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The flushing principle is a setting that determines how and when the raw materials are consumed from i nventory and registered as work in progress (WIP) for production orders and batch orders 1 .  The flushing principle can be configured at the product level, the bill of materials (BOM) or formula line level, or the production order or batch order line level 1 .

The Start flushing principle indicates that the material will be automatically consumed when the production order is started 1 . The amount of material that is consumed is proportional to th e quantity that is started.  This principle is relevant if, for example, the variance in the consumption is low, the materials are low-value materials, there are no tracking requi rements, or there’s a short run time on operations 1 .

In this scenario, the warehouse manager requires that products are removed from on-hand inventory and consumed when they are picked and staged for production. Therefore, the Start flushing principle should be configured for the batch-tracked products. This way, th e products will be deducted from inventory and set to WIP as soon as the production order is started on the hand-held device.

T he solution does not meet the goal. Here is the explanation:

To ensure that the system is set up to support the process manufact uring of pain-relieving lotions, you should use the following steps 1 :

Create a product master for the lotion and release it to t he relevant legal entities. On the Product dimension groups page, select Constraint-based configuration as the configuration technology, and select the configuration dimension. On the Released product details page, select Configurable on the Engineer tab.

Create a constraint-based product configuration model for the lotion and add it as a version to the product master. On the Constraint-based product configuration model details page, add attributes, constraints, subcomponents, BOM lines, and route operation s to define the features and structure of the lotion. For example, you can add an attribute for ingredient A and specify its concentration as a value. You can also add constraints to limit the combinations of attribute values that are allowed.

Create a pri ce model for the lotion and link it to the product configuration model. On the Price models page, add price components and specify how they are calculated based on attributes, subcomponents, BOM lines, or route operations. For example, you can add a price component for ingredient A and specify different prices for different concentrations.

Configure products on sales orders, sales quotations, purchase orders, or production orders by using the Product configuration models page. You can select values for attr ibutes and see how they affect the price of the lotion. You can also view the price details and see how each price component contributes to the total price.

The solution in the question is not correct, because it does not involve constraint-based product c onfiguration or price models. Creating a dimension-based product master with variants and using trade agreements to specify different pricing would not allow you to handle different concentrations of ingredients or calculate prices based on attributes.

1 :  Product configuration overview  :  Create constraint-based configuration  :  Price model s

The action message that you should enable is  Decrease . Here is the explanation:

An action message is a system-generated suggestion to change an existing planned, approved, or firmed order.  Action messag es are generated by the master planning calculation in response to changed requirements 1 . For example, the ship date or quantity is changed on a sales order after you’ve already created a purchase order to fulfill the demand for that sales order. In this case, the master planning calculation gen erates one or more action messages that suggest that you update the purchase order. You decide whether to make the changes that are suggested.

The D ecrease action message indicates that production orders, purchase orders, and other receipt transactions should be decreased to prevent excess inventory levels 1 . This action message is generated when there is less demand for a product than was previously planned. For example, if several sales orders are canceled, the master planning calculation will generate a Decrease action message for the correspon ding planned production orders.

To enable the Decrease action mess age, you must select it on the Coverage groups page for the coverage group or item that you want the message to apply to 1 .   You can also specify a decrease margin, which is the minimum percentage difference between the current quantity and the suggested quantity that wil l trigger a Decrease actio n message 1 .