- Searches WIP and stock inventory at each step of the planning process to find suitable material to satisfy the inquiry. Material on PO can also be applied, even if it has not been received.
- Stock search looks for material that satisfies the metallurgical and physical requirements of the inquiry at that step.
- Rules can be defined to specify circumstances in which stock or certain types of stock should not be applied.
- Reserve material for a specific work order step attached to a given sales order item and production release.
- A configuration option determines whether material can be reserved against inquiry.
- Each reservation indicates the specific inventory control item, tag number, purchase order number or ASN number.
- Reservations may or may not cover the entire quantity of the selected item.
- Per forms multiple functions such as order query, reservation cancellation, new reservation creation, stock search, automatic determination of weights and yields, review reservation versus quantity with appropriate alerts generated.
- Search open inventory, work in progress inventory, outstanding PO’s, or material that has been pre-received by means of an ASN.
- Perform a stock search based on arbitrary criteria, or for a given offering or sales order item. Identify the maximum number of items to return from a search.
- A user configuration variable provides optional restriction of certain users from searching stock that is not owned by the default company.
- The warehouse(s) to search. If no warehouse is specified in the search criteria, then all warehouses will be matched. Multiple possible values can specify.
- The allowable standard(s), grade(s) and disposition(s) and units of weight measure If no value is specified in the search criteria, then any value will be matched. Multiple possible values can be specified.
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As a vertical ERP for Steel SEMS deploys quickly and configures easily whether greenfield, brown field or even an international joint venture.
