Dummy Items

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Order Receipt/Shipping Control
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MRP glossary TOP > Engineering Data Control > Dummy Items

They are the items which are set in order to reduce the data volume of bill of materials and to make its maintenance and control easier. In this case, a number of assemblies are used in a unified volume by multi-types of items, and these groups are set as Dummy Items.

Related term: Dummy Bill of Materials ,Pseudo item

Reference：JIT Business Research Mr. Hirano Hiroyuki

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