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 Performing an Analysis on Slow-Moving Items

To create an analysis based on the last usage, proceed as follows:

  1. From the Inventory Controlling menu, select Start of the navigation path Environment Next navigation step Document evaluations Next navigation step Slow-moving items. End of the navigation path

    The selection screen appears.

  2. Specify the desired analysis criterion and selection parameters.

  3. – Objects to Analyze

    You can carry out the analysis for all plants, that is, for each material, data from all plants are grouped together or only for certain plants, that is, the analysis is created for every designated plant.

    If you want to carry out the analysis for all plants, select the field Analysis on all plants .

    You can restrict the analysis to the characteristics ‘sales organization’, ‘purchasing organization’ and ‘plant’.

    – Period to Analyze

    Any period can be selected for the analysis. The system suggests 400 days as the period to analyze, the calculation starting from the current date.

    You can carry out the analysis according to usage based on exact usage. Select the field Exact usage. If this field is not selected then the analysis will base itself on the usage dates of the periodically updated usage statistics.

    – Analysis Area

    You can restrict the area of the analysis to certain materials.

    If you also want to include materials with a delete indicator in the analysis, select the field Materials with a delete indicator . If only materials kept in stock are to be included in the analysis, select the field Materials kept in stock.

    The analysis area can be restricted even further by using the following characteristics:

    – Material group

    – Material type

    Only for the analysis object ‘plant’ can the area to be analyzed be restricted for the following characteristics:

    – ABC indictor

    – MRP type

    – MRP

    – Restrictions for the Ranking List

    By specifying threshold values, you can limit the scope of your ranking list. There are three different ways to do this:

    Limit the ranking list to materials whose stock value lies within the range you specified.

    Limit the ranking list to materials with a certain stock value. For example, you can specify a maximum value, minimum value, or a range of values.

    Limit the ranking list to a certain number of materials with the lowest stock value.

  4. To start the analysis, select Start of the navigation path Program Next navigation step Execute. End of the navigation path

If you want to execute the analysis as a background job, select Start of the navigation path Program Next navigation step Execute as a background job. End of the navigation path

The results list from the analysis appears.

Analysis on Slow-Moving Items: Displaying the Results