calling your supplier, and so on. But you can also
		block orders and/or change the sequence of orders, to ensure that the affected
		orders are not started until the required assembly parts are present. In this
		session, you can only block orders. You can reschedule planned orders in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl3210m000" role="session">Move Assembly Order (tiasl3210m000)</Link> session
		and sequenced orders in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4220m000" role="session">
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asl/tiasl4220m000" role="session">Reschedule Assembly Orders (tiasl4220m000)</GUIRef>
         </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 you 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> for a long time, 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 free assembly parts.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Blocking orders</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>If you want to block an order you must select a blocking
		  reason. Blocking reasons are grouped in types. The type of the reason you
		  choose, must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/mcs.rstp#inv.shortage" role="option">Inventory Shortage</GUIRef>. If an order already has a blocking reason, you can add
		  another blocking reason, but only if this reason is another type. To block
		  orders you must:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Insert the blocking
		  reason in the header of the session, either by typing the blocking code, if you
		  know that already, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2545m000#f.inv.reason" role="field">Inventory Blocking Reason</GUIRef> field, or by zooming to the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0105m000" role="session">Reasons (tcmcs0105m000)</Link> session and
		  selecting this reason there.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Select the
		  orders/records you want to block.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click
		  Block Assembly Order.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Unblocking orders</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can unblock an order by removing the blocking reason. To
		  do this, you must:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Select the orders you
		  want to unblock.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click
		  Remove Inventory Shortage Blocking Reason for Order. You can also unblock
		  orders by using the option Blocking Reasons on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu. This
		  starts the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2103m000" role="session">
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2103m000" role="session">Assembly Order - Blocking Reasons (tiasc2103m000)</GUIRef>
            </Link> session.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Display options</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Several display options exist to give you the correct
		  view:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>In the header of this
		  session, the totals of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2545m000#tiasc240.sqty" role="field">Shortage Quantity</GUIRef>, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2545m000#tiasc240.bqty" role="field">Blocked Quantity</GUIRef>, and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2545m000#f.rem.sh.qty" role="field">Remaining Shortage Quantity</GUIRef> are displayed. The total <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2545m000#tiasc245.rqty" role="field">Required Quantity</GUIRef> is shown at the bottom of the column <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2545m000#tiasc245.rqty" role="manual">Required Quantity</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If you want an overview
		  of all blocked orders, click View Blocked Orders Only, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu. This view
		  does not affect the totals of the several quantities that are shown in this
		  session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the View menu, click
		  Sort by to select a different view. This re-sorts the records according to the
		  order of characteristics mentioned in that view. Although two of these views
		  look like the set of selection criteria in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2245m000" role="session">Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000)</GUIRef> session, they are not
		  directly related. The criteria determine which orders are selected, while the
		  views determine only the display order of these orders
		  (rows/records).</ListItem>
         <ListItem>In this session, orders
		  are always displayed by assembly part (and date). If you want to view the
		  reverse, assembly parts by order, you can zoom to the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2546m000" role="session">
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/asc/tiasc2546m000" role="session">Assembly Order - Assembly Part Shortages (tiasc2546m000)</GUIRef>
            </Link> session, through the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu option
		  Assembly Part Shortages. If an order requires several shortage parts, this view
		  gives you a better overview of the effects of blocking this order, because it
		  shows all the shortage parts for this order in one view.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
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