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   <Header>
      <Title>Searching for alternative and use-up materials.</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2066930">
         <Level1>Alternative materials</Level1>
         <Level2>Use-up</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2066935">
         <Level1>BOM</Level1>
         <Level2>alternative material</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2066940">
         <Level1>use-up</Level1>
         <Level2>bill of material</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>This topic describes how and when LN automatically takes an <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000376" role="glossary" Update="No">alternative material</Link> for a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000022" role="glossary">production order</Link> instead of a standard
		material.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>How does LN perform the checks</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>LN performs the checks for alternative materials according to the following
		  principles:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Each alternative material has a priority.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If LN finds any appropriate <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000375" role="glossary" Update="No">use-up material</Link>, that material is used first,
		  even if a sufficient quantity of the standard material is available.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If the standard material is out of stock, LN first tries the
		  highest-priority alternative. If that material is also unavailable, LN tries the alternative
		  that has the next priority, and so on.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Material availability</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>LN uses the following methods to determine whether a use-up material or an
			 alternative material is available on the required date:</ListIntro>
            <ListItemHead>In the <GUIRef href="" role="package" Update="No">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> package</ListItemHead>
            <ListItem>LN checks the material's quantity <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000030" role="glossary">available-to-promise</Link>.</ListItem>
            <ListItemHead>In the <GUIRef href="" role="module" Update="No">Shop Floor Control (SFC)</GUIRef> module</ListItemHead>
            <ListItem>LN checks the material's time-phased economic stock.</ListItem>
            <ListItemHead>In the <GUIRef href="" role="package" Update="No">Warehousing</GUIRef> package</ListItemHead>
            <ListItem>LN checks the material's <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000330" role="glossary">inventory on hand</Link>.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection ID="allow.multiple">
         <SectionTitle>To distribute a material requirement over multiple
		  materials</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If, on a <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000027" role="glossary">BOM line</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000" role="session">Bill of Material (tibom1110m000)</GUIRef> session, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000#tibom010.almi" role="manual">Allow Multiple Items</GUIRef> check box is selected, LN can split a material
		  over multiple alternative materials and the original material.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>Multiple sessions have a check box named <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000#tibom010.almi" role="manual">Allow Multiple Items</GUIRef>:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000#tibom010.almi" role="manual">Allow Multiple Items</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000" role="session">Bill of Material (tibom1110m000)</GUIRef> session is relevant for the generation of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000050" role="glossary">planned orders</Link> and production orders.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#ticst001.almi" role="manual">Allow Multiple Items</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000" role="session">Estimated Materials (ticst0101m000)</GUIRef> session is relevant for the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0216m000" role="session">Generate Alternatives for Estimated Materials (ticst0216m000)</GUIRef> session and the
			 generation of the outbound advices.</ListItem>
         </List>
         <ExampleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example 1: Use-up materials</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>Material X-CURRENT has replaced the older item X-OLD. The
			 following table shows the inventory situation.</Paragraph>
            <TABLE border="1" cellpadding="3" borderstyle="default"
                   space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <THEAD noTR="1">
                  <TR no="1" isLast="true">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Item</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Inventory</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Priority</TD>
                  </TR>
               </THEAD>
               <TBODY noTR="2">
                  <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">X-OLD</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">15</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Use
					 up</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="2" isLast="true">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">X-CURRENT</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">250</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">(standard)</TD>
                  </TR>
               </TBODY>
            </TABLE>
            <Paragraph>For a particular production order, you need a quantity of
			 100 pieces of X-CURRENT.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If multiple items are permitted, LN takes the last 15
			 pieces of the use-up material (X-OLD) and 85 pieces of the current material
			 (X-CURRENT).</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If multiple items are <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> allowed, LN does not use up the
			 old material X-OLD. Another material requirement of 15 or less can occur later,
			 in which case, LN takes
			 the use-up material.</Paragraph>
         </ExampleSection>
         <ExampleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example 2: Alternative materials</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>Material X has two alternatives: X1 and X2. The following
			 table shows the inventory situation.</Paragraph>
            <TABLE border="1" cellpadding="3" borderstyle="default"
                   space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <THEAD noTR="1">
                  <TR no="1" isLast="true">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Item</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Inventory</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Priority</TD>
                  </TR>
               </THEAD>
               <TBODY noTR="3">
                  <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">X</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">20</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">(standard)</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="2" isLast="false">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">X1</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">30</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="3" isLast="true">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">X2</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">1200</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</TD>
