Resource
The resource that is required for this demand.
If you want to enter a new or non-cataloged resource from a work order, leave this box blank and enter a description of the item in the Demand description box.
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Demand Description
A description of the requirements.
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Serialized inventory unit
The resource unit for a requirement. When you select a serialized resource, the Unit list becomes available.
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Date Required
The date when the material is required. APM uses this date to calculate replenishment demand for warehouse items.
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Number
The total number of items that are required. For example, the number of employees or contractors required for the trade or the number of tools.
This setting is only applicable to trades, tools, and time-based service resources.
 
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Required for
The amount of time that each employee, contractor, tool, or service person is required. For example if you are entering a trade requirement, enter how long each employee will need to work on this task. The total time entered for the requirement will be calculated as:
Number Of x Required For
The default requirement is 1.00 hour.
This setting is only applicable to trades, tools, and time-based service resources.
Note: For scheduling purposes, one day = 24 hours, regardless of the number and type of shifts included on the schedule.
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Requirement
The number of units required for the item. If this box is left blank, an error message will appear.
This setting is only applicable to materials, tools, and service resources that don’t use a time-based unit of measure.
For time-based resources (trades, tools, and services that are time-based), the Requirement entry is calculated using:
Number of x Required for
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Purchase priority
The selected purchase priority for this resource demand. You can select from the list of purchase priorities defined for the site.
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Buyer
The name of the buyer who will process this resource demand.
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Supplier
The number of the supplier that supplies this resource.
By default, the system enters the default supplier of the resource. If necessary, you can change the supplier by clicking either All Suppliers or Valid Suppliers and selecting a new supplier from the selection dialog.
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Supplier resource
The supplier resource for this requirement.
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Name
The name of the supplier. You can enter up to 50 characters.
If this box is left blank, an error message appears.
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Supplier reference
The supplier’s resource price for this resource. Only prices that are currently effective (not expired) can be selected.
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Unit cost or Rate
The cost per unit for the demand. If you are entering a non-catalog resource, you can enter the unit cost here.
If you have selected a supplier resource with a current price, or a warehouse issue, the system enters the unit cost and you cannot change it unless you are a buyer.
Since inventory unit costs change over time as you purchase materials, the current unit cost is retained to provide costing stability.
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Base cost
The estimated base cost of the demand. APM automatically calculates this cost based on the unit price and quantity of the resources needed for the work order or requisition.
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Comments
Comments for the planned requirement or replenishment demand. You can enter comments for a requirement on a work order task, standard task, or task template. You can enter comments for a requisition demand on the line for the demand. If the demand was created for a warehouse item replenishment, the replenishment message is displayed here.
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Original resource
The original purchase request information.
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Original Purchase Description
The description of the resource on the original purchase demand. This information is only displayed if a buyer has overridden the original purchase request information.
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Number of
The original quantity of the resource on the purchase demand.
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Required for
The amount of time for which each employee, contractor, tool, or service person was originally required.
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Original quantity
The original purchase demand information.
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Original unit cost
The original purchase request information.
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Original supplier
The original purchase request information.
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Reference number
The supplier resource price that was selected on the original purchase demand.
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Product number
The supplier’s reference number for this resource. Every supplier uses a different reference number for the item, and this number must show on the PO so that the supplier will know what item is being ordered.
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RFQ Status
The status of the request for quotation document associated with this resource demand. Possible statuses are:
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Not Required
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Requested
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Open
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Processed
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Cancelled
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Reason Required
The reason that the request for quotation was required. The reason is set by the system and cannot be changed. Possible reasons are:
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Manual request
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No supplier resource price
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Supplier resource price has expired or is in the future
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Cost threshold exceeded
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Last ordered date threshold exceeded
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Buyer’s decision
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Not required
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RFQ
The number of the RFQ that is associated with this purchase demand.
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Buyer
The buyer responsible for this RFQ document.
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RFQ resource status
The current status of the RFQ resource. RFQ resources can have any of the following statuses:
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In planning: The RFQ resource has this status until the RFQ is sent to all suppliers.
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Waiting for bids: The RFQ resource has this status after it has been sent to all suppliers and before all of the supplier bids have been entered.
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All bids received: The RFQ resource has this status after all supplier bids have been entered.
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Analyzed: The RFQ resource has this status after a user has ranked the suppliers bids for the resource.
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Awarded: The RFQ resource has this status after it has been awarded to the winning supplier or suppliers.
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Cancelled: The RFQ resource has this status if a user has cancelled the RFQ.
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Total cost
The total cost of the bid for this resource. The total cost is the total price times the required quantity for the resource.
The total price is the bid price per unit of the resource, minus any discounts, plus all extra charges and non-recoverable taxes.
For example, for 10 units of resource A with a price of $1.00 each, a non-recoverable tax of 8%, and an extra charge of $1.00 per order line, the total cost would be:
(10 * $1.00) * 1.08 + $1.00 = $11.80
Recoverable taxes are excluded from the total price.
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Product number
The supplier’s product number for this resource.
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Product Description
The supplier’s description of the product that is being bid on.
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Manufacturer
The manufacturer of this asset, selected from the list of manufacturer records created for the site.
When failure mode optimization requires Isograph Availability Workbench, this attribute is mapped to location manufacturer.
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Manufacturer OEM Number
The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) number of this asset or resource from this manufacturer. You can enter up to 50 characters.
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