Enter Inventory Or Non Inventory Part

Explanation

Use this activity to plan material lines that is required for a PM action. You can adjust the expected material requirement during planning. You are allowed to enter inventory parts as well as purchase parts.

Prerequisites

• Inventory parts must be defined in IFS/Inventory. 
• Purchase parts must be defined in IFS/Purchasing. 
• If the material is to be connected to a job, the jobs must have been defined on the Jobs tab prior to connecting the material to the PM action.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, a material line connects to the PM action.

If the PM action is active, material demand is posted for inventory parts and purchase requisitions are created upon the scheduled task is run for non-inventory parts.

Window

Separate PM Action
Route PM Action

Related Window Descriptions

Separate PM Action 
Separate PM Action/Materials
Route PM Action 
Route PM Action/Materials

Procedure

1. Open Separate PM Action or Route PM Action window.
2. Click the Materials tab and create a new record.
3. Enter an appropriate part in the Part No field. Use one of the following methods: 

• To enter an inventory part, use the List of Values to select a suitable value.
• To enter a purchase part, right-click and click Purchase Part and select a suitable value.

3. Enter the condition code if applicable. Use the List of Values to select a suitable value.
4. Enter the quantity required in the Planned Quantity field.
5. Enter a value in the Job ID field if you want to organize the material lines according to jobs. Use the List of Values to select a suitable value.
6. Enter the sales part site and the sales part number if you want to invoice the price of the material to a customer (only applicable to IFS/Service Management).
7. Save the information (F12).