                  </TR>
               </TBODY>
            </TABLE>
            <Paragraph>For a particular production order, you need a quantity of
			 100 pieces of X.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>If multiple items are permitted, LN takes the following
				materials:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>20 pieces of the standard material (X)</ListItem>
               <ListItem>30 pieces of the first alternative material (X1),
				and</ListItem>
               <ListItem>50 pieces of the second alternative material
				(X2)</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>If multiple items are <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> permitted, LN plans 100 pieces of
			 alternative material X2, because none of the higher-priority materials are
			 available in sufficient quantities.</Paragraph>
         </ExampleSection>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>When does LN perform the checks</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>At one or more of the following points during a production
		  order's life cycle, LN can check the timely availability of standard materials and alternative
		  materials:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>LN performs these checks when the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order-planning</Link> procedure in <GUIRef href="" role="package" Update="No">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> generates <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000047" role="glossary">planned production orders</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.asal" role="manual">Automatic Select Alternatives</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0500m000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0500m000)</GUIRef> session is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/sfc.asal#generation" role="option">At Generation</GUIRef>, LN performs these checks when you create a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000022" role="glossary">production order</Link> or transfer a planned production order
		  to the <GUIRef href="" role="module" Update="No">Shop Floor Control (SFC)</GUIRef> module.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.asal" role="manual">Automatic Select Alternatives</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0500m000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0500m000)</GUIRef> session is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/sfc.asal#release" role="option">At Release</GUIRef>, LN performs these checks when you release a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000022" role="glossary">production order</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>You can perform these checks manually by using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0216m000" role="session">Generate Alternatives for Estimated Materials (ticst0216m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>You can use this session until the estimated materials are
			 frozen. The estimated costs are frozen if the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000#costs.frozen" role="formfield">Estimated Costs Are Frozen</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0101m000" role="session">Estimated Materials (ticst0101m000)</GUIRef> session is selected.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can check again for material shortages and select
		  alternative materials at the moment when you generate an <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000354" role="glossary">outbound advice</Link> in the <GUIRef href="" role="package" Update="No">Warehousing</GUIRef> package. To do so, you must select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4200m000#alternative.items" role="manual">Handle Alternative Items</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4200m000" role="session">Process Outbound Advice (whinh4200m000)</GUIRef> session, or select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4201m000#alternative.items" role="manual">Handle Alternative Items</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4201m000" role="session">Generate Outbound Advice (whinh4201m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Repeated material checks</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>In general, if LN repeats the material availability check and
		  a sufficient quantity of the currently selected material is available, LN does not change the
		  material allocation, even if a higher-priority alternative material or the
		  standard material has meanwhile become available. This policy avoids a nervous
		  planning process that repeatedly changes the material allocations.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>However, if you want to make sure that the standard material
		  or the highest-priority alternative material is used in a production order, you
		  can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0216m000" role="session">Generate Alternatives for Estimated Materials (ticst0216m000)</GUIRef> session to recheck all possible materials at any time.
		  In that case, you must select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0216m000#f.recheck.alt.mat" role="manual">Always Reconsider Alternatives</GUIRef> check box.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>Suppose that the following events occur:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>During the creation of a production order, LN takes an alternative
			 item because of an anticipated shortage for the standard material at the
			 material allocation date.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Before the allocation date for the material, you unexpectedly
			 receive an inbound shipment of the standard material that is sufficient to
			 fulfill the material requirement.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Next, you generate the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000354" role="glossary">outbound advice</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef> package.</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>If the currently selected alternative material is available, LN does not change the
		  material allocation and issues the alternative material from the warehouse to
		  the shop floor, regardless of the availability of the standard material.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>To force LN to check again for the availability of the
		  standard material, start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0216m000" role="session">Generate Alternatives for Estimated Materials (ticst0216m000)</GUIRef> session and
		  select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0216m000#f.recheck.alt.mat" role="manual">Always Reconsider Alternatives</GUIRef> check box.</Paragraph>
      </ExampleSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000422" role="manual">Alternative materials in BOMs</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000423" role="manual">Defining alternative materials</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000454" role="manual">Use-up materials and alternative materials in Enterprise Planning</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>