To create an analysis based on the last usage, proceed as follows:
From the Inventory Controlling menu, select
The selection screen appears.
Specify the desired analysis criterion and selection parameters.
– 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:
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Limit the ranking list to materials whose stock value lies within the range you specified. |
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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. |
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Limit the ranking list to a certain number of materials with the lowest stock value. |
To start the analysis, select
If you want to execute the analysis as a background job, select
The results list from the analysis appears.