Index
Symbols and Numbers
# of line operations, calculating for Manufacturing Engineering, 174
& (ampersand) used with output variable tokens, 731–732
* (asterisk) delimiter character, using with BOM parameters and profile options for ATO/PTO, 150
4/5 Weekly Pattern, reporting in, 97
5/4/4 Weekly Pattern, reporting in, 97
A
ABC analysis, maintaining inventory accuracy with, 512–514
Acceptable Early Days field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 243
Accounting information, role in inventory organization, 39
Accounting Rule attribute for items, 69
Accounts receivable customers, providing credit checking for, 376–377
Accounts, receiving for inventory organization, 44
Action definitions, storage of, 732
Action rules for Quality product, 726–727
Actions, associating output variables with, 730–732
Actions button, functionality of, 392–394
Actions tab in ASCP Planner Workbench, 332–334
Activity-based costing module in E-Business Suite, 683, 783
Ad-hoc reports
generating for demand planning, 272
Address information, specifying with Order Organizer, 390–391
Addresses for delivery locations, specifying with Purchasing product, 454
Adjustment approval, specifying for cycle counts, 516
Admin edition of Discoverer tool and EUL creation, 784
ADS (Application Data Store), role in data collection, 325
Advanced Pricing, benefits of, 767
Advanced Pricing module in Order Management product, 374
Aggregate forecasts
creating, 215–216
reviewing for demand planning, 270
Aggregation tab in ASCP, 323
Alert actions, defining with Quality product, 726
Alerts, defining for demand planning, 272–273
Allocation percentages, specifying with Purchasing product, 432
Allocation rules, specifying for demand planning, 264–265
Alternate resources, associating for routings, 111
Alternate routings, switching from primary routings, 112–113
Alternates, setting up for BOMs, 81
Always condition, setting up for Order Management product, 368
Ampersand (&) used with output variable tokens, 731–732
Analysis tools, 739–749
AOL (Applications Object Library), role in Order Management product, 364
APIs (application programming interfaces)
BOM business object, 93–96
Calculate Price, 775
Cycle Count Entries, 564
ECO business object API, 139–142
Forecast Entries, 210
for importing data, 564–565
for kanban, 564
for lots, 565
Material Reservation, 565
Move Order, 565
for Order Management, 408–409
Pick Confirm, 565
Pick Release, 565
public pricing, 774–775
Reservations Manager, 565
Routing business object, 118–119
Sales Order, 565
Sourcing and assignment, 314
Append Planned Orders plan option, 279
Application-specific actions, defining with Quality product, 726
Approval groups, specifying for Purchasing product, 454–455
Approval list values, creating for ECOs, 134
Approving Purchase Orders purchasing workflow, 462–463
Approving Requisitions purchasing workflow, 461–462
Arithmetic expressions for user-defined formulas using Assign a Value actions, 736
Arrival Sets field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357, 359
As Built configuration, role in serial Genealogy, 497
As Designed view of flow routing, 113
As Manufactured view of flow routing, 113
ASCP activities in Neptune case study, 810
ASCP (Advanced Supply Chain Planning) product, 20–22
architecture of, 305
choosing alternate bills and routings for, 81
data collection in, 325–327
enhancements in, 302–305
integrating performance management with, 304–305
performing optimized planning with, 318–321
plan types, 304
providing performance management with, 341–342
role of assignment hierarchies in, 310–314
role of constraint-based planning in, 314–318
role of explicit and implicit objectives in, 319–321
setting up, 321–325
typical scenarios for, 337–338
ASCP Planner Workbench, 328–338
setting display preferences for, 337
simulations in, 338–340
ASCP plans. See also Plans
defining, 322–325
defining scope of, 324
running, 326–327
ASLs (approved supplier lists), specifying with Purchasing product, 433–435. See also Suppliers
Assemble to Order attribute for Order Management product, 351
Assemblies
determining extent of component usage in, 89–90
non-stocked type of, 83
Assembly completions cost flow in average costing, 705–706
Assembly Pull WIP supply type, role in material control, 597, 600
Assembly scrap, role in shop floor control, 615
Assets, relating to inventory items, 49
Assign Value actions and user-defined formulas in Quality product, 735–736
Assignable causes versus chance causes in SPC, 749
Assignment hierarchies, role in ASCP, 310–314
Assignment Set option for defining ASCP plans, 323
Assignment sets
functionality of, 310–312
role in Purchasing product, 432–433
Asterisk (*) delimiter character, using with BOM parameters and profile options for ATO/PTO, 150
ATAKT (takt time for assigned), role in MMM, 190
ATO (Assemble-to-Order) stocking strategy, 10, 146
executing, 594
role of manufacturing in, 165–166
role in manufacturing execution, 577
role of pick releasing in, 166–167
ATO/PTO activities in Neptune case study, 805
ATO/PTO items, setup for standard type of, 157
ATO/PTO models
business process, 148–158
entering sales orders in, 159
forecasting and master scheduling of, 158–159
item templates for, 152–157
managing configuration items with, 160–165
managing ongoing activities in, 158–167
role of invoicing in, 167
scenarios for, 146–148
setup for configurable type of, 153–157
ATP attribute for Order Management product, 351
formula for, 398
selecting for inventory organization, 43
terminology, 380
ATP inquiries, determining available dates with, 396–398
ATS Prehorizon Disposition/Cutoff Days option for Release Management product, 373
Attachments
adding and reviewing in Purchasing product, 455–456
applying automatically with Order Organizer, 392
using with Order Management product, 370–372
Attribute collection-element type for Quality product, 721
Attribute groups for items, types of, 67–69
Attributes for items, specifying control level for, 65–66
Attributes for lots, tracking, 494
Authorization types for CUM period items, 451–452
AutoCreate Final Assembly Schedules program in WIP, creating discrete jobs with, 594
AutoCreate module of Purchasing product, 435–437
AutoCreated configurations for ATO/PTO models, ordering, 157
Auto-charging resources, role in resource management, 621–622
Autocharge operations, role in routings, 109
Autocharging, role in manufacturing execution, 572
Automatic schedule, enabling cycle counts for, 516
Autopacking containers with Shipping product, 667
Autoscheduling supplier schedules, 451
Availability commitments for orders, managing, 396–400
Available dates, displaying, 398
Available to Promise (ATP) Components attribute for Order Management product, 351
Average cost variance, managing with inventory organization, 44
Average costing in WIP, 641–642, 701–707
Average costs
calculating for periodic costing, 715
maintaining, 707
Average daily demand
calculating for kanban planning, 237
role in repetitive planning, 231–232
B
Backflush Defaults tab on WIP Parameters for, 579
Backflushing
role in manufacturing execution, 571
role in material control, 596, 599–601
role in operations and routings, 110
Balanced Scorecard application, role in business intelligence, 782–783
Barcode scanning, data field identifiers in, 523–524
Base Model, role in BOMs, 82
Baseline forecasts
reviewing for demand planning, 268
role in demand planning, 252
Baselines, role in MMM, 190
Basis attribute for order entry, 355
Batch simulations, performing, 294–296
BG (Business Group) feature in Oracle Applications, 37
Bid RFQ headers, 427
Bill documents, defining for BOMs, 87
Bill loops, checking for, 88–89
Bill of Resource plan option, 280
Bills
autocreation of, 595
comparing, 90–91
copying, 87
deleting, 91
managing in Neptune case study, 801–803
sharing, 88
Bills of distribution, role in modeling supply chains with ASCP, 305, 308–310
Bills of resource, role in RCCP, 224–227
BIS (Business Intelligence System)
applications in, 787–798
and Balanced Scorecard, 782–783
role in Neptune case study, 820
technologies, 780–786
Blanket agreements, defining price breaks for, 445
BOM attributes
for order entry, 355–356
role in supply chain planning, 240–246
BOM business object API, functionality of, 93–96
BOM explosion, role in supply chain planning, 203
BOM information, role in supply chain planning, 246–247
BOM Item Type attribute for Order Management product, 352
BOM parameters and profile options for ATO/PTO, 149–152
BOM_RESOURCES table, contents of, 101
BOMs (bills of material), 13–15, 83–87
components of, 84–87
item types for, 82
navigating with PWB, 288–290
performing mass changing of, 88–89
representing by-products on, 601
setting up, 81–82
setting up for configurable ATO/PTO models, 154–155
setting up for standard ATO/PTO items, 157–158
storage of information about, 87
types of, 82–83
using with ECOs, 136
Borrowed resources, identifying in departments, 107
Bucket Days field in General Planning tab, 241–242
Bucket patterns, defining for supplier scheduling, 447
Buckets, setting for ASCP plans, 323
Budget checking, performing with purchase orders, 439
Build in WIP control, functionality of, 246
Bulk packs, role in container transactions, 534
Bulk picking, role in order fulfillment process, 545–546
Bulk WIP supply type, role in material control, 597
Business flows, assigning label types to, 525–526
Business Groups, role in enterprise structure modeling, 31
Business objects, role in OWM rules framework, 500–501
Business units, role in enterprise structure, 30–31
Business views in Discoverer EUL, 785
Buy From sourcing option for modeling supply chains, 307
Buyers, specifying for Purchasing product, 454
By-product recovery, role in material control, 601
C
Calculate ATP field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 243–244
Calculate Price API, 775
Calendar and shift information, copying, 98–99
Calendar attributes, 96–97
Calendar dates, reviewing, 98–99
Calendar days versus workdays, role in repetitive planning, 230–231
Calling system, role in pricing flow, 770
Cancelled discrete job status, 586
Capable to Deliver terminology, 380
Capacity planning, 223–227
requesting from PWB, 290–291
types of, 314
Carrier-ship method relationships, defining with Shipping product, 650–651
Cartonization
enabling for subinventories, 50
enabling on sales orders released for picking, 547–548
role in container management, 531–534
Case study, 799–821. See also Neptune case study
Catalog content, buying from Oracle Applications, 417–418
Catalog RFQ headers, 427
Catalogs
administering, 416–418
loading content into, 417–418
Categories
assigning items to, 72
creating for catalogs, 416–417
expanding in ASCP Planner Workbench, 333
Category codes, role in Inventory product, 70–72
Category sets
role in Container Management, 531–532
role in Inventory product, 70–74
Cells, updating in demand planning environment, 269–270
Chance causes versus assignable causes in SPC, 749
Change Management capability in Order Management product, 22
Changeovers, management of, 192–193
Charges
defining with Order Management product, 374
specifying with Order Organizer, 393
Check ATP attribute for Order Management product, 351, 355
Children organizations and costing organizations, 676
Closed discrete job status, 586
Cluster picking, role in order fulfillment process, 546
Co-products feature, generation of end items with, 93
Co-Products Supply Default parameter in OSFM, 627
COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) account, handling with Order Management product, 366
Collect Data function, role in demand planning, 267
Collection-element actions, defining with Quality product, 727–728
