Implementing Manufacturing and Materials Management: From Empty Plant to Costed Work Order · Module 7 · Items and the Item Model
Item statuses and lifecycle phases
Lesson 72 of 188 · 10 min
Review the delivered statuses and the attributes each controls. Create a custom status — one that permits transacting but not purchasing, for example — apply it to an item and demonstrate the restriction. Then show lifecycle phases and the difference from status, and a phase-out scenario: an item moving from production to obsolete. Status is functional control; lifecycle phase is descriptive. Same shape of confusion as class-versus-category earlier in this module, so make the distinction explicit. Obsolescence handling is a real client requirement that is usually raised late. The common pattern: a status that blocks new purchasing while allowing existing stock to be consumed.
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In this module: Module 7 · Items and the Item Model
- 1What we are building
- 2Why the item model is permanent
- 3The item object model
- 4Master versus organization attributes
- 5Designing the class hierarchy
- 6Item numbering
- 7Building item classes
- 8Item templates
- 9Creating items manually
- 10The attributes that matter most
- 11Assigning items to organizations
- 12Item statuses and lifecycle phases
- 13Importing items in bulk
- 14Data quality before migrationFree preview
- 15What breaks
- 16Lab briefing: the Halden item model
- 17Lab solution walkthrough