| Assembly Part Shortage - Assembly Orders (tiasc2545m000) |  |
| Use this session to view lists of orders that are (or may be) affected by assembly part shortages, and to block orders in order to meet the shortage problems. To create new/updated lists of orders, run the Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000) session, through the appropriate menu. If you run that session, you can update existing lists or create new lists, which are displayed as new groups. 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. So, 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. The generated lists may be displayed themselves or they may be used to update existing lists. This depends on the Regenerate Order Lists check box in the Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000) session. Refer to the field help for this check box for further details. If you choosed to display a Number of Extra Orders in the Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000) 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 ERP LN suggests. This can be necessary if, for example: The actual priority of orders does not match the priority attached to them by ERP LN, based on the predefined sets of criteria. 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. Solving shortages 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 Move Assembly Order (tiasl3210m000) session and sequenced orders in the Reschedule Assembly Orders (tiasl4220m000) 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 you supplier to deliver the goods on time or earlier. Run Enterprise Planning. If you have not run Enterprise Planning for a long time, 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 free assembly parts. Blocking orders 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 Inventory Shortage. 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: Insert the blocking reason in the header of the session, either by typing the blocking code, if you know that already, in the Inventory Blocking Reason field, or by zooming to the Reasons (tcmcs0105m000) session and selecting this reason there. Select the orders/records you want to block. On the appropriate menu, click Block Assembly Order. Unblocking orders You can unblock an order by removing the blocking reason. To do this, you must: Select the orders you want to unblock. On the appropriate menu, click Remove Inventory Shortage Blocking Reason for Order. You can also unblock orders by using the option Blocking Reasons on the appropriate menu. This starts the Assembly Order - Blocking Reasons (tiasc2103m000) session. Display options Several display options exist to give you the correct view: In the header of this session, the totals of the Shortage Quantity, the Blocked Quantity, and the Remaining Shortage Qty are displayed. The total Required Quantity is shown at the bottom of the column Required Quantity. If you want an overview of all blocked orders, click View Blocked Orders Only, on the appropriate menu. This view does not affect the totals of the several quantities that are shown in this session. 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 Generate Assembly Order Lists for Critical Parts (tiasc2245m000) 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). 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 Assembly Order - Assembly Part Shortages (tiasc2546m000) session, through the appropriate 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. 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 that has shortages.
Assembly Order | The order that belongs to the displayed shortage part.
Blocked | If an order is blocked, the check box in this field is selected.
Planned Offline Date | The date on which the order is planned to go offline.
Assembly Order Status | The status of the order.
Demand Order Type | Displays if an order is a sales order or a pseudo order.
Roll-Off Line | The line on which the parent order is to be completed.
Sold-to Business Partner | If an order is a sales order this field displays the business partner it is sold to.
Required Quantity | The quantity of the displayed assembly part that is required by this order on this date.
Blocked Quantity | The quantity of assembly parts that are in short supply and are required by blocked orders.
Shortage Quantity | The quantity of the parts that are in short supply.
Inventory Unit | The unit of measure that is used to count this assembly part. For example: pcs (pieces).
Inventory Blocking Reason | The reason why an order is (to be) blocked. For inventory shortage, the reason type is Inventory Shortage. You can zoom from this field to the Reasons (tcmcs0105m000) session and select the reason there. If you selected an order that was already blocked, for another type of reason, this reason is not displayed in this field. This field only serves to block orders for inventory shortage reasons.
Remaining Shortage Qty | The initial shortage quantity minus the blocked quantity.
Commands | Description
Assembly Part Shortages | Zoom to Assembly Order - Assembly Part Shortages (tiasc2546m000) to display assembly parts by order, instead of orders by assembly part.
Blocking Reasons | Zoom to the Assembly Order - Blocking Reasons (tiasc2103m000) session. Here you can block and unblock orders, also with other blocking reason types than Inventory Shortage.
Block Assembly Order | Click to block one or more assembly orders. You must first enter the blocking reason in the Inventory Blocking Reason field and select the orders you want to block.
Delete Inventory Shortage Blocking Reason | Click to remove Inventory Shortage as blocking reason. Removing this reason unblocks the order(s). You must first select the order(s) you want to unblock.
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.