Collection-element alert actions, defining with Quality product, 729–730
Collection-element specification limits, defining with Quality product, 724
Collection-element types for Quality product, 720–721
Collection-element values, role in Quality product, 723–724
Collection elements
activating with Quality product, 722
choosing reporting length for, 722
defining for Quality product, 721–723
role in Quality Management product, 18, 720
Collection Import interface of Quality product, 738
Collection plans
associating with transactions, 736–737
role in Quality product, 734–737
Collection triggers, role in collection plans for Quality product, 737
Collections, running in ASCP, 326–327
Comparison predefined report for demand planning, 271
Complete discrete job statuses, 586
Completion transactions
reversing, 633
role in manufacturing execution, 631–637
Compliance labeling, 524–527
Component attributes for BOMs, 84–85
Component issues
cost flow in average costing, 704
role in material control, 598–599
Components
determining usage of, 89–90
viewing information about, 90
Concept and Design phase of product lifecycle, 60–61
Concurrent Definition for WIP scheduling profile, 617
Concurrent manager requirements, 298–299
Concurrent request alert actions, defining with Quality product, 729
Configuration items 163–164
autocreation of, 595
deactivating, 164–165
managing for ATO/PTO, 160–165
Configuration numbering method for ATO/PTO BOM parameters and profile options, 150–151
Configurator product
defining configuration rules with, 356–357
functionality of, 167–168
invoking for ATO/PTO, 159
Configure to order environment, 146
Configured orders, entering and processing with Order Management product, 405–406
Consigned inventory, role in material transactions, 500
Constraint-based planning, 314–318
Constraints
management in ASCP Planner Workbench, 338
role in ASCP, 303
specifying for ASLs, 434–435
types of, 315–318
Constructing Accounts purchasing workflow, 460–461
Consume and Derive value for forecast control, 215
Consume value for forecast control, 216
Container item relationships, role in cartonization, 532
Container Management, 527–528
Container prepacks, 534
Container transactions, 534–536
Containers, defining with Shipping product, 653
Contract details, specifying with Order Organizer, 393
Control charts, analyzing data with, 745–749
Control options, specifying for Purchasing product, 457
Controls
defining for costs, 684–685
specifying for item attributes, 65–66
Copy Settings function, viewing data with, 739–740
Corporate structure forms, 36–38
Cost breakdown utilization PKI for ASCP PWB, 305
Cost-derived transactions, 713
Cost details
checking, 687
defining, 684–685
Cost-driving activities, viewing, 685
Cost element views, 685–686
Cost flows
in average costing, 702–707
in standard costing, 695–701
Cost groups
functionality of, 677
role in implementing consigned inventory for material transactions, 500
role in material transactions, 485–486
Cost history, displaying, 687
Cost layering methods, 708–711
Cost levels, 677–678
Cost Management, handling in Neptune case study, 818–819
Cost Management product, 17–18
Cost-owned transactions, 713
Cost processing, 691–692
Cost rollups, performing for routings, 113
Cost sub-elements, 679
Cost summary example, 685–686
Cost transfers, 643
Cost types
associating with items, 684
defining, 678–683
Costed BOMs, reviewing, 687
Costing application
assigning accounts to value movements in, 688–690
functionality of, 674
item attributes for, 676
receiving transactions with, 690
searching for material transaction distributions with, 691
setting up, 675–683
Costing attributes for Order Management product, 353
Costing in WIP, 640–643
Costing information, mass editing of, 688
Costing methods, 692–701
Costing organizations and children organizations, 676
Costing parameters, setting for inventory organization, 42
Costing, periodic type of, 711–715
Costs
collecting for periodic costing, 714–715
copying, 688
defining activity-based type of, 683
summary views for, 687
Count requests, generating, 517–518
Countpoints, role in operations and routings, 109
Coupon issue, defining for pricing, 768–769
Coupon numbers, recording with Order Organizer, 394
Coverage Template attribute for items, 69
Cp index, role in process capability studies, 750–751
Cpk index, role in process capability studies, 751–752
Credit card payments, checking for, 377
Credit policies, enforcing with Oracle Management product, 376–377
Credit requests, processing with Order Management product, 402–404
CRM (Customer Relationship Management) products, 6
Cross-docking, implementing, 542
Cross-references and item relationships, 69–70
CRP (Capacity Requirements Planning), 223, 290–291
CTO (Configure to Order) stocking strategy, role in manufacturing execution, 577, 595
CTP (Capable to Promise), 105, 380
CTRL+G shortcut in OWM, 541
CUM management rules, role in Release Management product, 373
CUM periods, setting up, 451
Cumulative lead times, 245
Cumulative quantities, managing with Purchasing product, 451–452
Currency information, overriding for receipts, 474
Current tasks, displaying, 551–552
Customer item definitions, importing, 77
Customer Ordered Item attribute for Order Management product, 351
Customer Orders Enabled attribute for Order Management product, 351
Customer orders, role in enterprise structure, 30–31
Customer profiles in Order Management product, 360
Customer requirements, handling with Release Management product, 23–24
Customer returns for receipt, searching, 473
Customers
acknowledging, 401
applying order holds to, 366
defining for enterprise structure, 38–39
setting up planning and receiving systems for, 372–374
Customers sold to, defining with Order Management product, 357–360
Cycle-count adjustments cost flow, 696–697
Cycle count classes, 516–517
Cycle Count Entries API, 564
Cycle counting, maintaining inventory accuracy with, 515–518
Cycle counts
approving adjustments to, 518
including items in, 517
scheduling, 517
D
Daily demand, calculating with kanban planning, 557
Data collection
in ASCP, 325–327
in Quality product, 737–739
Data consolidation criteria in ASCP, 325
Data Manager module of Query Manager, using with Shipping product, 659–660
Data types, selecting for collection elements in Quality product, 722
Data warehouse components of EDW, 786
Database instance in enterprise structure, 30–31
Database views, optimizing with Multi-Org feature, 34–35
Date changes, effect on engineering, 228
Date effectivity, establishing in OWM rules framework, 507–508
DDR (Designed Daily Rate), role in Manufacturing Engineering, 173
Decimal quantities, managing with Order Management product, 353
Default Accounting Class parameter in OSFM, 627
Default Shipping Organization attribute for Order Management product, 351
Defaulting rules, speeding order entry with, 367–369
Delimiter characters, choosing for BOM and profile options for ATO/PTO, 150
Delinking configured items in Oracle Management product, 407
Deliveries
assigning lines and LPNs to, 666
autocreating with Shipping product, 665–666
planning with Shipping product, 668
Deliveries shipping entity, 646–647, 660–661
Delivery and shipment rules, role in Release Management product, 373–374
Delivery commitments for orders, managing, 396–400
Delivery Grouping shipping parameter, 649
Delivery leg shipping entity, 646–647
Delivery lines shipping entity, 646–647, 660, 665–666
Demand class, role in forecast consumption, 214–215
Demand fences, role in Release Management product, 373
Demand for products
identifying and creating, 4–5
recognition of, 200–202
Demand Management rules, setting up for Release Management product, 372–373
Demand Plan Administrator, 254, 261–265
Demand plan assignments, managing, 262
Demand plan headers, defining, 258–260
Demand planning, 20
configuring, 254–257
defining alerts for, 272–273
defining events for, 256–257
defining instances and organizations for collection in, 257
defining introductions New Product Introductions for, 257
dimensions, 255
environment of, 253
generating ad hoc reports for, 272
getting feedback on, 270–273
hierarchy levels in, 255–256
and kanban, 558
levels in, 255
in Neptune case study, 807–808
overview of, 250–253
predefined reports in, 271–272
reviewing baseline forecasts for, 268
roles in, 254
specifying allocation rules for, 264–265
specifying forecast levels for, 264
submitting forecasts for, 270
technology, 252
terminology, 252–253
understanding cycle of, 265–266
using Collect Data function with, 267
Demand planning environment, accessing to adjust forecasts, 268
Demand Planning Integration Administrator, 254
Demand plans, 257–260
sources of data for, 266–267
tracking progress of, 265
Demand priority rules, defining for ASCP, 322–323
Demand sources
defining for MMM, 188
defining for supplier scheduling, 447
Demand Stream Processor, role in Release Management product, 372
Demand Time Fence Control and Planning Time Fence Control plan option, 279
Demand to Build portal of Business Intelligence module, 790–793
Department classes, 104
Department information, storage of, 105
Departments
assigning resources for, 105
assigning shifts for, 106–107
defining, 104–105
entering overhead rates for, 105
explanation of, 104
identifying borrowed resources in, 107
indicating owned resources for, 105
Dependent demand, 201–202
Descriptive elements, specifying for BOMs, 87
Descriptive Statistics forms, using with data collected for quality control, 749
Descriptors, role in catalog creation, 417
Design engineering in Neptune case study, 804–805
Design requirements for products, communicating, 5
Destinations, choosing for distributions, 445
Detailing, role in material transactions, 492
DFFs (Descriptive Flexfields), role in ECO approval process, 133–135
DFIs (data field identifiers), role in barcode scanning, 523–524
Dimension comparison, role in cartonization, 533
Dimensions
defining for demand planning, 259–260
role in demand planning, 252, 255
selecting with Demand Planning Administrator, 262
Direct data collection, role in Quality product, 738
Direct shipments and material transactions, 489
Discounts
combining, 763–764
defining with Pricing product, 766
Discoverer EUL, 784–785
Discrete versus repetitive planning logic, 228–235
Discrete jobs
closing, 638–639
completing, 632–633
creating with AutoCreate Final Assembly Schedules program, 594
defining with E-Business Suite, 582–588
simulating, 587–588
statuses of, 586
updating, 587
Discrete manufacturing, 8, 165–166, 576
Discrete tab on WIP Parameters for, 578
Discrete Workstation, role in shop floor control, 605–607
Dispatch lists, role in shop floor control, 602–603
Distribution centers
functionality of, 45–46
handling with Warehouse Management product, 24–25
Distribution predefined report for demand planning, 271
Distributions
enabling outside processing information for, 445
splitting, 445
Do not calculate planning method, 236
Dock doors, assigning staging lines to, 57–58
Dock scheduling, role in order fulfillment process, 543–544
Document Categories form, using with Shipping product, 651
Document numbering options, defining with Purchasing product, 458
Document Sequences form, using with Shipping product, 651–652
Document sequences, managing with Order Management product, 364
Document sets, printing with Shipping product, 668
Document workflow functions, creating with Purchasing product, 466–467
Documents, creating from requisition pool, 435–437
Documents in Purchasing product, creating subtypes of, 459
Double exponential smoothing forecasting method, role in demand planning, 263
