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Definition

A control cycle defines the relationship between the demand source (such as a production line in production) and the supply source (such as an external supplier or warehouse). You enter the appropriate parameters for event-driven kanban.

Structure

You can define the following parameters:

Kanbans Box

In event-driven kanban, kanbans are created when material requirements are created. The number of kanbans is not defined in the control cycle in event-driven kanban. In the control cycle enter only the quantity per kanban: Proposed kanban quantity used by the system when no quantity to be ordered is entered when creating the kanban.

Replenishment strategy

In the control cycle you define how replenishment between the supply source and the demand source is to be organized. For more information, see Definition of Replenishment Strategy in Control Cycle .

Processing Options

You can also define the following parameters in the control cycle:

  • Separation of the goods receipt from the status change

    In addition, you can control the separation of the goods receipt from the status change with the field Separate GR (see also Separating the Status Change from the GR Posting ).

  • Status Sequence

    You can assign a status sequence to the control cycle in the Status sequence field. This defines the order in which the statuses are set. It also specifies whether certain statuses are mandatory, whether some are optional, or whether some statuses are not allowed. For example, you can define that the statuses, In Process and In Transit have to be set one after the other, but that the status In Use is not allowed. You define the status sequence in Kanban Customizing. For more information about statuses, see Status Change/Kanban Signal and Status Sequence .

  • Packing Instructions

    Packing instructions are integrated in the kanban process. If you want to use this function, in Customizing for the replenishment strategy, you have to define whether the packing instruction is only for information purposes or whether it is also used for controlling. You can only enter packing instructions containing one material. This means that only one material can be packed in the packing instruction used. However, multi-level packing instructions are permitted.

    If you use packing instructions, the procurement quantities of the kanbans are not entered in the control cycle but are calculated using the cumulated quantity or total quantity of the material from the packing instruction. In the control cycle you can only enter the number of load carriers you want to request per JIT call. The main load carrier of the packing instruction is copied to the Load Carrier field and cannot be changed.

    Note Note

    Note that you can only withdraw stock from the warehouse according to a packing instruction if you work with the replenishment strategy 6 Transfer Requirements from WM-Managed Storage Location . For more information, see Replenishment from WM-Managed Storage Locations . For this replenishment strategy, the packing instruction has a controlling function when withdrawing stock. For all the other replenishment strategies, it is only used for information.

    End of the note.

    The following table describes the effects of the setting in Customizing for the replenishment strategy on the fields Quantity and Number of load carriers in the control cycle.

    Setting in Customizing for the Replenishment Strategy

    Qty

    Number of Kanbans in Control Cycle

    No functional use, packing instruction acts as commentary

    Quantity is entered in the control cycle; fixed quantity and rounding quantity are referred to when kanban is created.

    Field is empty, entries here have no functional effect

    Kanban quantity from instructions; several load carriers possible per kanban

    Quantity is entered in the packing instruction;

    fixed quantity and rounding quantity not taken into account.

    Change in quantity in the packing instruction leads to a change in the quantity in the control cycle; quantity of the kanban is distributed over the given number of load carriers.

    Kanban quantity from packing instructions; always one load carrier per kanban

    Quantity is entered in the packing instruction.

    Fixed quantity and rounding quantity not taken into account.

    Here you can enter a preferred number of load carriers.

    The number of load carriers corresponds to the number of kanbans.
KANBAN Calculation
Rounding Quantity:

When creating the kanban signal, the requested material quantity for this kanban is rounded up to the next complete multiple of the rounding quantity. The rounding quantity must be a multiple of the fixed kanban quantity.

Fixed Kanban Quantity:

Defines a fixed quantity of material per kanban and is used in the sense of a fixed lot size. This means, the system can only create kanbans for this material quantity.

If you enter an order quantity smaller than the fixed kanban quantity, the system creates a kanban for the fixed kanban quantity. If you enter a quantity greater than the fixed kanban quantity, the system creates several kanbans for the fixed kanban quantity until the order quantity is covered. This may mean that more material is procured than was requested as the system only procures complete multiples of the fixed kanban quantity.

Print Control

You define whether or not the kanbans are to be printed and which event is to trigger the printout. In addition you can define the printer. For more information, see Printing Kanbans and Control Cycles .

Additional Data

If you want the delivery to be made directly to the production line, you can specify a precise delivery address indicating the supply area data. To do this select   Goto   Delivery address.  

The plant address is already complete. Here, you can also enter the information required for the supply area.