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Demand Subtask

Use this subtask to view open demand requirements/reservations for the selected parts, projects and warehouse (if entered).

Reservations include manufacturing order requirement reservations, reservations for inventory sales order lines and component lines, purchase order and requisition reservations, and regular inventory reservations.

You can modify which rows are displayed by selecting or clearing the Display All Periods and Display All Product Family Parts check boxes on the header.

Contents

Field Description
Part

This field displays the part ID.

Rev

This field displays the part revision number.

Description

This field displays the part description.

U/M

This field displays the part's unit of measure.

MPS Plan

This field displays the MPS planning code for the schedule selected on the main screen (P is the code for the "official" MPS Production plan; other codes represent "what-if" plans).

Period End Date

This field displays the ending date of the period for which demand information displays. It loads from the Date for the row selected on the main screen.

Display Options

Field Description
Display All Periods

When you first display the screen, it displays only the demand requirements due in the time period selected on the main screen. Select this check box to see planned orders for all periods.

Display All Product Family Parts

Select this check box to see demand for all parts in the same product family. This check box is available only if you selected the Include Product Family Supply/Demand check box on the main screen.

Requery Demand Info

If you change the display option, click this button to reload the table window.

Demand Info

Field Description
Need Date

This column displays the date this demand requirement is needed by the customer or next-level order.

Demand Type

This field displays the type of requirement (planned order, purchase order reservation, requisition reservation, forecast requirement, manufacturing order requirement, sales order reservation, or safety stock).

Demand Quantity

This field displays the open demand quantity for this requirement (in the part's default or inventory unit of measure).

Order/Requisition

This field displays the order, requisition, or reservation number of the demand requirement (for example manufacturing order ID, sales order ID).

Release

If the requirement record is from a purchase order reservation, this field displays the release number of the purchase order.

Line

The line number of the requirement record displays in this column (for example, reservation line, sales order line).

Status

This field displays the current status of the requirement referenced on the row:

  • For purchase requisition reservations the status can be Pending, In-Approval, or Approved.
  • For manufacturing order requirements the status can be Firmed, Released, or In-Shop.
  • For purchase order reservations the status can be Pending or Open.
  • For issue/transfer reservations the status can be Pending or Approved.
  • For sales orders the status can be Pending, In-approval, or Approved.

Pending inventory reservations (requests) and sales orders do not display unless the Configure Material Requirements Planning Settings screen specifies that they are included (the Pending Sales Orders or Pending Inventory Requests check boxes are selected in the Include as Demand group box).

Part

This field displays the ID of the part associated with the requirement. This column displays only if you select the Display All Product Family Parts check box.

Revision

This field displays the part revision number of the part associated with the demand requirement. This column displays only if you select the Display All Product Family Parts check box.

Description

This field displays the description of the part associated with the demand requirement. This column displays only if you select the Display All Product Family Parts check box.

Inv Abbrev

This field displays the inventory abbreviation the requirement is consumed by.

Inv Abbrev Name

This field displays the name of the inventory abbreviation.

Project

This field displays the assigned project ID for the requirement inventory abbreviation.

Planner

This field displays the planner associated with the order/reservation.

Warehouse

This field displays the demand requirement's warehouse ID.

Configuration

If a requirement specifies a requirement for a specific Bill of Material (BOM) configuration, the configuration ID displays here.

MO Build Part

For manufacturing order requirements, the ID of the part being built on the manufacturing order displays here.

MO Build Rev

For manufacturing order requirements, the revision of the part being on the manufacturing order displays here.

MO Build Description

For manufacturing order requirements, the description of the part being on the manufacturing order displays here.

Order Ref Type

This field displays the type of order referenced on the demand requirement/reservation.

Order Reference

This field displays the order ID referenced on the demand requirement/reservation.