The item master organization

The most important lesson in the module, and possibly in this phase. The item master organization is the organization in which items are defined. Items created there are assigned out to the operating organizations that will transact them. One definition, many locations — so a part number means the same thing in every plant, because there is one master record. The choice: dedicated, or operating? A dedicated master is a non-transacting organization existing only to hold item definitions. An operating organization doubling as the master works — and permanently entangles one plant's data with the enterprise item catalogue. Every item in the business is anchored to a plant that may one day close. Use a dedicated item master organization. Stated plainly, because this is not a balanced trade-off: it costs nothing, it is cleaner, and the alternative can never be undone. That is as close to a rule as this…

In this module: Module 4 · Inventory Organizations and Plants

1. 1What we are building
2. 2The decision you cannot undo
3. 3The organization object model
4. 4The item master organizationFree preview
5. 5Organization granularity — how many?
6. 6Running the facilities design workshop
7. 7Four worked plant models
8. 8Creating the item master organization
9. 9Creating an inventory organization
10. 10Organization parameters
11. 11Enabling manufacturing on a plant
12. 12Subinventory design
13. 13Locators
14. 14Inter-organization relationships
15. 15Proving the structure works
16. 16What breaks
17. 17Lab briefing: the Halden Works structure
18. 18Lab solution walkthrough