Select Alternate Items

This activity allows you to select the alternate items required for the work order product structure. To select the alternate items, the system populates the work order and item details in the header. The input item together with the quantity and status of the input item and the product structure sequence number is displayed for the work order in the header.

You can choose the item to be alternated by entering the item if it is known or by using the help facility. On selecting the item, the system retrieves the details of the item in the multiline. You can specify the sub-activity quantities along with the scrap quantity against which the total quantity is displayed. You can also enter the warehouse and the corresponding plant of the selected item. The screen displays the problems associated with the items (if any) in the multiline. On furnishing the item details, you can select the required rows and can select the alternate items for the work order and can browse through the link to view the free stock information of the item at the bottom of the page.

Select the “Select Alternate Items” link at the bottom of the “Edit WO Product Structure” page.

The “Select Alternate Items” page appears.

The system displays the following:

For the Work Order No and PS Seq combination, the system retrieves the details for the work order specified in header and multiline from the Work Order Product Structure. The system also displays the planned option sequences in the header (option sequence equal to zero) and all the non-planned option sequences (option sequence greater than zero) in the multiline from Work Order Product Structure. The run qty, setup qty and batch qty for each of the alternate items pertaining to the order quantity are also displayed.

Work Order No.	The number identifying the work order for which the alternate items have to be selected. Work Order No should be defined in the system for the login Business Unit.
Order Qty.	The planned quantity of the work order. This is the sum of the receipt quantity and expected scrap quantity.
Order Status	The status of the work order. It can be “Requested”, “Accepted”, “Firmed” or “Released”. If the status of the order is less than “Requested” status, then the login user should have at least “View” access permission to the material planner defined in the Control Unit of the work order. If the status of the order is greater than the “Accepted” status, then the login user should have “View” access permission to the production controller defined in the Control Unit of the work order. The available values to this field are
Item Code	The code identifying the item based on which the alternate items are selected.
Variant Code	The code identifying the variant of the item code based on which the alternate items are selected.
Desc.	The description of the item/item variant.
	Zoom facility available.
Order Start Date	The start date of the work order.
Order Due Date	The due date of the work order.

Note: For the selected row, the Item code should be valid for the due date of the order or start date of the order. Then the system compares the same with the order start date or due date already defined by checking the validity of the dates.

PS Seq.	The position number identifying a position in the work order product structure. PS Seq should be valid for the displayed work order. PS Seq must have been defined only for input items.
Input Item Code	The code identifying the input item based on which the alternate items are selected.
Variant Code	The code identifying the variant of the input item code based on which the alternate items are selected.
Desc.	The description of the input item/item variant.
	Zoom facility available.
Total Qty. Reqd.	The total quantity of the input item required of the work order displayed.
UOM	The unit of measure of the item of the work order displayed.
Input Item Status	The status of the input item displayed.

Modify the following details in the “Select Item” multiline, if required:

Item Code	The code identifying the item to be alternated for the work order displayed. The system validates the item for each of the selected rows to get the item details. The specified alternate item or selected alternate item code should have been defined for the Business Unit and should be in “Active” status and should not be blank.
	Help facility available.
Variant Code	The code identifying the variant of the item code to be alternated for the work order displayed. If item has variants, then variant should not be null. If variant is specified, it should be valid for the item.

Note” Item planning parameters should have been defined for the item code and variant combination for the warehouse.

The system displays the following in the “Select Item” multiline:

Desc.	The description of the item/item variant.
Item Rev. No.	The current revision number of the item. This is displayed only if the item is under Engineering Change Control.
UOM	The unit of measure of the selected item to be alternated.

Modify the following details, if required:

Run Qty.	The quantity of the item required during the run time of activity.
Setup Qty.	The quantity of the item required during the setup sub-activity.
Batch Qty.	The quantity of the item required during the batch sub-activity.

Note: For the Selected row, Run Qty, Setup Qty and Batch Qty should be greater than or equal to zero. The system does not allows you to enter fractions or decimals in Run Qty, Setup Qty, Batch Qty, Scrap Qty if the production UOM of the item does not allow fraction.

Scrap Qty.

The quantity of the item that is expected as scrap during production.

The system displays the following in the “Select Item” multiline:

Total Qty.

The planned total quantity of an item that is required to manufacture the quantity of the work order item.

Modify the following details, if required:

Plant	The plant where the work order is to be modified for the item.
Warehouse Code	The code identifying the warehouse where the work order for the item specified is modified. Warehouse should be defined in the Warehouse Master of Inventory and should be in “Active” status. The system also checks for the validity of the warehouse.

The system displays the following in the “Select Item” multiline:

Problem

The problems associated to the work order. It can be “No Problem”, “Material Problem”, “Capacity Problem”, “Matl & Cap. Problem”, “Engineering Change Problem”, “Order in Past date”, “Other Problems” or “Blank”.

Click the “Select Alternate Items” pushbutton to select alternate items for the work order product structure.

Work order should not be closed or short closed or the PP Seq to which the specified PS Seq is linked should not be completed and the work order should not be already in queue (Problem is equal to “Q”).

The originally planned item code, PS Seq and Option Seq combination should not have been consumed for the Work Order No either partially or fully. Consumption Reporting should not have been done for the specified input item and work order combination. The originally planned item, PS Seq and Option Seq combination should not have been either partially or fully hard allocated. Hard allocation should not have been done for the specified input item and work order combination.

If the new alternate item code selected is the same as that of the originally planned item code, then the system displays an error message. If the PS Seq has been consumed or the item variant at the specified PS Seq is of type Back Flush and the PP seq to which it is referring to be reported either partially or completely, then the system displays an error message. For work orders, the precosting information is to be updated to MAC if already posted.

The login user ID and the system date are updated in the “Created By”, “Created Date”, “Edited By” and “Edited Date” fields.

The system displays the following:

Created By	The login user ID of the person who has selected the alternate items.
Created Date	The date on which the selected alternate items was created.
Edited By	The login user ID of the person who has edited the selected alternate items.
Edited Date	The date on which the selected alternate items was edited.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Work Order PS Notes” link at the bottom of the page to modify the work orders product structure notes details.