What is Plant-level Master Data?
Plant-level Master Data
Standard information registered separately for each factory.
What it means
Item names and numbers are shared across the company. However, what is made (BOM), what order it is made in (process sequence), and where it is stored (warehouse) are registered separately for each factory.
This is because equipment and materials may vary from factory to factory. So, if you create a new factory, you have to register these things again.
At the pen factory
Factory No. 2 only had items and a warehouse, but no BOM or process sequence. So, when I gave the work order, it said, “What it is made of is not registered.”
Why it matters
You need to know which ones are company-wide and which are factory-specific so you don't miss anything.
Related terms
- OrganizationA unit that divides work and records, such as a company, factory, or warehouse.
- Registration orderIt's time to enter standard information. If you don't have the previous one, you can't add the latter one.
- BOMA list of what and how many items go into making one product.
- RoutingThe sequence of processes an item goes through.