Drop shipments, handling with Order Management product, 404–405
DRP (Distribution Requirements Plans), 276
E
E-Business Suite, 5–8, 582–588
E-commerce capability of Order Management product, 407–409
E-mail alert actions, defining with Quality product, 729
EAD (Express Applications Database), role in demand planning, 260
Earliest Schedule Limit field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357, 359
ECNs (Engineering Change Orders), 15
ECO business object API
importing engineering change orders with, 94–96
integrating software systems with, 139–142
ECOs (Engineering Change Orders), 14–15, 227–228
accessing, 135–136
autonumbering, 127–128
canceling, 137–138
choosing items for, 130
choosing status for, 130
creating for tracking and implementing routing changes, 130
defining, 130–131
defining types for, 129
enforcing department-wise security to, 135
implementing, 137
managing approval process for, 131–135
predefining approval lists for, 129
rescheduling, 136–137
security function for, 130
setting priorities for, 128
setting profile options for, 129
setting up, 127–130
and use-up dates, 138–139
using for mass changes, 138
using Reasons form with, 129
EDW (Enterprise Data Warehouse), 786
Effective dates, specifying for cycle counts, 515–518
Effectivity controls, assigning for rules in OWM, 503–505, 507
Effectivity date changes for kanban planning, advisory about, 237
Effectivity dates, role in planning for engineering changes, 227
Elapsed time for events, calculating for Manufacturing Engineering, 175–176
Enabling cartonization for subinventories, 50
Enforce Capacity Constraints option for defining ASCP plans, 323
Enforce Demand Due Dates option for defining ASCP plans, 323
Engineering bills and routings, 123
Engineering change orders, importing with ECO business object API, 94–96
Engineering changes, planning for, 227–228
Engineering information, accessing, 123
Engineering items
copying, 125–126
versus manufacturing items, 122
Engineering items, defining, 64
Engineering product, 14–15, 123–126
Enterprise business flows, 4–5
Enterprise structure
components of, 30–34
role of locators in, 12
Enterprise View of PWB, 290
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), 19
ERP instances, role in supply chain modeling, 308
Error messages, role in scheduling exceptions, 620
ETO (Engineer-to-Order) stocking strategy, 9
EUL (end-user layer) and Discoverer worksheets, 784–785
Events
creating and accessing with Graphical Line Designer, 186–187
defining for demand planning, 256–257
role in flow routing, 113–115
EWT (Elapsed Weighted Time), calculation with MMM, 188
Exception messages
role in performance management, 341–342
role in scheduling exceptions, 620
Exception predefined report for demand planning, 271
Exception Set field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 242–243
Exception summaries, displaying in ASCP Planner Workbench, 333
Exceptions
manipulating in ASCP Planner Workbench, 334
reviewing in PWB, 283–284
viewing with Order Organizer, 395
Exchange products, 7–8
Exclusive discounts, selecting in incompatibility groups, 763–764
Exemptions, setting up with Oracle Management product, 375
Expert participation for establishing enterprise structure, 33
Explicit objectives, role in ASCP optimized planning, 319–320
Exponential fit forecasting method, role in demand planning, 263
Express receiving, 475. See also Receiving product
Express setups, defining for demand planning, 260
F
Feedback option, setting for plans, 277
Feeder lines, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 171
FIFO costing method, 708
Final assembly line, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 171
Financial information, handling with Order Management product, 365–366
Financial reporting with Set of Books feature, 37–38
Finite capacity planning, 314
Firm demands, role in supplier scheduling, 447
Fixed component of lead times, 245
Fixed Days Supply field in General Planning tab, 241
Flexfields, creating for ASCP, 321
Flow lines, 183–184
designing with Graphics Line Designer, 185–187
role in Manufacturing Engineering, 171–172
Flow manufacturing, 9, 16–17, 166, 229, 576–577, 590–593, 642
Flow rate, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 173
Flow schedules, 590–592
creating with Line Scheduling Workbench, 592–593
role in manufacturing execution, 571
Flow Workstation module, displaying open schedules with, 636–637
Focus forecasts, 208
Forecast bucket types, 212–213
Forecast consumption, 210–215
Forecast Control field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 242–243
Forecast control item attribute, controlling forecast explosion with, 215–216
Forecast Entries API, 210
Forecast method, specifying for demand planning, 263–264
Forecast predefined report for demand planning, 272
Forecast sets, 206
Forecasting
role in supply chain planning, 204–205
terminology and structure of, 205–207
Forecasts
adjusting for demand planning, 268–270
calculation and derivation of, 215
creating aggregates of, 215–216
generating from historical information, 207–209
maintaining separately from items, 216
publishing to sources instances for demand planning, 270–271
role in demand planning, 252
role in supplier scheduling, 447
submitting for demand planning, 270
types of, 208
Forms-based requisitions
accessing supplier item catalog for, 421–422
creating requisition headers for, 419
creating tax summaries for, 422
entering, 419–422
entering currency information for, 420
entering details in, 420
finding, 418
numbering, 419
performing funds checks for, 422
setting up preferences for, 418–419
specifying delivery information for, 420
specifying distributions for, 421
specifying items for, 419–420
specifying line types for, 419
specifying processing information for, 421
specifying source details for, 420
types of, 419
Forms-based requisitions. See also Internal requisitions, Requisitions
Formula-based pricing, 769–770
Forward/backward days, role in forecast consumption, 211–212
Freight and special charges, handling with Order Management product, 374
Freight carriers, defining with Shipping product, 650
Freight costs
assignment and modification of, 665
defining with Shipping product, 651
Freight information, recording with Shipping product, 650–651
Freight terms, defining with Order Organizer, 386
Freight Terms field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357–358
FSN (fast moving, slow moving, nonmoving) analysis, 513
G
Gantt charts
in ASCP Planner Workbench, 336–337
in Scheduler Workbench, 619–620
Gapless numbering, support for, 652
General shipping parameter, 649
Global ATP Server, supporting distributed order promising with, 378–382
Global descriptors, role in catalog creation, 417
Global enterprise, role in enterprise structure, 30–31
Global Order Promising, role in Neptune case study, 811
Global SCP and subset planning, 314
Graphical kanban workbench, 560. See also Kanban entries
Graphical Line Designer, 185–187
Graphical network pane in Graphical Line Designer, 186–187
Gross to net calculation, role in supply chain planning, 202
Growth phase of product lifecycle, 60–61
Growth predefined report for demand planning, 272
GSA (Government Services Administration), setting up pricing for, 357–358, 759
H
Hard Pegging Level plan option, 280
HAZARDOUS category example, 532
HazMatPick sample strategy, 505–506
Hierarchies, role in demand planning, 252, 255
Histograms, analyzing data with, 742–744
Hold discrete job status, 586
Holds
applying automatically with Order Organizer, 392
releasing with Order Organizer, 394
Holistic planning, role in ASCP product, 21–22, 302–304
Holt winters forecasting method, role in demand planning, 264
Horizontal demand, viewing with Order Organizer, 393
Horizontal Material Plan, role in PWB, 288–289
Horizontal Plan tab of right pane in ASCP Planner Workbench, 331–332
I
Implicit objectives, role in ASCP optimized planning, 319–321
In-transit shipments and material transactions, 489–490
Inbound shipments, managing with Receiving product, 470–476
Include on Shipping Documents ATP attribute for order entry, 355
Indented BOMs, 89–90
Independent demand, 201
Infinite capacity planning, 314
Inputs, defining for demand planning, 260
Inspection, role in receiving process, 470–471
Instances, defining for ASCP, 322
Instances for resources, types of, 102–104
Inter-organization transfers
choosing for inventory organization, 44
performing for material transactions, 489–490
Interactive Definition for WIP scheduling profile, 617
Internal Ordered Item attribute for Order Management product, 351
Internal requisitions, 419, 422–425. See also Forms-based requisitions, Requisitions
inventory setup for, 424–425
item setup for, 424
requisitioner setup for, 424
transacting between organizations, 425
Internet Procurement module. See also Purchasing product
administering catalogs with, 416–418
setting profiles with, 416
shopping from, 414–415
Internet requisitions, managing with Purchasing product, 412–416
Internet Supplier Portal module of Purchasing product, 453–454
Intra-operation steps, role in manufacturing execution, 574
Intraoperation tab on WIP Parameters for, 579
INV: Allow Expense To Asset Transaction profile option, 488
Inventory
accounting for values in, 688–689
planning, 519–523
Inventory accuracy
maintaining with ABC analysis, 512–514
maintaining with cycle counting, 515–518
Inventory ATP option, setting for MPS plans, 277
Inventory attributes for Order Management product, 352
Inventory cost layers, creating, 710
Inventory information, storing for material transactions, 497–498
Inventory Item attribute for Order Management product, 352
Inventory Lot Transactions form, using with OSFM, 631
Inventory management in Neptune case study, 814–815
Inventory organization in enterprise structure, 39–45
Inventory Parameters tab, selecting options from, 40–42
Inventory product, 12–13
Inventory, role of category sets in, 70–74. See also Physical inventory
Inventory Turns KPI, role in ASCP Planner Workbench, 341
Inventory turns PKI for ASCP PWB, 304
Invoice Enabled attribute for Order Management product, 353
Invoice-price variance cost flow, 696
Invoiceable Item attribute for Order
Management product, 353
Invoicing attributes, 68–69, 353
Invoicing, role in ATO/PTO models, 167
Invoicing Rule attribute for Order Management product, 353
INV: Transaction Date Validation profile option, 488
iPayments system, credit checking for credit card payments with, 377
Item attributes, 65–69
for costing application, 676
for Order Management, 350–353
for purchasing, 465
role in BOM setup, 81–82
role in supply chain planning, 240–246
Item catalogs, 74–76
assigning descriptive elements to, 155
Item controls, setting for inventory organization, 42–43
Item costs, 684–685
structure of, 676–683
viewing, 685–687
Item-defining attributes, 66–67
Item definitions, importing, 76
Item Forecast Workflow seeded workflow process, 342
Item information, entering with Order Organizer, 388–389
Item master organizations, setting, 41, 62
Item masters
identifying, 349–350
role in Inventory product, 13
Item numbers, changing, 63–64
Item relationships, 69–70, 653
Item revisions, 70–71
Item Routings tab in Graphical Line Designer, 185–186
Item shipment information, viewing with Order Organizer, 395
Item sourcing defaults, specifying for inventory organization, 44, 68
Item Status attribute, role in product lifecycle, 61
Item templates
applying, 62–65
for ATO/PTO, 152–157
Item types for ATP behavior, 397
Item Validation Organization Profile option, replacement of, 349–350
Item Whereused tool, using with BOMs, 90
Items
adding to price lists, 759
applying order holds to, 366
assigning pick methodologies to, 546
