Part Number

The number of the part.

Part Name

The name of the part. Note that more than one field is provided to use for different languages.

Part Description

The description of the part.

OEM Part Number

The Original Equipment Manufacturer number for the part.

Part Critical

The criticality code for the part.

Part Cost

The amount paid to acquire the part.

Repair Cost

The cost to repair the part.

Active

An indicator of whether a Part is enabled in Servigistics.

Part Procurable

An attribute that is set on the Parts page that determines if the part can be procured.

Part Serializable

Yes indicates that the part has a serial number. This field does not affect calculations. It is for information only.

Part Repairable

Yes indicates that Servigistics will recommend repair orders for the part; No indicates that Servigistics will NOT recommend repair orders for the part.

Part Rotable

Yes indicates that the part is considered rotable. Rotable parts affect pipeline lengths and are only applied to repairable parts.

On some parts (particularly expensive and complicated parts such as aircraft engines, black boxes, etc.), customers are unwilling to have the parent equipment down for the time that a complex part takes to move through the repair cycle. Instead, companies carry rotable (as in rotate-able) pools of stock that serve as spare repairable inventory to shorten this repair lead time. For example, if the customer was willing to wait 15 days for a replacement, yet actual repair lead time was 60 days, then the rotable pool needs to be large enough to keep supplemental parts moving through the cycle for the extra required 45 days of repair time. Thus, as your part enters the repair cycle, a replacement part is about to emerge as repaired. Longer acceptable turn-around times and shorter repair times are desirable, since the cost of these supplemental rotable parts is such that companies must write a capital appropriation request in order to purchase additional units. Rotable parts are sometimes classified as full assemblies (LRUs) or subassemblies (SRUs).

Flagging a part as rotable causes the specified Turn Around Time to be subtracted from each pipeline length before Safety Stock, ROP and Stock Max are calculated. Since Turn Around Time is specified by the customer, it is tracked separately from pipeline lengths (which are not typically controlled by the customer).

Repair All

Yes indicates that Repair All is enabled for the part. No indicates that Repair All is disabled for the part.

Repair All generates a repair action for the selected part at all locations with On Hand Bad quantities of the part. Repair All repairs all the bad parts, and it is triggered only when Order Plan finds requirement.

Planner Code

The planner code assigned to the part. Can be used for segmentation.

When segmenting on Planner Code, a waterfall process will be used to evaluate which code should be assigned to each part/location SKU. If a value exists at the SKU level, that value will be used. If there is no value at the SKU level, the value at the part level will be used.

Planner Name

The user name of the planner assigned to the part. Can be used for segmentation.

When segmenting on Planner Name, a waterfall process will be used to evaluate which code should be assigned to each part/location SKU. If a value exists at the SKU level, that value will be used. If there is no value at the SKU level, the value at the part level will be used.

Weight Per Unit

The weight of one unit in the selected Unit of Measure (pounds, grams, liters, etc.).

Unit Of Measure

Indicates how Weight per Unit is measured (i.e., pounds, grams, liters, etc.).

Ignore Forecast

Determines whether order plan will consider the forecast when determining orders for SKUs associated with this parameter.

Yes indicates that the levels for a SKU are set based on the forecast; however, time phased Order Plan does not consider the forecast while planning. The only demand that consumes from inventory will be actual demands, i.e., sales orders or backorder.

Basic trigger planning is not affected by this setting since the forecast is always used in setting the levels.

Ignore Forecast can be used for slow moving (usually expensive) parts so that units are procured or replenished only when demand is very certain.

This value is overridden if an Ignore Forecast value is entered at the SKU level.

Part Class

The part class that includes this part.

Part Family

The part family.

Part Line

The part line that includes this part.

Part Type

A way to categorize parts, defined on Part Types page.

Cubic Metric Per Unit

The number of parts that can fit in a storage unit.

Host Part ID

The part ID from the host system.

Price Active

Yes indicates that this part will be included in pricing.

Warranty %

The percentage of sales volume for this part that includes warranty parts.

Strategy Code

The strategy code that includes this part. Strategy codes are used to group parts that have similar pricing behaviors. Strategy codes are determined and set up during implementation.

