Set Function Parameters – A Summary of the Activity

This activity allows you to set the defaulting strategies to be used while specifying disposition information for inventory issue transaction created against a material request. Material request (MR) is a document for requesting the issue of items from the warehouse. Material requests are classified to be of type “Capital” and “General” depending on whether the request for issue of materials is from a warehouse of type “Capital” or “Non-capital”.

Setting default values improves usability to a great extent. The “Set Function Parameters” page provides you with a facility, to define default strategies for the number of days till which reservation made, for the dispositionable items can be extended.

During authorization of the material request, authorized quantity as specified in the MR document reserves the material in disposition by posting a firm entry in the issue column. A firm demand will always try to reserve against a firm receipt. If it is not available, then it will reserve against a plan receipt. This reservation is made only if the planning type of the item is defined as disposition in the item master component. Reservation is made at the warehouse level as disposition is defined at the warehouse level. For confirmation of reservation made in the material request, a free stock check is done to ensure that the material is available on the need date. If the material is not available, then disposition cannot be done. The system checks for the earliest available date to reserve the item on the date equivalent to the earliest available date.

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