assigning to categories, 72
associating cost types with, 684
categorizing, 70–74
containers as, 527–528
defining, 62–64
defining with Engineering product, 14–15
deleting, 76
determining for order desks, 348–357
displaying structure of, 89–91
finding for configured orders, 405–406
including in cycle counts, 517
managing in Neptune case study, 801–803
managing serialized type of, 496–497
role in Oracle Applications, 62–65
scheduling, 451
setting up for configurable ATO/PTO models, 153–154
specifying for purchase orders, 444
updating with Order Organizer, 393
Items open interface, 76–77
J
Jinitiator properties, role in Demand Planning Administrator, 261
Job closures and variance calculations cost flow in average costing, 706–707
Job Completion Separator parameter in OSFM, 627
Job operations, adjusting for discrete jobs, 587
Job packets, role in shop floor control, 603
Job paperwork, role in shop floor control, 602–603
Job travelers, role in shop floor control, 603
Jobs, 582–588
autocreating with CTO, 595
autocreation of, 594
linking to sales orders with AutoCreate Final Assembly Schedules program, 595
overcompleting, 632
purging, 639
rescheduling in Gantt Chart pane of Scheduler Workbench, 620
K
Kanbans. See also Graphical kanban workbench
determining with MMM, 190
execution of, 561–564
source types for, 553–554
Kanban API, 564
Kanban cards, generation of, 561–562
Kanban materials planning, 551–564
Kanban planning, 235–239, 556–559
Kanban plans, generating and implementing, 238–239
Kanban replenishment, role in Flow Manufacturing product, 16–17
Kanban size
planning method for, 236
Key Indicators tab of right pane in ASCP Planner Workbench, 330–331
KPI targets, recording of, 783
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for ASCP PWB, 304, 330–331, 341–342
L
L (labor) resource type, role in operation time calculations, 175
Labeling compliance, 524–527
Labor charge cost flow in average costing, 702–703
Labor imbalances, reducing with MMM, 190
Labor rates, role in WIP product, 581
Labor resource deployment scenarios for line output levels, 182
Labor time, calculating for Manufacturing Engineering, 175–176
Late replenishment for sales order exception in ASCP Planner Workbench, 338
Latest Schedule Limit field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357, 359
Launch phase of product lifecycle, 60–61
Layer costing
setting up, 710
updating, 711
value and transaction flow in, 710–711
Lead times
components of, 244–245
specifying for subinventories, 51–52
Left pane of ASCP Planner Workbench, components of, 328–329
Legal Entity feature in Oracle Applications, 12, 37
Level Daily Rate flow scheduling method, 591
LIFO costing method, 708
Line Actions button, functionality of, 392–394
Line capacity, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 173
Line design process of Manufacturing Engineering, 171–173
Line details
for receipts, 474
reviewing with Order Organizer, 392
Line flow rate, monitoring, 193
Line flows for seeded workflows in Order Management product, 362–363
Line information
entering with Order Organizer, 388–396
obtaining for receipts, 474
Line layout, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 171
Line-level restrictions, setting for searching receipts, 473
Line linearity, 193–194
Line operations
balancing with MMM, 187–190
calculating in Manufacturing Engineering, 174
creating with Graphical Line Designer, 186–187
Line output levels in Manufacturing Engineering, scenarios for, 178–183
Line performance, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 193–195
Line processes, balancing with MMM, 187–190
Line quantities, canceling with Order Organizer, 392
Line scheduling process, 591, 593
Line Scheduling Workbench in Flow Manufacturing product, 17, 592–593
Line types
defining with Purchasing product, 459
handling with Order Management product, 364–366
Linear regression forecasting method, role in demand planning, 263
Linearity tab in Flow Workstation feature, 194
Lines
copying with Order Organizer, 393
designing for Manufacturing Engineering, 183–190
splitting with Order Organizer, 395
updating with Order Organizer, 401
Linking configured items in Order Management product, 407
Loading sequences, generating with Shipping product, 668
Local descriptors, role in catalog creation, 417
Locations, specifying for Purchasing product, 454
Locator capacity for stocking materials, 56
Locator control, assigning at subinventory level, 49
Locator coordinates for stocking materials, 56–57
Locator dimensions for stocking materials, 56
Locator status and types for stocking materials, 52–53
Locators
choosing from Inventory Parameters tab, 41–42
numbering with gaps for stocking materials, 55
role in Inventory product, 12
Lot API, 565
Lot Control attribute for Order Management product, 352
Lot for Lot option for defining ASCP plans, 323
Lot Genealogy, 495–496
Lot quantity, defining with Purchasing product, 457
Lot splits and merges, managing with OSFM, 630
Lot transactions, role in OSFM, 628–631
Lots
attributes of, 494
managing, 492–496
merging, 494–495
splitting, 494
LPN controlled zones and subinventories, 50, 530
LPNs (license plate numbers)
creating with Shipping product, 666
role in container management, 529–530
role in shipping product, 662–664
LWT (Labor Weighted Time), calculation with MMM, 188
M
M (machine) resource type, role in operation time calculations, 175
Machine imbalances, reducing with MMM, 190
Machine resources, instances of, 102–104
Machines, data model for, 116–117
Main attribute group for items, 68
Main item attribute for Order Management product, 350
Main tab in Order Organizer, 384–385
Mainline with Sidetrips Sequence for stocking materials, 54–55
Maintain/decline phase of product lifecycle, 61
Make At sourcing option for modeling supply chains, 307
Make or Buy field in General Planning tab, 240–241
Management by exception, role in ABC analysis, 514
Managing Change Orders purchasing workflow, 463
Manpower
data model for, 116–117
instances of resources for, 102
Manual picking, role in order fulfillment process, 550
Manufacturing
role in ATO stocking strategy, 165–166
transferring engineering products to, 123–126
Manufacturing and supply chain planning, 6, 19–20
Manufacturing engineering
functionality of, 170–171
role in Neptune case study, 805–806
Manufacturing execution
information flow of, 570–572
material requirements for, 572–573
in Neptune case study, 816
overview of, 570–577
role of autocharging in, 572
role of backflushing in, 571
role of completion transactions in, 631–637
role of move transactions in, 572
role of operation completion in, 575
role of outside processing in, 572
role of production methods in, 576–577
role of scheduling in, 573–575
role of shop floor control in, 602
role of Work Order-less Completion transactions in, 571–572
Manufacturing Intelligence module of BIS, 790–793
Manufacturing issue transactions, role in container transactions, 535–536
Manufacturing items versus engineering items, 122
Manufacturing plants, enabling features for, 46–47
Manufacturing processes, 8–9
Manufacturing scheduling, 16
configuring, 615–617
execution options for, 617–618
scheduling exceptions for, 620–621
Margin Delivery KPI, role in ASCP Planner Workbench, 341
Margin percentage PKI for ASCP PWB, 304
Margin PKI for ASCP PWB, 305
Market orientation versus stocking strategies, 146
Marketing BOMs, defining for Order Management product, 354
Master items versus organization items, 62
Master Schedule Detail Reports, 220
Master schedule loads, process of, 218–219
Master schedules, 217
populating with Open Master Schedule interface, 219–220
reviewing, 220
two-level type of, 221–223
Master Scheduling/MRP product, 20–21
Matching and receiving tolerances, setting for price breaks, 445
Matching attributes, setting up for Release Management product, 372
Matching logic for ATO/PTO configuration numbering, 151
Material and Resource Capacity Workflow seeded workflow process, 342
Material control, basics of, 596
Material control component information, role in supply chain planning, 246–247
Material discrepancies in zones, managing, 486–488
Material handling tasks in warehouses, overview of, 482
Material overhead charge cost flow in average costing, 704–705
Material overhead defaults for costs, 682
Material requirements
changing for discrete jobs, 587
for manufacturing execution, 572–573
for material control, 596–597
Material Reservation API, 565
Material Scheduling Method plan option, 280
Material status control, 486–488
Material sub-elements for costs, 679
Material transaction distributions, searching for, 691
Material transactions, 484–493
and direct shipments, 489
executing, 488–490
executing subinventory transfers for, 488
and in-transit shipments, 489–490
and inter-organization transfers, 489–490
and miscellaneous transfers, 488
and move orders, 490–492
and movement statistics, 492
and pick wave move orders, 490
and replenishment move orders, 491
role of consigned inventory in, 500
role of cost groups on, 485–486
role of on-hand balances in, 497
role of pick releasing WIP requirements in, 491
role of quantity trees in, 497
role of reservations in, 499
rules logical data model for, 509–512
Standalone Rules framework for, 509, 512
and subinventory transfer move orders, 490
transaction reasons and corrective actions for, 485
using Where Used forms with, 508–509
Material-usage variance cost flow, 697–698
Material Workbench module, 492–493
Materials and services, procuring for customer demand, 5
Maturity phase of product lifecycle, 61
MDS (Master Demand Schedule), 217–218
Measures, role in demand planning, 252
Memory-based Planner and Snapshot programs, 297
Message actions, defining with Quality product, 725–726
Message instances, displaying in ASCP Planner Workbench, 333–334
Methods, data model for, 116–117
Min-Max inventory planning, 519–521
Miscellaneous Transaction Account parameter in OSFM, 627
Miscellaneous transactions, performing for material transactions, 489
Mixed Model flow scheduling method, 591
Mixed Model Map, role in Flow Manufacturing product, 16
MMM (Mixed Model Map), functionality of, 187–190
MO (Multi-Org) feature, 34–35
MO: Operating Unit, advisory about, 151
Mobile Quality Applications, 739
Mobile Ul, role in kanban execution, 564
Model and option order lines, relationships between, 354–356
Model bills, role in Bills of Material product, 14
Model BOM item type, 82
Modifier lists, main tables for, 776
Modifier subjects, defining with Pricing product, 765
Modifiers
displaying summary information for, 762
role in Pricing product, 760, 762–770
Money, role in purchasing products and services, 5
MO: Operating Unit profile, 38
MO: Top Reporting Level option, 37
Move-efficiency variance cost flow, 698–699
Move Lot Based Jobs form, using with OSFM, 629–630
Move Order API, 565
Move orders
and material transactions, 490–492, 491–492
role in Shipping product, 656
Move Transaction interface, role in shop floor control, 607–608
Move Transaction tab on WIP Parameters for, 579
Move transactions
completing jobs or schedules with, 633
role in manufacturing execution, 572
role in shop floor control, 603–605
Movement statistics and material transactions, 492
MPS items versus MRP items, 279
MPS (Master Production Schedule), 217–218, 225
MPS plans, 276
MRCMON (Snapshot Monitor) program, 297
MRCNEW (Memory-Based Planner) program, 297
MRCNSP (Memory-based Snapshot) program, 296–297
MRCSDW (Snapshot Delete Worker) program, 297
MRCSLD (Loader Worker) program, 297
MRP items versus MPS items, 279
MRP (Material Requirements Planning), 19
MRP/MPS Planning Attributes, 242–243