Part Needs New Price

Allows the user to segment by parts that need a new price. For example, a pricing parameter could be created to run on a segment that includes those parts that have this field set to Yes.

Alignment Leader Part #

Indicates if the part is a leader or follower for Leader/Follower Pricing.

If the part number in this field is the same part number as the selected part, the selected part is a leader.

If the part number in this field is a different part number as the selected part, the selected part is a follower and the part number in this field is the leader.

Simple Group Name

Indicates if the part is a member of a simple group for Simple Group Price Alignment.

Group Step Level

Indicates if the part is a member of a group step level for Group Step Level Pricing.

Is Part Kit

Indicates if the part is a part kit. and appears on the Part Kits page.

Component Kitting Start Date

Order Plan generates sales order for all component parts of part kits. Component Kitting Start Date provides the date to use (Ship Date or Order Date) to generate these sales orders.

Custom Monetary Value (1-5)

Custom fields for part prices/costs derived from the IPCS_PART_MASTER table.

Enable Alternate Transport Mode

An indicator of whether the Alternate Transport Mode feature is enabled.

Procurement Backorder Threshold Days

Number of backordered procurement days allowed, which can be any number of days depending upon need (for example, 0, 1, 10, etc.).

Procurement Backorder Threshold LeadTime Multiplier

User-defined factor of procurement lead time, which can be any value (for example, .2, .5, etc.).

Replenishment Backorder Threshold Days

Number of backordered replenishment days allowed, which can be any number of days depending upon need (for example, 0, 1, 10, etc.).

Replenishment Backorder Threshold LeadTime Multiplier

User-defined factor of replenishment lead time, which can be any value (for example, .2, .5, etc.).

Repair Length

The average number of days required to repair or scrap this part and forward it back to the stocking location. Repair length can also be set as a planning parameter. A repair length entered for a part overrides the planning parameter value.

Return Length

The average number of days required to return this part to a repair center. Return length can also be set as a planning parameter. A return length entered for a part overrides the planning parameter value.

Procurement Length

The average number of days required to procure new quantities of this part. Procurement length can also be set as a planning parameter. A procurement length entered for a part overrides the planning parameter value.

Replenishment Length

The average number of days required to replenish this part to another location within the field service network. Replenishment length can also be set as a planning parameter. A replenishment length entered for a part overrides the planning parameter value.

Turn Around Time

[applicable to rotable parts only] Most rotable components take long periods of time to repair. However, customers demand a replacement part in a shorter time frame. Turn Around Time is the amount of time that a customer is willing to wait for a replacement. This may be contractually specified or it may be a rule of thumb.

Turn Around Time is subtracted from each pipeline length before Safety Stock, ROP and Stock Maximum are calculated.

Turn Around Time can also be entered as a planning parameter. If a Turn Around Time is entered for a part, this value overrides the planning parameter.

Bank DS

The desired Demand Satisfaction for the total Rotable Pool/Bank.

Hold Length

Time added to the lead time for optimal levels calculations (but not used in Order Plan). Can be a result of paper work, accounting, etc.

Put Away Length

The number of days that it will take to receive and store (put away) this part. This value is used in order planning to determine an estimated available date.

Repair Standard Deviation

Return Standard Deviation

Procurement Standard Deviation

Replenishment Standard Deviation

Put Away Standard Deviation

The standard deviation of the pipeline lead time, expressed in days. The standard deviation is a factor in calculating Safety Stock. Also stored as a planning parameter.

Status

Locked indicates that the AutoPilot will not update the item values on this page through the host system.

Replenishment Location Hierarchy

The location hierarchy assigned to the part.

Return Wash Rate

The percentage of parts that are removed from inoperable equipment, yet never arrive at a repair facility. If a forecasted need persists, both return and repair loss must be compensated for by additional procurement. The Return Wash Rate is used to forecast returns, which are used in time-phased planning to project the On Hand Bad Quantity. Calculated as Forecast * (1 - Return Wash Rate)

Repair Wash Rate

The percentage of units in repair that are not be able to be repaired. For example:

The repair recommended quantity will be 11 units of On Hand Bad, as the calculation will assume that one unit (10%) will wash out during the repair process.

