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Temporary Off-Flow#

🔒 Material.TemporaryOffFlow

Overview#

This transaction is used to temporarily send a Material to another Flow. When a Material is temporarily sent to an Off-Flow, it will return to the original processing point. This transaction differs from the Rework Material transaction as: a) the Rework path does not need to be planned in advance; and b) if the Material is Dispatched or Processed, it will return to the same Resource after completing the Off-Flow and it will retain the Dispatched or Processed state.

Setup#

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction. Note that there must be at least one Off-Flow Reason applicable to Off-Flow for the Current Material Step and a Rework path defined for the Material Flow Path. For more information on how to create a Flow, please refer to the Flow section.

Preconditions#

  • Material is Active, is not In Transit and not On Hold.
  • Material state is Queued, Dispatched or Processed.
  • Material is a Top-Most Material (it has no Parent Material).
  • Selected Temporary Off-Flow Flow (Go To Flow) exists, is Active, and is Enabled.
  • Selected Temporary Off-Flow Reason exists, is Active and is currently assigned to the current Material Step and is classified as applicable to Temporary Off-Flow.
  • If the next Step has different Primary or Secondary Units, there must be defined Product Unit Conversion Factors for the current Material Product (and all Sub-Material Products).
  • There must not be any Material Time Constraint violated for the Material at the current context and transaction.
  • There must not be any required Future Action for the Material.

Preconditions for Bulk#

  • In addition to the preconditions mentioned above, all Materials must:

    • Be at the same Flow Path.
    • Have the same System State.

    Note

    All the Materials will be sent to the same Temporary Off-Flow/Step.

Sequence Of Steps#

Step 1#

  1. Select the Off-Flow button from the top ribbon and choose Temporary Off-Flow.
  2. In the Send Material to Temporary Off-Flow wizard, choose the Reason which is applicable for the current Material Step.
  3. Specify a Go To Flow Path. The Return Flow Path is always the current Step and Resource. The Material will be sent to the Go To Flow Path, and once it reaches the last Step in that Flow, it will return to the Return Flow Path.
  4. Select Send to complete the transaction.

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