MRP Net quantity option, choosing for discrete jobs, 584
MRP plans, 276
generating, 281–282
reviewing, 282
MRP profiles, role in supply chain planning, 240
MRP_FORECAST_INTERFACE table, role in Open Forecast Interface, 209
MRP_SCHEDULE_INTERFACE table, role in Open Master Schedule interface, 219–220
MRP_SNAPSHOT_TASKS table, role in interprocess communication, 298
MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP table, contents of, 536
MTL_UNITS_OF_MEASURE table, contents of, 483
MTL_UOM_CONVERSIONS table, contents of, 483
MTO (Make-to-Order) stocking strategy, 10
MTS (Make-to-Stock) stocking strategy, 11
Multilevel BOMs, 89–90
Multiorganization planning enhancement to ASCP, 302
Mutually Exclusive Options attribute for order entry, 355
MWT (Machine Weighted Time), calculation with MMM, 188
N
Naming conventions for workflow design, 364
Navigator of ASCP Planner Workbench, components of, 328–329
Neptune case study
ASCP activities in, 810
cost management in, 818–819
demand planning in, 807–808
design engineering in, 804–805
enterprise structure of, 800–801
executing supply chains in, 810–814
handling order management in, 810–811
inbound logistics of, 812–814
inventory and warehouse management in, 814–815
managing items, bills, and routings in, 801–803
manufacturing engineering in, 805–806
manufacturing execution in, 816
outbound logistics in, 817
price management in, 819–820
quality management in, 819
role of BIS in, 820
supply base and procurement management in, 811–812
supply chain planning in, 807–810
Net change planning, 292–296
Net Purchases plan option, 279
Net Reservations plan option, 279–280
Net resource availability, role in running ASCP collections, 326
Net WIP plan option, 279
Network connections, defining with Graphical Line Designer, 186–187
Network routings, functionality of, 115–116
New Lot Separator parameter in OSFM, 626
New Product Introductions, defining for demand planning, 257
No Level Load flow scheduling method, 591
None value for forecast control, 216
Notifications
reviewing with Purchasing product, 415
sending with Order Organizer, 393
NP division of Neptune case study, 800–801
NSJ (non-standard jobs) versus standard jobs, 588
Null buckets, role in Pricing product, 765
Number of cards planning method, 236
Numbering options for documents, defining with Purchasing product, 458
O
Object Navigator, accessing for pegged supply and demand in PWB, 285
Objectives, enabling with ASCP, 320
Objects in OWM, assigning strategies for, 507
ODP (Oracle Demand Planning). See Demand planning
Ol (open interfaces) for importing data, 564–565
OM (Order Management) product, result of entering orders in, 151
OMS (operation method sheets), role in Flow Workstation module, 636
On-hand balances, role in material transactions, 497
On-time delivery PKI for ASCP PWB, 304
Online pick release, role in Shipping product, 654–655
Online quality control, implementing with precontrol charts, 748–749
Online simulations, performing, 294–295
Ontime Delivery KPI, role in ASCP Planner Workbench, 341
Open Forecast Interface, 209
Open item interfaces, 76–77
Open Master Schedule interface, 219–220
Operating system script alert actions, defining with Quality product, 729–730
Operating Units, role in enterprise structure modeling, 31–32
Operation completion, role in manufacturing execution, 575
Operation Pull WIP supply type, role in material control, 597, 600
Operation resources, defining for routing operations, 110–112
Operation seq component information, role in supply chain planning, 246
Operation sequence inheritance for ATO/PTO models, 155–156
Operation times, calculating for Manufacturing Engineering, 175–176
Operational method sheets, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 191–192
Operations
adding to discrete jobs, 587
enterprise structure of, 38–39
rescheduling in Gantt Chart pane of Scheduler Workbench, 620
role in scheduling for manufacturing execution, 574
specifying for routings, 108–110
Opportunistic cross-docking, 542
Optimization tab in ASCP, 324
Optimized planning, performing with ASCP, 318–321
Optimized plans, creation with ASCP, 303
Option bills, role in Bills of Material product, 14
Option Class BOM item type, 82
Oracle Applications
BG feature in, 37
buying catalog content from, 417–418
enterprise structure modeling in, 30–34
Legal Entity feature in, 37
modules, 5–8
Organizations feature in, 35–36
role of items in, 62–65
Security Group feature in, 36–37
Set of Books feature in, 37
Oracle ASCP (Advanced Supply Chain Planning). See ASCP (Advanced Supply Chain Planning) product
Oracle Bills of Material product. See BOM entries
Oracle Configurator product. See Configurator product
Oracle Cost Management product, 17–18. See Cost Management product
Oracle Demand Planning. See Demand Planning, 20
Oracle E-Business Suite, 5–8
Oracle Engineering product. See Engineering product
Oracle Exchange products. See Exchange products
Oracle Express system parameters, defining with Demand Planning Administrator, 261
Oracle Financial applications and Oracle Inventory product, 12
Oracle Financials product. See Financials product
Oracle Flow Manufacturing product. See Flow manufacturing
Oracle Inventory product. See Inventory entries
Oracle Management product
assigning sales credits with, 378
setting up credit policies with, 376–377
Oracle Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Applications. See Manufacturing and supply chain planning
Oracle Manufacturing Scheduling product. See Manufacturing scheduling product
Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP product. See Master Scheduling/MRP product
Oracle Order Management product. See OM (Order Management) product
Oracle Order Management product. See Order Management product
Oracle Portal and PHP, 780–782
Oracle Pricing product. See Pricing product
Oracle Product Development Exchange product. See Product Development Exchange product.
Oracle Purchasing product. See Purchasing product
Oracle Quality product. See Quality product
Oracle Release Management product. See Release Management product
Oracle Shipping product. See Shipping product
Oracle Supplier Scheduling product. See Supplier Scheduling product
Oracle Supply Chain Exchange product. See Supply Chain Exchange product
Oracle Warehouse Management product. See Warehouse Management product
Oracle WMS, 24–25
Oracle Work in Process product. See WIP product
Order desks, determining items for, 348–357
Order documents, setting up standard content for, 370–372
Order entry, speeding with defaulting rules, 367–369
Order exceptions
reviewing in PWB, 284
viewing with Order Organizer, 395
Order flows, 348–349
Order fulfillment process, 543–550
Order header flows for seeded workflows in Order Management product, 362
Order header information, entering with Order Organizer, 383–388
Order holds, handling with Order Management product, 366–367
Order information, obtaining for receipts, 474
Order lines
determining availability dates for, 398
prioritizing with release sequence rules, 650
Order management APIs, 408–409
Order management, handling in Neptune case study, 810–811
Order Management product, 22, 350
changing orders for configured items with, 406–407
configuring sources of supply and demand with, 380–382
customer profiles in, 360
defining configuration rules for, 356–357
defining customers sold to, 357–360
defining marketing BOMs with, 354
delinking and linking configured items in, 407
e-commerce capability of, 407–409
entering configured orders with, 405
entering orders using other items numbers with, 356
handling document sequences with, 364
handling drop shipments with, 404–405
handling freight and special charges with, 374
handling line types with, 364–366
handling order holds with, 366–367
handling order numbering with, 364
handling order types with, 364–366
handling processing constraints with, 369–370
handling special order flows with, 404–409
handling taxation with, 374–376
invoicing orders with, 401–402
item attributes for, 350–353
managing decimal quantities with, 353
managing seeded workflows with, 362–363
managing workflows with, 360–364
Order Organizer component of, 382–396
processing outbound orders with, 360–370
processing returns and requests for credit with, 402–404
processing returns with, 402–404
relationship between model and option order lines in, 354–356
setting up standard content for order documents with, 370–372
speeding order entry with, 367–369
using attachments with, 370–372
Order management rules, role in Release Management product, 373
Order modifiers
specifying for ASLs, 434–435
treatment in repetitive planning, 232–233
Order numbering, handling with Order Management product, 364
Order Organizer component of Order Management product
entering and managing orders with, 382–396
updating orders and lines with, 401
Order picking methodology, role in order fulfillment process, 544
Order process in Workflow Builder, 360–361
Order promising, 378–382
Order sources, specifying with Order Organizer, 386
Order to Cash Portal components, 787–788
Order Type field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357–358
Order types
handling with Order Management product, 364–366
setting up with Order Organizer, 385
Order workflows, managing with Order Management product, 360–364
Orders. See also Special order flows
canceling with Shipping product, 656
entering using other item numbers, 356
invoicing with Order Management product, 401–402
managing availability and delivery of, 396–400
scheduling, 398–400
updating with Order Organizer, 401
Orders for configured items, changing with Order Management product, 406–407
Organization cost groups, 713
Organization items versus master items, 62
Organization Parameters window, setting options in, 40–45
Organizations
enabling for average costing, 702
locating, 35
restricting access to, 45
storage of definitions for, 35
structure of, 47–58
Organizations feature in Oracle Applications, 35–36
Organizations tab in ASCP, 324–325
OrgPickStrategy sample strategy, 507
OSFM costing, 643
OSFM (Oracle Shop Floor Management) system
configuring, 626–627
lot sector extensions in, 627
overview of, 625–626
profile options for, 627
role of lot transactions in, 628–631
using Standard Operation Detail form with, 627
OSP execution, 611–612
OSP information, obtaining for receipts, 474
OSP (Outside Processing)
role in manufacturing execution, 572
role in shop floor control, 609–612
OSP resources, characteristics of, 610
Other item discount, defining for pricing, 768
OU (Operating Unit), role in enterprise structure, 38
Outbound logistics in Neptune case study, 817
Outbound orders, processing with Order Management product, 360–370
Outlier update percent, role in forecast consumption, 213
Output variables, defining with Quality product, 731
Outside processing, role in resource management, 579, 625
Over Return Tolerance attribute for Order Management product, 351, 357, 359
Over Shipment Tolerance attribute for Order Management product, 351
Overhead charge cost flow in average costing, 704
Overhead rates, entering for departments, 105
Overheads, defining costs for, 681–682
Overshipment Invoice Base field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357, 359
Overwrite option
for plans, 278
role in controlling plan generation, 281–282
using with forecasts, 209
using with master schedule loads, 218–219
OWA (Oracle Web Agent) Virtual Path, role in demand planning, 260
OWM (Oracle Warehouse Management)
receiving and putaway in, 539–543
rules framework in, 500–509
Owned resources, indicating for departments, 105
P
Packing activities, managing with Shipping product, 666–667
Packing consolidation and splitting, role in container transactions, 534–535
