| # Removing Used Up Materials from Alternative Materials The session looks for alternative materials of which the Alternative Priority field in the Use Up and Alternative Materials (tibom0150m000) session is Use up. If the inventory of this material is zero (and no supply orders are present for the item), ERP Enterprise removes the item from the Use Up and Alternative Materials (tibom0150m000) session. This action is limited to items for which the Shop Floor Planner field in the Items - Ordering (tcibd2500m000) session names a planner that is part of the range of shop floor planners that you entered. Minimum quantity You cannot always reduce the inventory exactly to zero. Sometimes, you want to keep a small quantity of the use-up material, for research, documentation, or use as spare parts. You can use the Minimum Quantity for that purpose. If the use-up material's remaining inventory is less than the value you specified in the Minimum Quantity field, ERP Enterprise ignores the remaining inventory and also removes the item from the Use Up and Alternative Materials (tibom0150m000) session. If you want to ensure that the last remaining quantity of an outdated item is kept as spare part, you must change the item's warehouse to a warehouse that is not included in Enterprise Planning. The Warehouse field in the Items - Ordering (tcibd2500m000) session displays an item's warehouse. The Include in Enterprise Planning check box in the Warehouses (tcmcs0503m000) session determines whether the warehouse is included in Enterprise Planning. Related topics To use up remaining stock of outdated items To replace an outdated item used as material in BOMs |