Sometimes additional materials are needed on the factory floor for a variety of reasons, such as parts being delivered damaged or parts becoming damaged at the point of use. There is a gadget you can add to an Operator Interface template for use in production to request these materials from stock. The settings for this gadget are in NPI Global Options in the Logistics area labeled Material Requisition Mode.
You can customize the behavior of this gadget to behave one of two ways:
Generate an e-mail message to stock room personnel
Generate a special type of transport order called a re-order transport order
Set up the material requisition mode
Log into the NPI client application.
Select System Configuration
> Settings > Logistics to display the Global Options tab of the Settings Category window.Select Logistics, then select the Material Requisition Mode option in the Option Type: Behavior category.
Make a selection for the Material Requisition Mode:
If you select E-mail Notification, an E-mail server must already be set up in the General section (otherwise, the default Generate Transport Order option is used).
If you select Generate Transport Order, material requests will be added to a transport order with a source and a destination just like any other transport order.
Select Save in the lower-right corner of the window to save your selection.
Note
You need to add the Material Requisition Gadget to an Operator Interface template to make material requisitions available in the Production client application.
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