The production planner plans the material requirements for items that are formula co-products. The demo data company used to create this procedure is USP2.
Create requirement for a co-product
Go to Sales and marketing > Workspaces > Sales order processing and inquiry.
Select New.
Select Sales order.
In the Customer account field, type a value.
Example: US-001
Select OK.
In the Item number field, type a value.
Example: P6003
In the Quantity field, enter a number.
Example: 50000
Select Save.
Create a material plan for co-products
Close the page.
Close the page.
Select Master planning.
In the Plan field, select the drop-down button to open the lookup.
In the list, select the link in the selected row.
Example: MasterPlan
Select Run.
Expand or collapse the Records to include section.
Select Filter.
In the list, select the row for Field = Item number.
In the Criteria field, type a value.
Example: P6003
Select OK.
Select OK.
Select Planned orders.
Use the Quick Filter to find records. For example, filter on the Item number field with a value of 'P6000'.
Filter by the formula item that has as co-product of the item that you created a sales order for.
In the list, mark the selected row.
Select any of the rows returned by the filter.
In the list, select the link in the selected row.
Expand the Pegging section.
In the list, select the link in the selected row.
The planned order is pegged to the sales order for the co-product.
Close the page.
Create a second requirement for a co-product
Go to Sales and marketing > Workspaces > Sales order processing and inquiry.
Select New.
Select Sales order.
In the Customer account field, type a value.
Example: US-001
Select OK.
In the Item number field, type a value.
Example: P6003
In the Quantity field, enter a number.
Example: 50000
Select Save.
Create a second material plan for co-products
In the Plan field, select the drop-down button to open the lookup.
In the list, select the link in the selected row.
Example: MasterPlan
Select Run.
Expand or collapse the Records to include section.
Select Filter.
In the list, select the row for Field = Item number.
In the Criteria field, type a value.
Example: P6003
Select OK.
Select OK.
Select Planned orders.
Use the Quick Filter to find records. For example, filter on the Item number field with a value of 'P6000'.
Filter by the formula item that has as co-product of the item that you created a sales order for.
In the list, mark the selected row.
Select any of the rows returned by the filter.
In the list, select the link in the selected row.
Expand or collapse the Pegging section.
In the list, select the link in the selected row.
The planned order is pegged to the sales order for the co-product.
Close the page.
Select Master planning.
Go to Master planning > Setup > Master planning parameters.
Select No in the Disable all planning processes field.
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