This panel displays the alternative products or co-products that have been defined for the item. Alternative products can, for example, be defined if the quality of the produced end item varies. Instead of scrapping the non-conforming items you define them as alternative. The normal item and the alternative items are separated by different item codes.
By specifying item codes, you define the alternative items that may be produced. If you, based on statistics or experience, know how many alternative products normally are produced along with the normal item, this can be stated in either quantity or percentage. If the assumed amount of alternative products is unknown to you, you can leave out the quantity/percentage and report the alternative quantities later on in the manufacturing order reception routine.
Options
| Text | Select this option to view text attached to the alternative product. |
- Item
- Warehouse
- Structure unit
- Variant
- Structure quantity
- Alt product method
- This optional field indicates if the alternative product(s) should have any influence on the component quantity. The code indicates the options that are displayed for this field.
Code Description 1 Share. If 1 is displayed, then alternative products will have no impact on the component quantity. Component quantity and Operation time will be calculated based on the planned quantity. 2 Additional. If 2 is displayed, then alternative products will increase the component quantity. Component quantity and Operation time will be calculated based on the Order quantity.
- Change date
- Alt product
- The code and description that identify the alternative item/co-product.
- Divide costing
- This mandatory field is only displayed when Alt prod method is selected as Share. The code indicates the different values which can be selected for this field.
Code Description 1 Share. Indicates the reduction of the product costing value (of the original item) from the total product costing value weight by the share of percentage. 2 Fixed value. Indicates the reduction of the product costing value (of the original item) from the item standard cost price from the Item file. 3 None. Indicates no reduction.
- Pct
- The percentage of alternative items/co-products that may be produced instead of the original end item. When a manufacturing order is created for the parent item, the order quantity will be adjusted with the additional quantity of the alternative product(s).
For example:
If the item planned quantity in unit is 100 and the percentage value is 10%, then the quantity in structure unit for the alternative item/co-product will be 10.Note: If this field is blank, the alternative item/co-product will be available in the manufacturing order reception routine, but no planned reception quantity will be calculated.
- Quantity
- The number of alternative items/co-products that may be produced instead of the original end item. When a manufacturing order is created for the parent item, the order quantity will be adjusted with the additional quantity of the alternative product(s). Note: If this field is blank, the alternative item/co-product will be available in the manufacturing order reception routine, but no planned reception quantity will be calculated.
- Unit
- T
- Indicates if text exists for the alternative product.