Open the Item - Able to Make (Timeline) window.

Shows how five different key availability figures change over time for a BOM item. These figures change according to expected supply and demand events and to supply that is based on available components that can be assembled or produced.

You can use the report to see whether you can fulfill a sales order for an item on a specified date by looking at its current availability in combination with the potential quantities that its components can supply if an assembly order were started. The report shows you when and how many units of an assembly and production item you can make based on component availability and the item’s current availability. This is shown as the total quantity.

The information is shown in a graph where each availability figure is a line that progresses along the timeline and moves up and down as quantities change. The quantity figures come from the same engine that provides information to the Item Availability by BOM Level window.

The following quantity lines are shown in the graph.

Quantity Description

Scheduled Receipts

Shows how many items are inbound on purchase orders, transfer orders, assembly orders, firm planned production orders, or released production orders.

Gross Requirement

Shows the total demand for the item. For more information, see Gross Requirement.

Inventory

Shows how many items are in inventory.

Able to Make Parent

Shows how many items that you can make on a selected date. For more information, see Able to Make Parent.

Total Quantity

Shows how many items are available without considering how many parents that you can make with the selected item.

Options

You can define how information is shown in the graph by setting the following options.

Option Description

Starting Date

Specifies the first date on the x-axis.

Date Interval

Specifies the length of each period on the x-axis. You can select from Day, Week, Month, Quarter, or Year.

No. of Intervals

Specifies how many date intervals are shown on the x-axis.

Show Details

Shows a table under the graph with the quantities that the lines in the graph are based on.

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