General Planning Attributes

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Following are the General Planning
attributes and their possible values.

You set these attributes when defining or
updating items.

Inventory Planning Method

Select an option for organization level
planning.
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Planner

This attribute is controlled at the Organization
level only.

Enter the material planner assigned to plan this
item. You must define planner codes for your
organization before updating this attribute

The planner defined here is responsible for
approving all move order lines requesting the
item if move order approvals are used.
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Min-Max Minimum Quantity

Enter the quantity minimum for min-max
planning. If an item is min-max planned, the Min-
Max Planning Report suggests a new order
when quantity drops to the min-max minimum.

Min-Max Maximum Quantity

Enter the quantity maximum for min-max
planning. If an item is min-max planned, the Min-
Max Planning Report suggests an order that
brings on-hand up to the min-max maximum.
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Minimum Order Quantity

Enter the minimum order quantity or repetitive rate (units
per day). Planning algorithms (reorder point, min-max,
MPS, and MRP) use this to modify the size of planned
order quantities or repetitive daily rates.

For discrete items, when net requirements fall short of
the minimum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest
the minimum order quantity. For repetitive items, when
average daily demand for a repetitive planning period
falls short of the minimum order quantity, planning
algorithms suggest the minimum order quantity as the
repetitive daily rate.

For example, use this to define an order quantity below
which it is unprofitable to build the item.
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Maximum Order Quantity

Enter the maximum order quantity or repetitive rate
(units per day) of the item. Planning algorithms (reorder
point, min-max, MPS, and MRP) use this to modify the
size of planned order quantities or repetitive daily rates

For discrete items, when net requirements exceed the
maximum order quantity, planning algorithms suggest
the maximum order quantity. For repetitive items, when
average daily demand for a repetitive planning period
exceeds of the maximum order quantity, planning
algorithms suggest the maximum order quantity as the
repetitive daily rate.

For example, use this to define an order quantity above
which you do have insufficient capacity to build the item.


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Order Cost

Enter the fixed cost associated with placing an
order of any quantity.

Carrying Cost Percent

Enter the percentage used to calculate the
annual carrying cost. This is the percentage of
the unit cost that represents your internal cost to
stock one unit for one year.
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Source Organization

Optionally enter the organization from which an
internal requisition draws the item. This applies
only when Inventory is the replenishment source
type

You can choose organizations that meet the
following criteria:
the item is assigned to the source organization
the source organization has a valid inter-organization
relationship with the current organization

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The source organization can be your current organization if the item
is MRP planned and you choose a non-nettable Source
Subinventory.

Source Subinventory

This attribute is controlled at the Organization level only.

Enter the subinventory within the source organization from which an
internal requisition draws the item.

This applies only when Inventory or Subinventory is the
replenishment source, and only when you specify a source
organization.

For MRP planned items, you must enter a non-nettable source
subinventory when the source organization is the current
organization.


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Safety Stock Bucket Days

Enter the number of days to dynamically calculate safety
stock quantities. The planning process multiplies the
Safety Stock Percent by the average gross requirements
and divides by the number of days you enter here.

Safety Stock Percent

Enter the percent to dynamically calculate safety stock
quantities for the item. The planning process multiplies
this percent by the average gross requirements and
divides by the Safety Stock Bucket Days.

The planning process uses this attribute when you set
Safety Stock to MRP planned percent.


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Fixed Order Quantity

Enter the quantity used to modify the size of
planned order quantities or repetitive daily rates.

When net requirements fall short of the fixed
order quantity, the planning process suggests
the fixed order quantity.

When net requirements exceed the fixed order
quantity, the planning process suggests multiple
orders for the fixed order quantity.

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For discrete items, use this attribute to
define a fixed production or purchasing
quantity. For repetitive items, use this
attribute to define a fixed production rate.

For example, if your suppliers can provide
the item in full truckload quantities only,
enter the full truckload quantity as the
fixed order quantity.
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Fixed Days Supply

Enter the number of days used to modify the
size and timing of planned order quantities. The
planning process suggests planned order
quantities that cover net requirements for the
period defined by this value.

The planning process suggests one planned
order for each period. For example, use this to
reduce the number of planned orders for a
discrete component of a repetitive item.
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Fixed Lot Multiplier

Enter the fixed lot multiple quantity or repetitive rate
(units per day). Planning algorithms (reorder point, min-
max, MPS, and MRP) use this to modify the size of
planned order quantities or repetitive daily rates.

When net requirements fall short of the fixed lot size
multiplier quantity, planning algorithms suggest a single
order for the fixed lot size multiplier quantity.

When net requirements exceed the fixed lot size
multiplier quantity, planning algorithms suggest a single
order that is a multiple of the fixed lot size multiplier.