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Managing Attribute Deviations
A deviation is a variance to an attribute specification. Like item and lot attributes, deviations to attribute specifications are managed using attribute profiles. When managing deviations, it is necessary to use the attribute profile that is appropriate to the nature of the deviation.
Deviations provide a documented record of exceptions made to specifications and attributes. You can create deviations for purchasing, production, and sales.
• Purchasing. Create deviations for a supplier or order line to determine conformance to contract deviations.
• Production. Create deviations for work orders and CUM order to determine conformance to engineering deviations.
• Production. Create deviations for product structure and WO components to determine conforming material lots for allocation, picking, and issue to production.
• Sales. Create deviations for a customer or order line to determine conforming material lots for allocation, picking, and shipment for customer orders.
Deviations for attributes that appear in item profiles are necessary because material quality can vary for suppliers and purchase orders, customers and sales orders, materials required to produce work orders, and materials produced by work orders. Variations in material quality may require deviations to the expected or acceptable values and specifications for one or more attributes.
When first creating an item profile, it is recommended that you create a generic item profile that does not reference a site, customer, supplier, and so on. An attribute deviation is created when you modify an attribute that appears on a generic item profile for a specific item and site, customer, sales order, or purchase order, and so on. By definition, a deviation is a variance to an attribute specification.
Like item and lot attributes, deviations to attribute specifications are managed using attribute profiles. IAQ allows you to manage deviations by using an attribute profile that is appropriate to the nature of the deviation.
The most common deviations are supported by profiles for inventory, purchasing, sales, and production:
 
Department
Profile
Procedure
Description
Inventory
Defining deviations for:
• Item
• Item and Site
Purchasing
Defining deviations for receipts of:
• Item and Supplier
• Item, Supplier, and Site
Defining deviations for:
• Purchase Order
• Scheduled Order Line
Sales
Defining deviations for allocations and shipments of:
• Item and Customer
• Item, Customer, and Ship-to
• Item, Customer, Ship-to, and Site
Defining deviations for:
• Sales Order
• Scheduled Order Line
Production
Defining deviations for receipts of a work order
Defining deviations for receipts of a work order
Defining deviations for allocations and issues of a product structure or formula component
Defining deviations for allocations and issues of a work order component