Perform this activity to define the parts, services (no parts) and rental
parts needed by the project.
There are five supply options available
for a part: Purchase, Shop Order, Dynamic Order Processing (DOP) Project MRP
and MRP. A default value is given depending on the part type, supply type in
inventory and the planning method defined for Engineering part.
When the part has the PMRP supply option, generally the supply will
be generated by Project MRP. A supply can also be manually created by using
the Create Supply Request command, which will be considered in the PMRP
calculation.
If the part is a standard planned item, the demand for it will be seen by MRP and Order Point calculations. This excludes rental parts. The Create Project Supply Request command is also disabled in this case. Reservation and issues of standard planned items are done from standard inventory. Committed cost is acquired when the part is reserved, while used cost and progress are acquired when the part has been issued. If the part is project specific, then reservation is done from project inventory.
A service (no part) has no supply option to select from. It can only be purchased
by default.
A rental part will have the supply option Purchase
if that part is not a standard planned item. If the rental part is a standard
planned item, the part can be reserved and issued from standard inventory.
An offset can be given to a miscellaneous demand line. An offset is a number of days which the early finish date can be adjusted with to give the desired required date. If not specified, the required date for a miscellaneous demand will be the same as the early finish date of the connected activity.
When a miscellaneous demand is created with the Shop order, Purchase and DOP supply options, the Reserve at Receipt toggle will set to 'yes' by default. It can be cleared manually if required.