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Jan 10, 2008 at 09:37 PM

Use of validity date information in DP-BOMs

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All,

My client has the following requirement: to be able to change components and/or component quantities at a point in the future and have the dependent (DP-BOM) demand account for the changed components and/or component quantities.

My first question is whether this is even possible or not. It seems logical that it would be, but I do not have deep experience with dp-boms.

If it is possible, what specifically needs to be done in the PPM to accomplish this? I have already tried using the "Time Dependent Parameters" button in the alternative components section of the PPM, with no success. Our "normal" dp-bom solution is currently working in our test environment.

Example:

FG1 has the following demand:

Jan-08 | Feb-08 | Mar-08 | Apr-08

100 | 100 | 100 | 100

FG1 has the following PPM values (generated using the "time dependent parameters" button in the component display of the PPM):

Product | I/O | Valid To Date | Var. Cons | UOM

FG1 | O | 12/31/9999 | 1000 | EA

RM1 | I | 2/1/2008 | 400 | YD

RM1 | I | 12/31/9999 | 500 | YD

What we expect is that the following dependent demand is generated in the planning book:

Jan-08 | Feb-08 | Mar-08 | Apr-08

40 | 40 | 50 | 50

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Sean