Pareto charts, analyzing data with, 739–740
Payment Terms attribute for Order Management product, 353
Payment terms, choosing with Order Organizer, 385, 389
Pegged supply and demand, role in PWB, 285–286
Pegging field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 242–243
Pegging plan option, 280
Percent field in General Planning tab, 241–242
Performance Management with ASCP, 341–342
Period close, preparing for, 715–716
Periodic average costs, 713
Periodic costing, 711–715
procedures for, 714–715
reporting on, 715
setup for, 714
Periodic incremental LIFO costing, 713–714
Periods, defining with Purchasing product, 459–460
Phantom assemblies, 83, 601–602
Phantom WIP supply type, role in material control, 597
PHP (Personal Home Page) and Oracle Portal, 780–782
Physical attributes for Order Management product, 353
Physical inventory, 518. See also Inventory entries
Pick Components attribute for Order Management product, 351
Pick Confirm API, 565
Pick execution, role in order fulfillment process, 548–550
Pick methodologies, role in order fulfillment process, 543–546
Pick Release API, 565
Pick release groups and cartonization, 532
Pick Release shipping parameter, 649
Pick releases
launching with Shipping product, 665
role in ATO/PTO stocking strategies, 166–167
role in Shipping product, 654–656
Pick releasing WIP requirements, role and materials transactions, 491
Pick sequences, unifying for stocking materials, 55
Pick slip grouping rules, role in Shipping product, 650
Pick tasks, staging lane assignment for, 547
Pick UOM for stocking materials, 56
Pick wave move orders
and material transactions, 490
role in Shipping product, 656
Pick waves, assigning pick methodologies to, 546
Picking, 550
Picking Defaults for inventory organization, 43
Picking orders
for stocking materials, 53–55
and subinventories, 50
Picking Rule attribute for Order Management product, 352
Picking UOM and subinventories, 50–51
Plan Capacity plan option, 280
Plan generation, controlling, 281–282
Plan names, defining, 277–281
Plan Safety Stock plan option, 280
Planned Items plan option, 280
Planned orders, firming with PWB, 288
Planned Resources, and Bottleneck Resource Group options for defining ASCP plans, 323
Planned Utilization KPI, role in ASCP Planner Workbench, 341
Planner field in General Planning tab, 240–241
Planning
constraint-based type of, 314–318
optimizing, 318–321
Planning bills, role in Bills of Material product, 14
Planning BOM item type, 82
Planning constraints, setting for ASLs, 434–435
Planning controls, implementing, 233
Planning Data Pull program, role in running ASCP collections, 326–327
Planning exceptions, reviewing in PWB, 283–284
Planning flexfields, creating for ASCP, 321
Planning information, displaying in PWB, 283
Planning Manager program, role in supply chain planning, 247, 254
Planning Method field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 242–243
Planning Parameters form, 239–240
Planning percent component information, role in supply chain planning, 246
Planning process, technical overview of, 296–299
Planning recommendation, implementing with PWB, 286–288
Planning server, pulling information from, 267–268
Planning Time Fence Control plan option, 279
Plans. See also ASCP plans
copying for simulations, 293
defining options for, 278–281
displaying bucketed view of, 288–289
purging, 277
types of, 276–277
PLC (product lifecycle), phases of, 60–61
PMF (Performance Management Framework), 780, 783
PMV (Performance Management Viewer), 780
PO Move resources, advisory about, 611–612
PO_REQUISITIONS_INTERFACE_ALL table, 466
Polynomial regression forecasting method, role in demand planning, 263
Portals, role in Supply Chain Intelligence module of BIS, 787
Portlets
in Demand to Build portal, 790–793
in Order to Cash portal, 787–788
in Procure to Pay portal, 793–798
Post-deduct. See Backflushing
Postprocessing component of lead times, 245
Precontrol charts, analyzing data with, 748–749
Predefined reports, managing with Demand Planning Administrator, 261–262
Preprocessing component of lead times, 244
Price adjustments, viewing with Order Organizer, 395
Price breaks
defining for blanket agreements, 445
defining for RFQs, 428
defining with Pricing product, 765
Price List field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357–358
Price list lines, types of, 757
Price lists, 757–760
adding items to, 759
administering, 758–759
main tables for, 776
Price qualifiers, setting up, 759–760
Price references, specifying for purchase orders, 444
Price tolerance, defining with Purchasing product, 457
formula-based type of, 769–770
managing in Neptune case study, 819–820
setting up for GSA (Government Services Administration), 759
Pricing agreements, 770
setting up, 773–774
Pricing concepts, 756
Pricing contexts, setting up, 773–774
Pricing exclusions, defining with Pricing product, 765
Pricing flow, overview of, 770–772
Pricing information, entering with Order Organizer, 389
Pricing product, 22–23
combining discounts with, 763–764
defining discounts with, 766
defining subject of modifiers with, 765
extending, 772–774
Pricing selected items with Order Organizer, 393
Primary routings, switching from alternate routings, 112–113
Primary UOM (Unit of Measure), 68
Priority codes, assigning for ASCP, 307
Process capability studies, role in Quality product, 750–753
Process layout, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 170
Processes
building quality into, 192
creating with Graphical Line Designer, 186–187
Processing component of lead times, 245
Processing constraints, handling with Order Management product, 369–370
Processing rules, setting up for Release Management product, 372–373
Procure to Pay portal, 793–798
Procurement home page, shopping from, 414–415
Procurement Process Flows purchasing workflow, 464
Product catalogs. See Catalogs
Product Development Exchange product, 7
Product families
versus Bills of Material product, 14
creating, 91–93
identification of, 172
Product Family BOM item type, 82
Product layout, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 170
Product synchronization, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 171
Production activity, monitoring with WIP product, 15–16
Production line design, simulating and evaluating with Flow Manufacturing product, 16
Production methods, role in manufacturing execution, 576–577
Production option, setting for plans, 277
Production relief, 221
Production schedules, defining, 588–596
Products and services, distinguishing between, 69
Products, engineering, 9
Profile classes in Order Management product, 360
Profile options
and BOM parameters for ATO/PTO, 149–152
setting for order promising, 382
for WIP product, 581–582
Profiles, setting for Internet Procurement module, 416
Profit and loss accounts, choosing for inventory organizations, 44
Project information, capturing with Order Organizer, 392
Project Workflow seeded workflow process, 342
Projects, charging for distributions, 445
Promotion codes, recording with Order Organizer, 394
Promotional goods, defining for pricing, 768
Promotional upgrades, defining for pricing, 767–768
Prototypes, developing, 122–126
PTO/ATO activities in Neptune case study, 805
PTO/ATO items, setup for standard type of, 157
PTO/ATO models
business process, 148–158
entering sales orders in, 159
forecasting and master scheduling of, 158–159
item templates for, 152–157
managing configuration items with, 160–165
managing ongoing activities in, 158–167
role of invoicing in, 167
scenarios for, 146–148
setup for configurable type of, 153–157
PTO (Pick-to-Order) stocking strategy, 11, 146, 167
Public pricing APIs, 774–775
Pull sequences, role in kanban materials planning, 553–556
Purchasable control, functionality of, 246
Purchase orders
annotating, 444
approval cycle of, 439
automatic creation of, 463
copying, 440–441
creating for drop shipments, 405
entering and maintaining, 442–446
entering and viewing acceptances of, 440
establishing notification conditions for, 440
features of, 439–441
finding, 441–442
header information in, 442–444
line information for, 444–445
management of revision control and change history for, 440
managing validation and approval process for, 442
printing, 440
refining terms agreed to, 445
requesting shipment schedules for, 440
specifying payment terms for, 443
structure of, 437–439
Purchase-price variance cost flow, 696
Purchase requisitions, 419
Purchasing documents, adding notes to, 455–456
Purchasing Intelligence module of BIS, 793–798
Purchasing item attributes, 465
Purchasing options, setting, 456–458
Purchasing periods, statuses for, 460
Purchasing product, 25. See also Internet Procurement module
adding and reviewing attachments in, 455–456
AutoCreate module of, 435–437
configuring, 454–465
creating document subtypes with, 459
creating document workflow functions with, 466–467
creating quotations with, 428–429
defining line types with, 459
defining periods with, 459–460
defining RFQs with, 427–428
defining sourcing rules with, 431–432
defining suppliers for sourcing with, 429–431
displaying approved requisitions and
purchase orders with, 416
finding requisition status with, 415
identifying suppliers with, 425
Internet Procurement module, 412–418
Internet Supplier Portal module, 453–454
managing cumulative quantities with, 451–452
managing Internet requisitions with, 412–416
managing sourcing with, 429–435
managing supplier status with, 431
overview of, 412–413
recording received items with, 415–416
reviewing notifications with, 415
role of assignment sets in, 432–433
setting up locations for, 454
sourcing flow in, 429–430
specifying allocation percentages with, 432
specifying approval groups and assignments for, 454–455
specifying approved supplier lists with, 433–435
specifying buyers in, 454
Purchasing, role in enterprise structure, 30–31
Purchasing workflows, 460–465
Push WIP supply type, role in material control, 597–598
Putaway in OWM, 539–543
PWB (Planner Workbench), 282–292
role in repetitive schedule implementation, 234
Q
QA_ACTIONS table, contents of, 732
QA_CHARS table, contents of, 724
QA_PLAN_COLLECTION_TRIGGERS table, contents of, 737
QA_PLAN_TRANSACTIONS table contents of, 737
QA_RESULTS table, contents of, 739
QA_RESULTS_UPDATE_HISTORY table, contents of, 739
QA_SPEC_CHARS table, contents of, 733
QA_SPECS table, contents of, 733
QP: Item Validation Organization, advisory about, 151
Qualifier attributes, evaluating for Pricing product, 760–761
Qualifier groups, choosing for Pricing product, 760
Qualifiers for pricing, setting up, 773
Quality actions, 724–727
Quality management in Neptune case study, 819
Quality product, 18
associating output variables with actions in, 730–732
basis of, 720
collecting data with, 737–739
collection-element types for, 720–721
data analysis tools in, 739–749
defining collection-element actions with, 727–728
defining collection-element alert actions with, 729–730
defining collection-element specification limits with, 724
defining collection elements for, 721–723
defining output variables with, 731
launching workflow actions with, 730
reserved words in, 722
role of collection-element values in, 723–724
role of collection plans in, 734–737
role of specifications in, 732–734
user-defined formulas and Assign a Value actions in, 735–736
using SQL validation statement with, 722
Quantity function, role in OWM rules framework, 501
Quantity trees, role in material transactions, 498–499
Query Manager, using with Shipping product, 656–659
Queue intra-operation step in manufacturing execution, 574
Quota predefined report for demand planning, 272
