Item Status: Defined

A Tracking Region can be configured to affect an Item's status due to Item-hold specifications.

For example, a shortage of an Item attribute occurs if a required physical Item attribute (e.g. A/C or seat style) is shown as being in short supply in a Region on the production line.

An Item's status can be modified by:

• An external process.
• A manual transaction.

An external process:

• Can modify an Item's status to Hold when shortage attributes exist.
• Is configured to provide Item-hold information for Serialized Items.
• Enables PRT to modify the status of all Items residing in a Tracking Group.
• Modifies the status to Hold for each new Item entering the Tracking Group.
• Can be configured to generate a CIMPLICITY alarm when an Item's status is modified to Hold.
• Can deactivate Item-hold status on all affected Items in a Tracking Group.
• Will not impact a Hold placed by a manual transaction.
• Monitors the Item's status; and, if capable, physically holds the item at a pre-configured point on the production line.

A manual transaction:

• Can be executed to modify an Item's status to Hold.
• Can have comments attached to describe the reason for the Hold.
• Is held separately from a Hold placed by an external process.
• Can deactivate Item-hold status on all affected items.
• Will not impact a Hold placed by an external process.