Items
An item represents an end product, intermediate product or a raw material.
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
name |
non-empty string |
Unique name of the item.
This is the key field and a required attribute.
|
type |
string |
Type of item:
Supply chains can combine items of both types.
For instance, the manufacturing operations are planned
in make-to-order mode while raw materials are purchased
in make-to-stock mode.
For instance, end items can be planned in make-to-stock
mode while the manufacturing operations is planned in
make-to-order mode with serialzed batch numbers
that move between production stages.
For instance, the final production stages of a product
can be make-to-order that configure the product, while
subassemblies going in to the end item can be produced
in make-to-stock mode.
|
description |
string |
Free format description. |
category |
string |
Free format category. |
subcategory |
string |
Free format subcategory. |
owner |
item |
Items are organized in a hierarchical tree.
This field defines the parent item.
|
members |
list of item |
Items are organized in a hierarchical tree.
This field defines a list of child items.
|
cost |
double |
Cost or price of the item.
Depending on the precise usage and business goal it should
be evaluated which cost to load into this field: purchase
cost, booking value, selling price…
For most applications the booking value is the appropriate
one.
The default value is 0.
|
volume |
double |
Volume of the item.
The default value is 0.
|
weight |
double |
Weight of the item.
The default value is 0.
|
unit of measure |
string |
Unit of measure for this item in the plan. All quantities in the
plan for that item are expressed in this unit of measure.
Typical values are “piece”, “kg”, “l”, “m”.
|
shelf life |
duration |
This field is only active when the shelf life app is active (
Enterprise and Cloud Editions only).
Defines how long material produced by a manufacturing order
can be be kept in stock before it expires.
Default value: infinite
|
period of cover |
integer |
Calculated value corresponding to the on hand days of cover.
|
global_purchase |
boolean |
When this item flag is set, it will a) prevent any new
purchase orders for the item to be generated until the total
inventory across all locations drops below the total safety
stock and b) sales orders pointing at a location that is
running out of stock will automatically be pointed to other
locations in the network which still carry sufficient stock.
This field is not available in the standard database schema.
You’ll need to add it as a custom attribute, or set this
field through a custom Python script.
|
buffers |
list of buffer |
Returns the list of buffers for this item. |
hidden |
boolean |
Marks entities that are considered hidden and are normally not shown to the end user. |
Extra fields added by “metrics” app
This addon app provides some basic metrics that allow easy filtering and sorting for items that have constrained open sales orders.
The window over which these metrics are computed is configurable with the parameter metrics.demand_window. Only demands with a due date within this period after the current date are included in the calculation.
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
latedemandcount |
Integer |
The number of open sales orders of this item that is planned to be delivered late. |
latedemandquantity |
Number |
Total quantity of open sales orders of this item that is planned to be delivered late. |
latedemandvalue |
Number |
Total value of open sales orders of this item that is planned to be delivered late. |
unplanneddemandcount |
Integer |
The number of unplanned open sales orders of this item. |
unplanneddemandquantity |
Number |
Total quantity of unplanned open sales orders of this item. |
unplanneddemandvalue |
Number |
Total value of unplanned open sales orders of this item. |
Extra fields added by “demand hits” app
This addon app provides some metrics on the historical demand of the item. This is useful in identifying fast-moving and slow-moving items that can be used for differentiating the inventory policies correctly.
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
orders_6m |
Number |
The number of sales orders of this item during the last 6 months. |
sales_6m |
Number |
Total quantity of sales orders of this item during the last 6 months. |
salesvalue_6m |
Number |
Total value of sales orders of this item during the last 6 months. |
orders_12m |
Number |
The number of sales orders of this item during the last 12 months. |
sales_12m |
Number |
Total quantity of sales orders of this item during the last 12 months. |
salesvalue_12m |
Number |
Total value of sales orders of this item during the last 12 months. |
Extra fields added by “forecast” app
The forecast app enables the calculation of statistical forecasts based on the demand history. It also includes a categorization of demand patterns, as described on https://frepple.com/blog/demand-classification/
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
demand_pattern |
String |
Demand pattern: “smooth”, “intermittent”, “erratic” or “lumpy”. |
adi |
Number |
Average demand interval.
It measures the demand regularity in time by computing
the average interval between two demands.
|
cv2 |
Number |
Square of the coefficient of variation.
It measures the variation in quantities.
|
outliers last bucket |
Number |
Counts how many outliers were found in the last bucket.
|
outliers last 6 buckets |
Number |
Counts how many outliers were found in the last 6 buckets.
|
outliers last 12 buckets |
Number |
Counts how many outliers were found in the last 12 buckets.
|
Extra fields added by “inventory planning” app
This app enables the calculation of safety stocks and reorder quantities.
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
successor |
Item |
Refers to another item that is replacing this item.
It is used to display a global overview of the inventory
status of an item - across all locations and across its
successor and predecessor items.
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Extra fields added by “abc_classification” app
This app categorizes the items into a number of classes. The classification is based on a Pareto analysis to identify the items that contributed most to the sales revenue over the last year.
With the default classification, the A class makes up 20% of the sales revenue. The B class makes up the sales revenue between 20% and 80%. The rest of the items are put in the C class. Items without any demand in the last year won’t be classified.
The number of classes, the thresholds and the history to use are configurable with the parameters “abc.classes” and “abc.history”.
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
abc_class |
String |
Class of this item.
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