Quotations, creating with Purchasing product, 428–429
R
Ranking predefined report for demand planning, 272
RCCP (Rough Cut Capacity Planning), 223–227
Receipt close, defining with Purchasing
product, 457
Receipt headers, functionality of, 473
Receipt lines, functionality of, 473–474
Receipt Notification Requests purchasing workflow, 464
Receipt routing, 470
Receipts
creating with OWM, 540–541
finding expected type of, 472–473
finding for transactions, 476
inspecting, 476
recording for drop shipments, 405
unordered type of, 475–476
Receipts form, invoking and navigating, 471–472
Receivables, handling with Order Management product, 365–366
Received items, recording with Purchasing product, 415–416
Receiving controls, reviewing for price breaks, 445
Receiving in OWM, 539–543
Receiving options, 478
Receiving parameters, setting for distribution centers, 45
Receiving process, overview of, 470–471
Receiving product. See also Express receiving
checking delivery of receipts with, 476–477
inspecting receipts with, 476
managing inbound shipments with, 470–476
managing receiving transactions with, 476–477
managing returns to vendor with, 477
managing shipments with, 478
Receiving transactions
correcting, 477
managing with Receiving product, 476–477
reviewing, 477–478
Reduce MPS field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 243–244
Reference designators, creating for BOMs, 86
Reference documents, accessing for purchase orders, 444
Reference information collection-element type for Quality product, 721
Reject step in manufacturing execution, 575
Release creation, automating, 463
Release information, obtaining with Order Organizer, 392
Release label for orders in PWB, 287
Release Management product, 23–24, 372–374
Release rules, role in Shipping product, 649–650
Release schedules, viewing with Order Organizer, 394
Release sequence rules, role in Shipping product, 650
Released discrete job status, 586
Relief option, setting for MPS plans, 277
Relief, types of, 221
Repetitive manufacturing, 8, 576
Repetitive Planning Attributes field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 243
Repetitive plans
building stability into, 233
configuring, 235
Repetitive schedules
allocation and implementation of, 234–235
completing, 633–634
creating, 589
statuses of, 590
updating, 590
use, 588
Repetitive tab on WIP Parameters for, 579
Repetitive versus discrete planning logic, 228–235
Replenishment counting, 522–523
Replenishment move orders and material transactions, 491
Replenishment, signaling for kanban execution, 562–564
Request Date Type field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357, 359
Required for Revenue attribute for order entry, 356
Requisition cancellation, defining with Purchasing product, 457
Requisition Creation Time parameter, functionality of, 611
Requisition pool, creating target documents from, 435–437
Requisition status, finding with Purchasing product, 415
Requisition templates, functionality of, 458
Requisitions. See also Forms-based requisitions, Internal requisitions
creation in OSP, 611
defining for orders, 445
importing, 465–466
managing with Purchasing product, 25, 412–416
Reschedules exception, managing with ASCP Planner Workbench, 338
Rescheduling Workflow seeded workflow process, 342
Reservation Control attribute for Order Management product, 352
Reservation Level plan option, 280
Reservations
role in material transactions, 499
versus scheduling orders, 400
Reservations Manager API, 565
Resource definitions, analyzing modifications made to, 104
Resource-efficiency variance cost flow, 699–700
Resource instances, types of, 102–104
Resource management, 621–625
role of outside processing in, 625
role of Resource Transaction interface in, 624–625
role of resource transactions in, 622–624
Resource message generation in PWB, 284
Resource Offset % option for routings, 111
Resource recommendations, generating with MMM, 188–190
Resource requirements
changing for discrete jobs, 587
role in manufacturing execution, 574
Resource sequence relationship example, 193
Resource Transaction interface, role in resource management, 624–625
Resource transactions
importing, 622–624
role in resource management, 622–624
Resource units available in shifts, increasing and decreasing, 107
Resource utilization PKI for ASCP PWB, 304
Resources, 100–102
assigning for departments, 105
auto-charging of, 621–622
charging, 622–624
defining costs for, 681
defining direct costs associated with, 101
explanation of, 100
including and excluding for operations and routings, 111
in operation time calculations, 175
rescheduling in Gantt Chart pane of Scheduler Workbench, 620
role in manufacturing and distribution environment, 80
Resources constraint, 316–317
Restrictions, role in OWM rules framework, 501
Return information, specifying with Order Organizer, 391
Return order flows, setting up with Order Management product, 402–404
Returnable attribute for Order Management product, 351
Returns
managing with Receiving product, 477
processing with Order Management product, 402–404
role in material control, 598–599
Revaluation variance cost flow, 700–701
Review predefined report for demand planning, 272
Revision Control attribute for Order Management product, 352
Rework production, role in shop floor control, 612–614
RFQ lines, 428
RFQs (requests for quotations)
creating with Autocreate module of Purchasing product, 435
defining items as, 427–428
defining price breaks for, 428
status of, 427
types of, 427
Right pane of ASCP Planner Workbench, components of, 329–334
Risk factors, role in credit checking, 377
RMA Inspection Status attribute for Order Management product, 351
RMAs, creating, 402–404
Rolling up standard costs, 693–694
Rollup costs, options for, 678–680
ROP (Reorder Point) inventory planning, 521–522
Round Order Quantities field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 243
Routing business object API, 118–119
Routing, defining for phantom assemblies, 83
Routing details, viewing with Graphical Line Designer, 186
Routing networks, specifying, 114
Routing operations, defining operation resources for, 110–112
Routings
autocreation of, 595
copying, 87
creating, 108
defining revisions for, 108
defining standard operations for, 108–109
defining with Engineering product, 14–15
for engineering, 123
managing in Neptune case study, 801–803
performing cost rollups for, 113
setup for ATO/PTO models, 155–156
setup for standard ATO/PTO items, 158
storage of information about, 112
switching between types of, 112–113
Routings constraint, 317–318
Rule types, role in OWM rules framework, 501
Rules
role in OWM rules framework, 501–503
in Shipping product, 649–650
Rules for suggestions in OWM, finding, 506
Rules logical data model for material transactions, 509–512
Rules of eligibility, setting up for Pricing product, 759–760
Run step in manufacturing execution, 574
S
Safety Stock Method field in General Planning tab, 241–242
Safety Stock, role in ROP, 521
Sales Account attribute for Order Management product, 353
Sales credits
allocating with Order Organizer, 395
assigning with Oracle Management product, 378
Sales Order API, 565
Sales Order Organizer form, 383
Sales order release and cartonization process, 532–533
Sales Order Workflow seeded workflow process, 342
Sales orders
booking with Order Organizer, 396
entering with Order Organizer, 383–396
managing with ATO/PTO, 160–162
Salespeople, compensating, 378
Scenario properties, setting for demand planning, 263–265
Scenarios
in ASCP Planner Workbench, 337–338
role in demand planning, 252, 260
for simulations, 294
Schedule plan option, 278
Schedule relief, 221
Scheduled options, defining for supplier scheduling, 447–449
Scheduler Workbench, role in manufacturing scheduling, 618–621
Schedules
purging, 639
treatment in repetitive planning, 232
Scheduling
exceptions for manufacturing scheduling, 620–621
fulfillment of customer requests, 398–400
role in manufacturing execution, 573–575
Scheduling Profile option for WIP, 617
Scheduling tab on WIP Parameters for, 580
Schemas, role in catalog creation with Internet Procurement module, 416
SCP (Supply Chain Planning) versus ASCP, 302, 307
Scrap charge cost flow in average costing, 705
Scrap step in manufacturing execution, 574
Search criteria in Query Manager, 657–659
Sectors, role in OSFM, 625
Security Group feature in Oracle Applications, 31, 36–37
Security groups, role in enterprise structure modeling, 33
Security profiles, role in business views for Discoverer EUL, 785
Seeded rules, copying in OWM, 503
Seeded workflow processes, 342, 362–363
Segment numbers in pricing qualifiers, advisory about, 773
Serial attributes, role in material transactions, 496–497
Serial Genealogy, 497
Serial Number Control attribute for Order Management product, 352
Serialized items, managing, 496–497
Serpentine Picking Sequence for stocking materials, 54
Service attribute group for items, 69
Service information, specifying with Order Organizer, 391
Serviceable items, updating with Order Organizer, 393
Services and materials, procuring for customers, 5
Set of Books feature in Oracle Applications, 31, 37
Shift and calendar information, copying, 98–99
Shifts
assigning for departments, 106–107
increasing and decreasing resource units available in, 107
specifying with Workday Calendar, 97–98
Ship Confirm option in Shipping product, 669–670
Ship Model Complete attribute for Order Management product, 352
Ship Partial field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357–358
Ship Sets field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357, 359
Shipment and delivery rules, role in Release Management product, 373–374
Shipment information, obtaining for receipts, 474
Shipment relief, 221
Shipments, managing with Receiving product, 478
Shippable Item attribute for Order Management product, 352
Shipping actions, 664–670
Shipping entities, 660–664
Shipping entries, searching with Query Manager, 656–647
Shipping exceptions, defining, 653
Shipping execution, documenting, 651–652
Shipping information
handling with Order Management product, 365
specifying with Order Organizer, 390
Shipping networks, defining information for, 47
Shipping parameters, setting for distribution centers, 46
Shipping process
overview of, 646–648
updating, 668
Shipping product, 24
assigning transportation calendars with, 652–653
calculating weight and volume with, 667
configuring, 649–656
defining containers and item relationships with, 653
generating loading sequences with, 668
integration of UPS with, 670
overview of, 646–648
printing document sets with, 668
recording freight information with, 650–651
role of pick releases in, 654–656
role of Pick Wave Move orders in, 656
using Data Manager with, 659–660
using Query Manager with, 656–659
Shipping Transaction shipping parameter, 649
Shipping Transactions form
functionality of, 656
releasing sales order lines with, 655
Shop floor control
role in manufacturing execution, 602
role of assembly scrap in, 615
role of Discrete Workstation in, 605–607
role of dispatch reports and job paperwork in, 602–603
role of Move Transaction interface in, 607–608
role of move transactions in, 603–605
role of outside processing in, 609–612
role of rework production in, 612–614
Shop floor jobs, viewing with Scheduler Workbench, 618–621
Shop Floor Statuses, role in WIP product, 580
Shop floor statuses, use of, 608
Shopping
from Internet Procurement page, 414–415
from supplier sites, 415
Shrinkage Rate field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 243
Simulated scenarios, comparing, 296, 340
Simulation modes, 294
Simulation Set plan option, 280
Simulations
