Set Up a Planning Item to Produce One Main and Two Generic Items from One Formula in Dynamics 365 SCM

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Short answer

C Create a main product and assign it a Planning item production type to produce the main and two generic items together.

Question

A company uses Process manufacturing for most products and Discrete manufacturing for other products. The company is creating a formula for a new product. The new item will be used to make a name brand product and two generic brand products. This item has the following requirements: • Production of the name brand and generic products must use the same formula. • The company must produce all three items at the same time. You need to create a produced item that can make two generic items and one main item. How should you set up the item?
  1. Create the name brand item as a formula planning production of type formula.
  2. Create the name brand item as a Bills of material production type item.
  3. Create a product as the main product and use a planning item production type. Correct Answer
  4. Create the name brand item as a formula planning production type planning item.

Key Takeaways

A Planning item is a phantom-style item used in a formula to produce multiple co/by-products (the main and generic items) together in one production run.

To produce a name-brand item and two generic items from the same formula at the same time, create a product as the main product and assign it a Planning item production type.

Common mistake: Do not set the name-brand item as a Formula planning production type alone, nor as a BOM item; the requirement is a main product with a Planning item production type so all three are produced together.

Expert Analysis

Why the Answer Is Correct

A Planning item is a non-stocked item used in a formula to produce several items together. Creating the product as the main product and giving it a Planning item production type lets the same formula produce the name-brand item and the two generic items in one run, satisfying the requirement.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

  • Option A and Option B make the name-brand item a Formula or BOM production type, which does not create the multi-output planning structure.
  • Option D mixes Formula and Planning item production types incorrectly.

Community Comment Notes

Community consensus is C (100); this is a duplicate question about producing multiple items from one formula via a Planning item.

Official Reference

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/production-control/formulas-versions

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Community Votes

C
100%

100% of anonymous learners picked answer C. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.

Discussion 3 contributions

Compiled from public community threads and reader submissions, lightly edited for clarity. Handles and vote tallies are shown as recorded, and comments reflect the views of individual contributors.

From public community threads 3

  1. MFool 👍 2
    It should be C. Planning items are not stock items.
  2. 4cc52dd 👍 1 Answered C
    Correct answer is C. Duplicate question
  3. MrLulex 👍 1 Answered C
    I think it should be C

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