Intended learning outcomes: Produce an overview on the object class “order position”. Present in detail the attributes of the object class “order position”.
The order position class is comprised of all the attributes (information) that appear on each line of an order. One object is stored in each order position. The attributes may be divided into the following subsets:
Firstly, the identifying attributes, which include
- Order ID
- Partial order ID
- Order position ID, generally a number; for work, it may correspond to the sequence in the routing sheet, whereas for items or production equipment it is a relative position within a picking list determined using suitable logic (e.g., the order in which they are taken from stock)
- Type of order position: item receipt, item issue, work or production equipment
- Position status, that is, the administrative status of the position (e.g., scheduled, reserved, released, partly executed, fully executed, administration complete)
- Flag to indicate whether the dates are firm or may be postponed
Secondly, specific attributes that differ according to the type of order position. For the item order position, that is, for item receipts or item issues, these include:
- Item ID
- Reserved or allocated quantity
- Quantity issued or effective quantity
- Billed quantity
- Reservation date or the earliest start date
- Item description, a set of attributes that may be used for more detailed identification and classification (see Section 17.2.2)
- Position-specific item description within the current order; that is, the position of an electronic component
- Information for stockkeeping and accounting, which generally means a set of the attributes described in detail in Section 17.2.2.
- Work order position ID, that is, the operation ID for which an item issue is required or which results in an item receipt
The following attributes apply to the work order position (or order operation):
- Work center ID (or capacity ID), that is, the identification of the location or group of machines where or with which this operation is used for production
- Work description
- Standard load in capacity units (defined in the same way as the load of an operation in Sections 1.2.4 and 13.1.2)
- Setup load and run load
- Actual load in capacity units
- Billed load in capacity units
- Lead time and, if necessary, lead time components
- Start date (the operation start date), for example, the earliest, latest, or probable date
- End date (the operation due date), for example, the earliest, latest, or probable date
- Work center description and other data used to identify and classify the organizational unit carrying out the work; see also Section 17.2.4
- Costs and availability data for the work center; this is a set of the attributes described in detail in Section 17.2.4
For a production equipment order position, it relates to the specific attributes of:
- Production equipment ID
- Reserved or allocated quantity
- Quantity issued or effective quantity
- Billed quantity
- Production equipment description and other attributes for identifying and classifying the production equipment
- Work order position ID (the operation ID that uses the production equipment)
- Costs per issued quantity and other attributes used for billing
- Start date, for example, the earliest, latest, or probable date
- End date, for example, the earliest, latest, or probable date
- Quantity of available production equipment, their costs, and other attributes used for billing; see also Section 17.2.6
Any amount of text may be assigned to each order position object.
Course section 17.1: Subsections and their intended learning outcomes
17.1 Order Data in Sales, Distribution, Production, and Procurement
Intended learning outcomes: Present the data structure of customers and suppliers. Describe the general data structure of orders in sales and distribution, production, and procurement. Disclose the data structure of the order and partial order header as well as the order position.
17.1.1 Customer and Supplier Data, and the Corporate Group Structure
Intended learning outcomes: Present the business object “business partner”: customer and supplier data. Identify the corporate group structure.
17.1.2 The General Data Structure of Orders in Sales and Distribution, Production, and Procurement
Intended learning outcomes: Explain the general data structure of an order in sales and distribution, production, or procurement. Disclose the basic object classes in an order database.
17.1.3 The Order Header Data and Partial Order Header Data
Intended learning outcomes: Produce an overview on the object classes “order header”, and “partial order header”. Present in detail the attributes of the object classes “order header”, and “partial order header”.
17.1.4 The Order Position Data
Intended learning outcomes: Produce an overview on the object class “order position”. Present in detail the attributes of the object class “order position”.
17.1.5 Inventories and Inventory Transactions Data
Intended learning outcomes: Produce an overview on the object classes for inventories. Present in detail the attributes of the object class “inventory transaction”.