managing with ASCP Planner Workbench, 338–340
performing for supply, demand, and capacity, 292–296
Single exponential smoothing forecasting method, role in demand planning, 263
Snapshot Lock Tables plan option, 279
Snapshots
role in manufacturing execution, 572–573
role in planning process, 281
Software systems
integrating with ECO business object API, 139–142
integrating with Routing business object API, 118–119
Sort criteria, role in OWM rules framework, 501–502
Sortation process, role in bulk picking, 545
Source documents, role in ASLs, 434
Source lists, usage with forecasts, master schedules, or plans, 219
Sourcing and assignment APIs, 314
Sourcing flow in Purchasing product, 429–430
Sourcing
managing with Purchasing product, 429–435
specifying for subinventories, 51–52
Sourcing rules
applying to assignment sets in Purchasing product, 432
assigning in assignment sets, 311–312
defining with Purchasing product, 431–432
role in modeling supply chains with ASCP, 305–306, 308, 310
for supply and demand, 380–381
SPC (Statistical Process Control), 748–750
Special charges and freight, handling with Order Management product, 374
Special order flows, handling with Order Management product, 404–409. See also Orders
Specifications, role in Quality product, 732–734
SQL script alert actions, defining with Quality product, 730
SQL validation statement, using with collection elements for Quality product, 722
SRS (Standard Request Submission) form, automating concurrent pick releases with, 655
Staging lanes
assigning to dock doors, 57–58
loading vehicles from, 550–551
Standalone Rules framework for material transactions, 509, 512
Standard agreements, role in pricing, 770
Standard BOM item type, 82
Standard conversions between UOMs, defining, 483
Standard cost history, viewing, 695
Standard costing method, 692–701
Standard costs, updating, 694–695
Standard jobs versus non-standard jobs, 588
Standard RFQ headers, 427
Statistical forecasts, 208
Status attributes, 66
Status codes, attaching to shop floor operations, 608
Stock Locator location, functionality of, 52–57
Stockable attribute for Order Management product, 352
Stocking strategies
versus market orientation, 146
for Supply Chain Application, 9–11
Stops shipping entity, 646–647, 662
Strategic sourcing and supply management flow, overview of, 425–426
Strategies for suggestions in OWM, finding, 506
Strategies, role in OWM rules framework, 503–505
Strategy assignments, implementing in OWM rules framework, 505–507
Strategy search order in OWM rules framework, 507–508
Sub-element views for costs, 686–687
Subinventories
disabling, 49
role in material transactions, 485
role in organization structure, 48–52
Subinventories, role in Inventory product, 12
Subinventory parameters, 49
Subinventory Restrictions attribute for Order Management product, 352
Subinventory transfer move orders and material transactions, 490
Subinventory transfers, executing for material transactions, 488
Subledger distributions, creating for periodic costing, 715
Subset planning and global SCP, 314
Substitute components for BOMs, assigning, 86
Substitute resources, associating for routings, 111
Suggestions
finding rules and strategies for, 506
generating with rules logical data model, 509, 511
Summary views for costs, 687
Supplier capacity, modeling, 318
Supplier Portal of Purchasing product, 453–454
Supplier scheduling, 447–452
communicating, 452
creating, 449–451
performing for ASLs, 435
Supplier Scheduling product, 25–26
Supplier sites, shopping from, 415
Supplier status, managing with Purchasing product, 431
Supplier WIP supply type, role in material control, 597
Suppliers. See also ASLs (approved supplier lists)
defining for enterprise structure, 39
defining for sourcing with Purchasing product, 429–431
identifying with supplier lists in Purchasing product, 425
Supply and demand
configuring sources of, 380–382
role in PWB, 284–285
Supply and demand information, collecting for order promising, 379–380
Supply chain and manufacturing planning, 19–20
Supply Chain application
management processes of, 18–19
stocking strategies for, 9–11
Supply chain enterprise structure, 39–47
Supply Chain Exchange product, 7–8
Supply chain execution, 20
Supply Chain Intelligence module of BIS, 787–790
Supply Chain Intelligence reports, 788–790
Supply chain planning in Neptune case study, 807–810
Supply Chain tab in ASCP Planner Workbench, 334
Supply chains
executing in Neptune case study, 810–814
planning cycles for, 203–204
planning logic for, 200–203
role of forecasting in, 204–205
Supply/Demand window in ASCP Planner Workbench, 334–336
Supply duplication, preventing with schedule relief, 221
Supply subinventory and locator, role in material control, 597
Support Service attribute for items, 69
System directed picking, role in order fulfillment process, 548–549
T
Table of contents, role in catalog creation, 417
Tables for price and modifier lists, 776
Takt time, role in Manufacturing Engineering, 174
Target documents, creating from requisition pool, 435–437
Targets for KPIs, recording of, 783
Task dispatching engine, 538
Task management, 536–539
Task merging, 538
Task splitting, 538
Task type assignment engine, 536–538
Tax Code attribute
for items, 69
for Order Management product, 353
Tax codes, setting up with Order Management product, 375
Tax defaulting hierarchy, assigning with Purchasing product, 458
Tax details, viewing with Order Organizer, 396
Tax handling information, displaying in Order Organizer, 386
Tax locations and rates, setting up with Order Management product, 375
Taxation, handling with Order Management product, 374–376
Templates, applying to items, 62–65
Terms substitution, defining for pricing, 767–768
Time Fences field of MRP/MPS Planning Attributes tab, 243–244
Time series data, role in demand planning, 253
To Move step in manufacturing execution, 574
Tolerance fences
functionality of, 184
role in ASLs, 434
role in owned resources for departments, 105–106
TP (Transaction Processing) profiles, role in WIP product, 582
TPCT (total product cycle time), calculating for Manufacturing Engineering, 176–178
Transactable attribute for Order Management product, 352
Transaction cost layers, viewing, 711
Transaction costs, viewing, 690–691
Transaction dates, controlling for material transactions, 488
Transaction Header Results form in Receiving product, 477
Transaction processors, setting for average costing, 702
Transaction results folder in Receiving product, 477
Transaction source types for material transactions, 484
Transaction types for material transactions, 484–485
Transactions
associating collection plans with, 736–737
receiving with costing application, 690
Transactions Ol, 564
Transfer From sourcing option for modeling supply chains, 307
Transportation calendars, assigning with Shipping product, 652–653
Tree hierarchy pane
of Graphical Line Designer, 185–186
of Scheduler Workbench, 618–619
Trend charts, analyzing data with, 743–745
Trend predefined report for demand planning, 272
Trips shipping entity, 646–647, 661–662
autocreation of, 666
planning, 668
specifying deliveries associated with, 668
U
Under Return Tolerance field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357, 359
Undo Last Move parameter in OSFM, 627
Unit cost grouping, role in ABC analysis, 513–514
Units of measure, entering with Order Organizer, 389
Universal Inbox purchasing workflow, 465
Unordered receipts, managing with Receiving product, 475–476
Unordered shipments, receiving, 475
Unpack transactions, role in container transactions, 535
Unreleased discrete job status, 586
UOMs (units of measure)
role in defining resources, 100
role in material handling, 483
UPS integration with Shipping product, 670
Usage value analysis, role in ABC analysis, 514
Use-up dates, using with ECOs, 138–139
User edition of Discoverer tool, 785
V
Valuation accounts, selecting for inventory organization, 42–43
Valuation scope, role in ABC analysis, 513
Valuations, reporting for periodic costing, 715
Value movements, accounting for, 688–690
Variable collection-element type for Quality product, 721
Variable component of lead times, 245
Vehicles, loading from staging lanes, 550–551
Vertical Plan tab of right pane in ASCP Planner Workbench, 332
View Generator in Discoverer EUL, 785
View Supply Chain Bill form, checking
assignments for items with, 313
Views, switching in Graphical Line Designer, 185–186, 187
Volume and weight, calculating with Shipping product, 667
W
WAD (Web Applications Dictionary), role in Order Management product, 369
Warehouse Control Board tool, 538–539
Warehouse field in Define Customer form of Order Management product, 357, 359
Warehouse management in Neptune case study, 814–815
Warehouse Management product, 24–25
Warehouse parameters, setting for distribution centers, 45–46
Warehouses
determining with Order Organizer, 386
implementing task management in, 536–539
overview of material handling tasks in, 482
Warnings, role in scheduling exceptions, 620
Warranty attribute for items, 69
Wave picking, role in order fulfillment process, 546–548
Weight and volume, calculating with Shipping product, 667
Weighted times, calculating with MMM, 188
Where Used forms, using with materials transactions, 508–509
WIP accounting classes, 580
WIP cost layers
consuming, 711
creating, 710
WIP costing, 640–643
WIP Lot Transactions form, using with OSFM, 631
WIP Material Transactions form, 598
WIP Parameters form, options on, 578–580
WIP parameters, manufacturing scheduling of, 616
WIP profile options, 581–582
WIP supply type, role in material control, 597
WIP Value Summary, review value of jobs and repetitive schedules with, 691
WIP (Work in Process) product, 15–16
accounting for values in, 689
average costing in, 641–642
configuring, 577–582
flow manufacturing costing in, 642
versus OSFM, 625
WIP_COST_TXN_INTERFACE table, role in Resource Transaction interface, 624
WMS specific parameters for subinventories, 50–51
WMS_LABEL_FIELDS table, contents of, 525
WMS_LABELS table, contents of, 525
WMS_LICENSE_PLATE_NUMBERS table, contents of, 529
WMS_LPN_CONTENTS table, contents of, 529
WMS_LPN_HISTORIES table, contents of, 529
WOL (World Online) sample company in Neptune case study, 800
Work Order Interface, functionality of, 596
Work Order-less Completion transactions, role in manufacturing execution, 571–572, 634–637
Workday Calendar, functionality of, 96–99
Workday exceptions, defining, 97
Workday Pattern, defining calendar options with, 97
Workdays, removing from shifts, 107
Workdays versus calendar days, role in repetitive planning, 230–231
Workflow actions, launching with Quality product, 730
Workflow activities, testing with Order Organizer, 394
Workflow design, following naming conventions for, 364
Workflow settings, defining for Purchasing product document types, 459
Workflows
changing for Order Management product, 363–364
creating releases and purchase orders with, 439
handling for lines or headers with Order Management product, 364–365
managing for ECO approval process, 133–135
managing with Order Management product, 360–364
Worksheet user interface, role in demand planning, 251
X
X-axis
in histograms, 743
in Pareto charts, 739–740
in trend charts, 744
X-bar-S control charts, analyzing data with, 746
X-mR control charts, analyzing data with, 746
Xbar-R control charts, analyzing data with, 745
Y
Y-axis
in histograms, 743
in Pareto charts, 739–740
in trend charts, 745
Yield component information, role in supply chain planning, 246
Z
Zone picking, role in order fulfillment process, 545
Zones, assigning pick methodologies to, 546
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