Production Planning (MCE120) field descriptions

How to

Use these fields to enter finished items planned for production.

1. Order

Select whether to display planned production in D-date or I-item order. Press Enter to default to D.

2. Beginning

If you selected to display planned production in date order, enter the beginning date to display.  

If you selected to display planned production in item order, enter the beginning finished item number to display. Press F2 to search for items.

In the browser in the lower portion of the screen, the program displays planned production in either date order (beginning with date entered) or item order (beginning with item entered).

After you specify an item, the MC Side Bar is available from the entry grid to display additional information for finished items.

You can select from these functions:

Change a line-item

Add line-items

Insert line-items

Delete line-items

Stop line-item entry

Access Note Entry (SME710) for the item highlighted in BOM line item browser or for the BOM document line record highlighted in the line item browser.

Done   Ends Bill of Materials Entry and returns you to the Finished Item field. ClickDone again to exit the program

 

To add a production item, complete these steps:

1. Specify the planned production date. Press Enter to default to the system date.

2. Specify the warehouse. The entry must be a valid warehouse. Press Enter to default to the warehouse assigned to the terminal.  

3. Specify the bill of material finished item number. The entry must be a valid finished item. If the item is already entered for the same date on a previous line, you must edit the current entry to change or delete.

4. Specify the quantity planned to produce.

5. Indicate or review the status of the planning record:

B - BCC entered The B status indicates the planning record has been pulled into the BCC.

E - Ticket entered The E status indicates the planning record has been pulled into Production Entry (MCE130).

Lines with B or E status cannot be edited or deleted in this program. Lines cannot be manually changed to B or E status. You can specify these options:

N – Normal/Active

Only planning lines in N status can be pulled into the BCC using the nightly build and/or removal/recalculation or used for a newly created production ticket.

When planning lines are pulled into the BCC or Production Entry, the planning line status is automatically changed to B or E respectively.

H – Hold line

Lines in H status are held records which not deleted at the next register and are generally available yet.

D – Delete at register

Lines in D status are deleted at the end of the register for the warehouse.

6. Save the new requirements for producing the quantity of the finished item entered.

7. Click Stop when you are finished adding items.

You have these options:

Requirements - Accesses Production Planning Requirements (MCE121) program, which is used to display the components, quantities needed for the finished item, as well as on hand, on order and committed component quantities. You can access Note Entry (SME710) for the BOM document line record highlighted in the line item browser or for the item highlighted in BOM line item browser. When requirements are displayed, an asterisk (*) next to the units indicates that the number of units required is greater than available (available = on hand - committed). Press Done to return to Production Planning.

Special Order - Accesses Special Order Entry (MCE120.S), where you can specify a sales order line that is backordered and preferred as a build item, and the quantity to build for the planned special order line you are creating.

See also

Entering and displaying bill of material finished items planned for production

Adding finished items planned for production

Changing or deleting finished items planned for production