Review Recent Activity for a Part                              REVIEW ACT PART
 Review  Purchase   Prod   Stores            Stop   Printed    Both     EXIT
 Act Locn Control  Control  Control                   Report

         Part Number                               Description
       C1503-00017                         BASE-ZINTEC
                    Qty       Qty       Qty    --On Hand Qtys by Locn Status--
 UM Ctlr On Hand  In Insp  Available Unreleased  AV      UA      IN      SC
 --  --  -------  -------   -------   -------  ------- ------- ------- -------
 EA  13    28663        0     10303     10303    10303   18360       0       0

                                       Order    Quantity              Document
Activity Type        Date    Time      Number   Entered  Wh Location   Number
------------------  -------- ------  ---------- -------- -- --------  --------
01BACKFLSHISSUE      951121  05:34P  4270/1342        48 01 3C        12400298
02MOVE               951121  04:37P                 1080 01 3C        10317SE
01MOVE               951121  04:37P                 1080 03 E11/6     10317SE
RECEIVEPO            951121  04:32P  C6838976       8640 02 RECV      266374
02COUNT              951121  03:15P                    0 02 RECV      951121MB
01COUNT              951121  03:15P                    0 02 RECV      951121MB
ISSUEEU              951121  02:55P  58IO785901     1080 01 3C
UNPLNDISSUE          951121  02:04P                  821 01 3C        M00116KS

Activity Type

 This may be one of 8 different types of part activity, from physical moves to count adjustments. Just click on the type to see a description and explanation of each one.

Date and Time

 The date is in the form YYMMDD, while the time is in 12 hour format. An appended "P" stands for pm.

Order Number

 The Order Number column show the order number if the activity is a RECEIVE, or the IO number if it is an Internal Order or the departmental location and account, if it is a backflush.

Quantity Entered

The 'Quantity Entered' refers to the amount of the part that was involved in that particular activity. It can be both positive and negative, for example if there was a negative count adjustment, or if parts had been booked in or backflushed in error then they would be 'minus received' or 'minus backflushed'.

Location

 The Location is the location to which the particular activity refers to. It is usually one of 4 different types: a line location, a bay location, a receiving location or CYRIL. The line location will be the alpha-numeric term for the manufacturing line, e.g. for DDS products it will usually be 3C.

Bay locations tend to refer to the actual physical location within then warehouse in which the parts are stored. There are two main warehouses in use - Peter Lane, the remote warehouse, and CPB's onsite warehouse, next to Goods In. HP bay locations consist of a letter and two numbers, separated by a slash, e.g. E11/6. Peter Lane locations are made up of PLx and then an HP style bay location, where x is a number.

There are two receiving locations: RECV and PLANE. If a part is taken to Peter Lane, then it is booked into PLANE and thence moved to a Peter Lane bay location. Similarly, if a part is delivered to HP, then it is first booked into RECV and from there moved to either the line or a bay location.

CYRIL is the other main location, and stands simply for Caircant Haulage, run by Cyril Thomas. Cyril builds kits for HP, and so some parts must therefore go to CYRIL, in order for him to build. Parts do not come back from CYRIL, of course.

Document Number

 The Document Number refers to the ID of the paperwork required to make the transaction, or, where paperwork wasn't required, some other indentifying number. In the case of moves or counts, this is often the date of the action and the transactor's initials. These numbers allow the action to be more effectively traced.

01BACKFLSHISSUE

 A backflush occurs when a product has been fully built and is booked in as finished goods inventory (FGI). When a product is booked as FGI the system looks at that product's composition (what it is made off, i.e. it's full bill of materials) and 'backflushes' all the parts that went into it off the system, thereby keeping the on hand balance correct.

01MOVE
02MOVE

 These two activity types are always found in pairs. An 01MOVE is a move from a location (shown in th Location column, second from the right) and an 02MOVE is a move to a location, similarly shown in the Location column.

RECEIVEPO

This means a part was booked in directly, without first being inspected. It may move to inspection later, if necessary.

RECEIVEPOUL

This means a part has been booked straight into UL inspection, which means that a sample are being checked to ensure they have UL approval.

RECEIVEPOINSP

This shows that a part was booked directly into inspection, in order to be inspected in whatever manner is appropriate.

01COUNT
02COUNT

 Like the 'move' pair of codes these two are never found apart either. Every time there is a cycle-count (a count to see how many parts there are) these two codes are entered on the system. The first shows the number of parts found in the location checked (the location can be found in the Location column) and the second (the 02COUNT) shows by how much the quantity on hand was adjusted as a result of this count.

ISSUEEU

 This shows that parts have been issued off the system on an internal order from another division. The IO number against which they were issued is shown in the Order Number column.

UNPLNDISSUE

 An unplanned issue accounts for any parts leaving the system not accounted for by the other codes. Typically this will be due to an MRT, or Material Request Transaction, which is used when a part is being shipped back to a vendor for credit or to be made into something else.

Comments to Nik Makepeace