NFF Rate

The percentage of returned material that is determined to not need repair and therefore is available for immediate use as good inventory.

Safety Stock Override (Days)

Allows a part's Safety Stock to be expressed as a fixed number of days of demand, rather then using the standard deviation of demand history and pipeline length standard deviation.

When a value (integer value greater than 0) is entered, the Safety Stock is calculated as:

Safety Stock Override Quantity = Safety Stock Override Days * (Current Slice Forecast / # Days in Slice)

Procurement Order Cost

The cost to place a procurement order for the part in your local currency (for example, 87.73 dollars).

Repair Order Cost

The cost to process one repair order.

Replenishment Order Cost

The cost to place a replenishment order for the part in your local currency (for example, 87.73 dollars).

Stockout Unit Cost (Fill Rate)

The cost of unsatisfied demands that can be set, in decreasing priority, on the SKU, on the Part, or on the Inventory Optimization Planning Parameter. If the Minimize Stockout Cost checkbox is selected on the Service Group Parameter, default stockout costs are set to 1 by the system and may be user-defined in the Reference fields to ensure SKUs have associated cost and are eligible to participate in the stocking algorithm.

Stockout Unit Cost (Wait Time)

The cost of the time a customer waits to have their demand satisfied that can be set in decreasing priority on the SKU, on the Part, on the Service Group Parameter, or on the Inventory Optimization Planning Parameter. If the Minimize Stockout Cost checkbox is selected on the Service Group Parameter, default stockout costs are set to 1 by the system and may be user-defined in the Reference fields to ensure SKUs have associated cost and are eligible to participate in the stocking algorithm.

Transportation Cost Per Unit (Standard)

The transportation cost associated with the standard transfers of a part into a location in the service network.

Transportation Cost Per Unit (Expedited)

The transportation cost associated with the expedited transfers of a part into a location in the service network.

Transportation Cost Per Unit (Repair)

The transportation cost associated with the repair transfers of a part into a location in the service network.

Transportation Cost Per Unit (Return)

The transportation cost associated with the return transfers of a part into a location in the service network.

Optimization Cost

A manually entered cost on the Parts page or the SKU page. This cost can replace the Part Cost during the Inventory Optimization process if the Objective Cost Criteria selection is Optimization Cost for the Scenario on the Scenarios page.

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Carrying Cost

The percentage of part value equaling the annual cost to hold that part in inventory, including the costs of depreciation, insurance, facilities, time value of money, etc. This is normally between 25% and 35% per year, but can be higher for parts in the high-tech industry that are prone to obsolescence and depreciate quickly.

Also known as holding cost.

Embodied Carbon Per New Buy

The carbon dioxide (CO2) or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the manufacture and transportation of a part into the service network for each New Buy.

Embodied Carbon Per Repair

The carbon dioxide (CO2) or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with repairing defective parts.

Transportation Carbon Per Unit (Expedited)

The carbon dioxide (CO2) or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the expedited transfers of a part into a location in the service network.

Transportation Carbon Per Repair

The carbon dioxide (CO2) or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with returning a defective part to a location in the network.

Transportation Carbon Per Unit (Standard)

The carbon dioxide (CO2) or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the standard transfers of a part into a location in the service network.

Pipeline Forecasting

Yes indicates that Servigistics will forecast the procurement and repair pipelines based upon the historical average time for order placement to order receipt.

Pipeline forecasting is calculated using IPCS_OPEN_ORDER table. The average length of time between order date and close date of the closed procurement orders becomes the part's procurement length.

Repair length can also be calculated using IPCS_OPEN_ORDER.

Usage Rate

Set in the Part record as the first factor in Leading Indicators forecasting - it is the failure (or demand) percentage rate currently in use for this part. This rate may have been calculated based on the install base and demand history of this part (or its Like Part reference), or may have been set by the user through the Usage Rate Override Amount and Date Updated fields. If "Calculated Usage Rate" flag is set to "yes", Servigistics calculates the Usage Rate by dividing the global demand for that part during the forecast slice period just ended by the Average Install Base of that part during that period (Effective Part Population) plus the average install base of previous periods where there was no demand, even though wear continued on the parts (Accumulated Part Population).

