Inventory Picks

The Inventory Pick functionality has been enhanced to support over and under-consumption tracking in production orders. These enhancements include:

• A new field, Shortage, added to Inventory Pick Lines for managing under-picks.
  • The Shortage field allows users to validate and complete an inventory pick even if the picked quantity is less than requested.
  • If all lines in an inventory pick are validated with the Shortage field checked, the pick is marked as complete and deleted upon posting.
• A Consumption Variance Details Factbox for providing insights into allowed tolerances for over and under-consumption.
• Business rules and validations to enforce operational status restrictions and manage variance policies.

Business Rules

Operational Status Restrictions

• Inventory Picks can only be created if the associated production order’s Operational Status is Running or In Review (if the user is part of the Production Manager User Group).

• If a user tries to manually create an Inventory Pick with Source Document = Prod. Consumption for a production order with an unsupported operational status, an error message is displayed.

Consumption Control on Inventory Picks

Over-Picking

• Users can record a higher quantity than requested in the Quantity to Handle field.

• The system checks the Variance Policy of the related production component line to determine the behavior:

  • If the Variance Policy is Warning, the system displays a warning when posting the Inventory Pick.
    • If the user selects Yes, the Quantity to Handle is validated.
    • If the user selects No, no changes are made.
  • If the Variance Policy is Block, the system displays an error. Posting is blocked until the recorded consumption is within the allowed tolerance.
  • If the Variance Policy is None, no warnings or errors are displayed. The recorded consumption is accepted without restrictions.

Under-Picking

• Users can complete the inventory pick despite under-picking by checking the Shortage field.

• When the Shortage field is checked for a line, it is validated during posting. If all lines in the pick are validated, the pick is completed and removed.

Splitting Lines

• Users can split an Inventory Pick Line to handle different lots or packages for the same component line.

• Under-Consumption: No additional checks are needed. Users can enter a lower Quantity to Handle and split lines as per the standard behavior.

• Over-Consumption: The system checks the total quantity for all split lines associated with the same source production component line.

• The sum of Qty to Handle (from split lines) and Qty Handled (already consumed) must not exceed the total quantity from the original component line, considering the allowed variances.