Assemble-to-Order Item(ATO)
Assemble-to-Order item consists of:
- Standard bill of material with standard components
- Item manufactured from standard components
The three types of ATO items are:
- AutoCreated Configuration Items: Configuration items created by CTO for a sales order that was placed for a model and options. These items have the following attributes:
- The ATO flag is selected on the OM tab of the item master
- A base model defined on the BOM tab of the item master
- The Autocreated Configuration flag is selected.
- Preconfigured Items: An item defined by the user with a "base model" and a configured bill of material. These items have the following attributes:
- The ATO flag is selected on the OM tab of the item master
- A Base Model defined on the BOM tab of the item master
- Standard ATO Items: These are standard items with the ATO flag selected on the OM tab of the item master.
S. No.
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ATO
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PTO
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Name
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Description
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1
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Yes
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Yes
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Define Model and Option Class
Bills of Material and optionally routings
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Define model and option class
bills and routings (optional) to control order management, master
scheduling/MRP, work in process, and costing.
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2
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Yes
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No
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Forecast Model/Option Demand
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Forecast demand for model,
options, or both. Explode forecasts through planning bills to models and/or
options.
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3
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Yes
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No
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Master Schedule Models and Options
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Master schedule ATO models,
options, or both.
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4
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Yes
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Yes
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Enter Sales Order
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Enter sales orders for models with
options.
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5
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Yes
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Yes
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Check ATP
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Perform group ATP check for all
supply-constrained components to find earliest possible ship date for
configuration.
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Yes
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Yes
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Book and Schedule the Order
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-
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6
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Yes
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-
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AutoCreate Configuration Items
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Automatically generate a new item
number, bill, and routing for each new sales order and assign new item to
sales order.
Note: You can also "progress the order" through "create config
item" in the workflow, which will create the new item, bill and routing
for the configuration required for that sales order.
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7
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Yes
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-
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Create Production Supply
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Discrete: Autocreate
Final Assembly Orders automatically opens a discrete job for each new ATO
configuration order. These work in process jobs are reserved to the sales
orders.
Flow: Use the line scheduling workbench to schedule your line based on sales
orders. The sales order number is referenced on the flow schedule.
Note: You can also “progress the order” through Create
Production Supply, which will automatically open a discrete job or create a
flow schedule for the active configuration order line.
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8
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Yes
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-
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Complete Production
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Complete configuration item to
inventory. The work in process reservation or flow schedule reference is
automatically converted into an inventory reservation.
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9
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Yes
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Yes
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Pick Release and Ship
Configuration Orders
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Pick Release all configuration
sales orders.
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10
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Yes
|
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Deactivate Configuration Items
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Deactivate autogenerated
configuration item numbers whose orders are complete more than x days
ago.
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