Facility Items

Use the Facility Item page to maintain required stocking levels and lead time information for an item at the facility level. If specified at the facility level, MRP uses those values, otherwise it uses the values specified on the item master. If you plan to cycle count at the facility level, you can assign an ABC code to a facility item. To specify the cycle count interval, go to the Facility page.

ClosedCreate Facility Specific Items
  1. From the Facility Item page, click New.
  2. Enter the Item and Facility.
  3. Click Save.

    The item detail and MRP information is displayed.

  4. Update the information to make it specific to the selected facility.

    For example, update the Lead Time and Safety Stock.

ClosedFacility Item Field Descriptions

The following table lists the fields that Kenandy provides. Your system administrator selects the fields that are displayed on your user interface.

Facility Item Page
Field Description
ABC Code The priority code used for cycle counting. To set up the intervals between cycle counts, go to the Company page.
Active

An indication of whether the facility item is active. The Active checkbox is automatically selected when the facility item is created.

If the facility item is inactive, you cannot create a purchase order or a work order, but quantity on hand can be used.
Aggregation Days The aggregation days for the item. MRP uses this field. If Use Lot Size is selected, this value indicates the number of days over which MRP aggregates planned orders.
Company

The company to which the facility and facility item belong.

Description The description to further describe the facility item.
EOQ

The optimum quantity to make or buy at one time; EOQ is determined by optimizing the cost incurred to place each order with the carrying cost of holding these items in stock.

Maximum field length is 10.
Facility The facility to which the facility item belongs.
Facility Item The automatically-created name for the selected item.
Item

The item to which the facility item belongs.

Lead Time

The number of manufacturing days it takes to receive the item into inventory from the time it's ordered. Used for purchased or outsourced items.

For manufactured items, the total number manufacturing days.
Last Cycle Count The date on which this item was last counted.
Next Cycle Count Date The next cycle count for the item. The date of the next cycle count is based on the date of the last cycle count plus the number of days defined for the corresponding A, B, or C code.
Ordering Multiple The ordering multiple for the item. The ordering multiple is used by MRP to plan orders. If the ordering multiple is 25, and the actual demand is 70, then an order of 75 is suggested.
Safety Stock The amount of stock over and above the forecast that provides a buffer for unanticipated needs.
Shrinkage The loss of inventory due to defective or unusable material; expressed as a percentage. MRP inflates the planned orders to cover shrinkage.
Source

The source for the item. The item source controls the behavior of the item as it moves through various process flows in Kenandy. For example, a Manufactured item informs MRP.

Use Lot Sizing

An indication of whether lot sizing applies to the item. The primary purpose of lot sizing is to inflate the planned requirement to protect against unexpected shortages. If lot sizing is selected for the item, but Safety stock, Shrinkage, EOQ, and the Order Multiple are all set to zero, it is equivalent to no lot sizing.

If Use Lot Sizing is not selected, then the lot for lot technique is used.

 

 

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Version: Spring 2017