For example, if the part population was 5000, and there were 10 demands that period at locations where that part was forecasted with leading indicators, then the usage rate would be (10/5000). This result is multiplied by 100 to convert to percentage, so in this example, .2% of the Install Base is predicted to fail during each forecast period.

If both "Calculated Usage Rate" and "Smooth Usage Rate" fields are set to Yes, then this rate is calculated as a weighted average between the Previous Usage Rate (defaults to 80% weight) and the Previous Slice Usage Rate (defaults to 20% weight). For example, Calculated Usage Rate will be .96 (just under 1% of the part population) if Previous Usage rate = 1.00 and Previous Slice Usage Rate = .80.

Calculated MTBF

The Mean Time Between Failure rate calculated by Servigistics for informational purposes only. Represents the number of hours between each part failure:

Usage Hours Per Month / Usage Rate

Calculated Usage Rate

Yes indicates that Servigistics will update the Usage Rate based on changes in demand and install base starting in the next slice period (with or without smoothing).

No indicates that you are responsible for setting Usage Rate, either directly or via entry of a Mean Time Between Failure, and this serves as the part usage rate moving forward indefinitely.

Usage Rate Standard Deviation

If Usage Rate is being used, Usage Rate Standard Deviation indicates the standard deviation of the Usage Rate. This is a measure of the variance of the Usage Rate over time.

Smooth Usage Rate - 80/20(%)

Yes indicates that Servigistics will use a weighted average calculation to weight the current slice period's usage rate by 20% against the Previous Usage Rate in calculating the current effective Usage Rate (or some override to that percentage weight specified in the Global Settings table).

Date Updated

The date you requested a manual Usage Rate change to take effect.

Usage Rate Override Amount

The Usage Rate to use effective as of the last slice period. EITHER enter a value OR leave the box blank and the value will be calculated using the Mean Time Between Failure value.

Usage Rate Override Date

The slice period in which the Usage Rate Override Amount is effective.

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)

The average number of hours (usually supplied by the manufacturer) that a part remains in operation before it fails. If you enter this value, Servigistics will calculate Usage Rate Override Amount accordingly and your entered value will be used in calculating forecasts.

Usage Hours Per Month

The number of hours per month the part is typically used. This value is used to calculate an appropriate Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) value.

For example, if you had a product that used a part that runs 24 hours a day, every day, you would enter approximately 720 Usage Hours Per Month. If you had a product that used a part that runs Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, you would enter approximately 200 Usage Hours Per Month.

Previous Usage Rate

The usage rate prior to last time slice. If calculating usage rate and Smooth Usage Rate is set to Yes, then this rate is calculated as a weighted average between the Previous Slice Usage Rate and the previous effective Previous Usage Rate. If Smooth Usage Rate is set to No, then this rate is set equal to the Previous Slice Usage Rate. Previous Usage Rate defaults to an 80% weighting in the current Usage Rate calculation. For example, calculated Usage Rate = 96 if Previous Usage Rate = 100 and Previous Slice Usage Rate = 80.

Previous Slice Usage Rate

Last forecast period's usage rate. This rate may have been calculated from the install base and the demand history, or it may have been set by the user, using the Usage Rate Override Amount and Usage Rate Override Date. If calculated, Previous Slice Usage Rate defaults to a 20% weighting for the currently active Usage Rate. For example, current effective Usage Rate = (Previous Usage Rate * 0.80) + (Previous Slice Usage Rate * 0.20).

Use Host Failure Rate

Determines what failure rate is used:

Enable Procurement SCS

Yes indicates that schedule change suppression will be enabled for procurement orders.

Bring up to Procurement ISL when below Procurement Min

For procurement orders, if the Ending On Hand inventory position is projected to go below the Schedule Change Suppression Min, this setting indicates whether inventory will be brought up to ISL or Schedule Change Suppression Min.

Bring down to Procurement ISL when above Procurement Max

For procurement orders, if the Ending On Hand inventory position is projected to go above Schedule Change Suppression Max, this setting indicates whether inventory will be brought down to ISL or Schedule Change Suppression Max.

