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 Material Availability Check

Use

When you plan materials for executing order operations, you can display whether the materials planned for the operation are available on time and in sufficient quantity.

Prerequisites

For Stock Material:

The system can only determine and display the necessary information once an availability check has been performed for the required material. You can either perform this check before the order is released (refer to Checking Stock Material Availability ), or the system can do it automatically when the order is released.

For Non-Stock Material:

The system can only determine and display the necessary information if a purchase requisition exists for the required material. Therefore, you must have saved or released the order - depending on your settings in the Customizing for Plant Maintenance - since only then does the system create a purchase requisition. Refer to Material Requirements Planning .

Features

In a list, you see the materials planned for the selected order and its sub-orders.

When you call up this list, the system compares the following data for each material planned:

  • Realistic delivery date from the current procurement step (purchase requisition or purchase order)

  • Earliest planned start date for the operation

  • Latest planned start date for the operation

In the list, you can, for example, find answers to the following questions:

  • Will the material be available for the earliest operation start date?

  • Can the material be delivered before the latest operation start date?

  • Why can the material no longer be delivered on time?

  • Does the quantity required correspond to the quantity confirmed?

The traffic light display is used to clarify the current procurement situation:

Traffic Light Color

Meaning

Green

The non-stock material has been delivered.

or

The non-stock material was available for the earliest operation date.

or

All planned dates can be kept.

or

The quantity of stock material required corresponds to the quantity confirmed.

Yellow

The material can no longer be delivered for the earliest operation start date. However, it will be available before the latest operation start date.

or

The material was available for the latest operation.

Red

The purchase requisition was not released within the period stipulated. Since the planned release date has expired, the planned dates can no longer be kept.

or

The purchase order was not released within the period stipulated. Since the planned release date has expired, the planned dates can no longer be kept.

or

The material will not be available for the latest operation start date because the planned delivery date is after the latest operation start.

or

The planned delivery date in the purchase requisition has expired. There is no goods receipt.

or

The planned delivery date in the purchase order has expired. There is no goods receipt.

or

The quantity required does not correspond to the quantity confirmed.

You can display the particular meaning of the traffic light color in the detailed display for each line.

In addition, symbols provide the following information:

Symbol

Meaning

%

The goods receipt has not yet been made in full, or at all.

$

The goods receipt has been made. The quantity of goods received corresponds to the quantity confirmed.

Activities

Select the list from the order header with Start of the navigation path Order Next navigation step Functions Next navigation step Availability Next navigation step Availability list End of the navigation path .