Trial kitting

Use this function to calculate component requirements. You can display and print the quantities of components needed to complete parent products, and the quantities calculated from available to promise stock.

You can run the calculation for the first or last level of a bill of material (BOM), or across multiple levels of a BOM.

Prerequisites

Refer to the documentation on Implementation.

Screen management

Home section

You can display and print the calculation results.

Block number 1

Storage site (STOFCY)

The storage and/or production site.

The site defined on the user record is displayed by default but can be amended.

A storage site has the Stock checkbox in the Details section selected.
BOM type (BOMALTTYP)

The context in which a BOM code is used.

  • Sales (Kit) BOMs are the commercial BOMs used on sales orders.
  • Manufacturing BOMs are the production BOMs used in cost calculations, work order management, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and the Master Production Schedule (MPS).
  • Subcontracting BOMs are those used on subcontract orders, in cost calculations, MRP, and the MPS.
BOM code (BOMALT)

The numeric code associated with the BOM type.

Multiple bills of material can be defined for a single product. Each BOM code can be assigned specific management features. For manufactured or subcontracted products, this includes restriction of the BOM to a specific site and to specific areas of functionality such as for costing or for capacity planning.
Reference date (DATREF)

The component requirement calculation date.

The calculation only includes links in BOMs that are valid on the date you enter.

Grid

Parent product (ITMREF)
The parent product reference.
Major version (BOHECCMAJ)
Minor version (BOHECCMIN)
Calculation quantity (CLCQTY)

The quantity for the basis of the calculations.

This field is set to the economic lot quantity or the technical lot for the parent product if defined, or to 1.
Stock unit (STU)
The unit in which the product is stored. It provides the key to prices, costs, volumes, etc.

Processing

Processing mode (TRT)
Sort criteria (SRTCOD)
Include all levels stock (AVATST)
Indicates if the available stock of a subassembly component is included in the calculations.

Display

BOM status (DUSESTA)
STK link quantity (DLIKQTY)
Product status (DITMSTA)
Lead time (DLTI)
% scrap (DSCA)
First availability date (DFIRAVADAT)

Issues

Screen (SCRFLG)
Indicates if the calculation results display on the screen.
Report (PRNFLG)
Indicates if a report of the calculation results is needed.

Tab Results

The Processing mode determines the results as follows:

  • 1st level calculation: All the first-level components of the BOMs of all the selected components. Multiple components with the same component code have a single cumulative total.
  • Last level calculation: Each component is linked to its lowest level. Multiple components with the same component code have a single cumulative total.
  • Multilevel calculation: Components are linked to their respective levels. A BOM is excluded from the calculations if the quantity for the parent product is zero.

The calculation results provide the following quantities for each component:

  • The requirement quantity, respecting the reject rate for the BOM defined in the SCAMAJ—Material loss increase / costs parameter (GPA chapter, COS group)
  • The shortage quantity with respect to the available to promise stock

Grid

FLG
Product (ITMREF)
The component product reference.
Major version (BOHECCMAJ)
Minor version (BOHECCMIN)
Level (NIV)
The number of BOM levels above the component.
Parent product (ITMCMP)
Major version (BOHECCMAJC)
Minor version (BOHECCMINC)
STK link quantity (LIKQTY)
Requirement quantity (RETQTY)
The quantity related to the requirement.
Stock unit (STU)
The unit in which the product is stored. It provides the key to prices, costs, volumes, etc.
Quantity shortage (SHTQTY)
The shortage quantity.
Available quantity (AVAQTY)
The quantity of the component that's needed.
First availability (FDMA)
Stock quantity (STKQTY)
% scrap (SCA)
Lead time (LTI)
The number of days before the component is needed.
Time unit (LTIUOM)
Product status (ITMSTA)
BOM status (USESTA)

The status on the shop floor of the preparation of the operations and tools in the routing:

In development: The routing is not yet complete.

Available to use: The routing is complete and the coherence of the routing operations have been validated.

A routing can only be assigned to the various manufacturing processes such as work orders and cost calculations if its status is Available to use.
The In development and Available to use sites need to be identical.
Bought (PURFLG)
Indicates that the site is a purchase site.
Manufactured (MFGFLG)
Indicates that the site is a production site.
Subcontracted (SCPFLG)
Product-site
Stock by site
Component where used

Tab Anomalies

Grid

LIGNE
Each of the lines in the grid corresponds to a line in the log file.

Error messages

In addition to the generic error messages, the following messages can appear during the entry:

Record does not exist (Code)

The entered code does not exist in the BOM code table.

BOM code not valid for this site.

The entered BOM code is linked to a site that’s different from the one that has been entered.

Record does not exist (product)orBOM does not exist

The parent product does not exist in the product table.

Code does not exist on line XX

The parent product entered in the grid is already present on another line.

The BOM is not valid on the specified date

The BOM for the parent product is not valid on the entered reference date.

Log file

Problem on erasing the temporary file

The transaction used to erase temporary records was canceled.

Product... No valid BOM link

The specified parent product has no valid link on the entered reference date for the last level calculation.

Parent product xxx/Component xxx: "Writing error on file STOLOT

A problem has occurred when creating the work file. Try rerunning the calculations.

Tables used

Refer to the documentation on Implementation.