Enable Repair SCS

Yes indicates that schedule change suppression will be enabled for repair orders.

Bring up to Repair ISL when below Repair Min

For repair orders, if the Ending On Hand inventory position is projected to go below the Schedule Change Suppression Min, this setting indicates whether inventory will be brought up to ISL or Schedule Change Suppression Min.

Bring down to Repair ISL when above Repair Max

For repair orders, if the Ending On Hand inventory position is projected to go above Schedule Change Suppression Max, this setting indicates whether inventory will be brought down to ISL or Schedule Change Suppression Max.

Phase In Date

The start date in the past from where demand is used in Servigistics for this part.

Phase Out Date

The future date when the forecasts stops in Servigistics for this part.

Last Time Buy

Yes indicates that this will be the last opportunity available to a Service Parts Manager to procure a part that will no longer be manufactured.

Support To Date

The date after the Last Time Buy Date when all locations will no longer need the part. After this date, inventory will no longer be deployed to the field locations.

Repair To Date

The last date that a repairable part will be repaired. After this date, the repairable part will not be repaired. The default date is the Support To Date. This date does not apply to non-repairable parts.

Decomm Rate

If Last Time Buy is used, Decomm Rate is the decommissioning rate percentage for this part, which is one of the factors that decrease procurement requirements when determining the quantity to be procured during a Last Time Buy. It is the annual percentage of reduction in demand, up to the Support To Date, as a result of retiring products using this part.

Salvage Rate

If Last Time Buy is used, Salvage Rate is the percentage of parts that can be reclaimed from the field and reused.

Like Part

If the part is new and has no demand history, then Like Part can be used. This similar part will be used to estimate demand for the part. Note that the estimate will be modified for this part by the Demand Inc Factor.

Demand Incr Factor

If Like Part is used, demand history from the like part is multiplied by the Demand Increment (Inc) Factor (a demand increase percentage) to recognize any aspects of the new part that may affect demand.

Setting this percentage to other than 100% will bias the demand borrowed from the like part to account for differences.

EXAMPLE: You have a new hard drive predicted to have 75% of the failure rate of the old hard drive, but with no demand history. You instruct Servigistics to take the demand history from the like part, multiply it by 75%, and that will be used in your demand forecasting method.

Procure Primary Vendor Location

The primary vendor for procuring this part.

Repair Primary Vendor Location

The primary vendor for repairing this part.

Lot Size

The smallest available order quantity multiple for a given part.

Lot Size Round

The number of parts in excess of the Lot Size above which Servigistics recommends ordering another lot. If this field is null, a default value of 1 is assumed

Sales Size

The smallest quantity to order when there is a need for at least one unit. If there is no value for Sales Size, then Lot Size and Lot Size Round are used to determine the smallest quantity to order when there is a need for at least one part.

Packaging Size

Size of the packaging in units for the part.

Packaging Size Round

Rounding rule for Packaging Size.

Pallet Size

Size of the pallet in units for the part.

Pallet Size Round

Rounding rule for Pallet Size.

Min Order Quantity

The smallest quantity of this part that may be ordered at a time.

Fixed Order Quantity

The order quantity of this part is always set to this amount.

Part Custom (1-20)

Custom fields for parts derived from the IPCS_PART_MASTER table.

Life Limited Parts (LLP) within the Aerospace and Defense sector provide the ability to manage the service events associated with parts that have a specified engineering life limit.

Is LLP

Indicates if the part is a life limited part.

Life Limited Part Usage Type

No indicates that the usage type is Cycles; Yes indicates that the usage type is Hours.

Life Limited Part Lost Life

The average remaining cycles (or hours) by part number when the part is removed from service and scrapped.

Part Custom (1-20)

Custom fields for parts derived from the IPCS_PART_MASTER table.

Is LLP

Indicates if the part is a life limited part.

Life Limited Part Usage Type

No indicates that the usage type is Cycles; Yes indicates that the usage type is Hours.

Life Limited Part Lost Life

The average remaining cycles (or hours) by part number when the part is removed from service and scrapped.