When producing an end item that is built up by sub-assembly items, manufacturing orders must be created both for the end item and all sub-assembly items.
Manufacturing orders can be created separately for each end item and sub-assembly item.
The manufacturing orders for the sub-assembly items can also be created automatically when a manufacturing order is created for an end item. In this case, the manufacturing orders for the sub-assemblies and the end item form an order network. The order quantity for the sub-assembly items depends on the quantity ordered on the main order. All manufacturing orders within the order network can be accessed and maintained from the same panel.
Prerequisites
The following fields in the Manufacturing order type table define if and how an order network should be created:
- Create lower levels denotes if an order network is to be created.
- Disp check lower lvl denotes if disposal check for lower level manufacturing orders should be done.
- Select the Work with manufacturing orders menu item.
- You access Work with manufacturing order. Click Add to create a manufacturing order.
- You access Manufacturing order maintenance. You have two options from which to choose when defining the manufacturing order number. You can:
- Manually enter a manufacturing order number that is outside the limits of the series for automatic numbering of manufacturing orders.
- Leave the field blank. The system automatically retrieves the next available number in the number series.
- Item
- Enter the item for which a manufacturing order should be created.
- Warehouse
- Enter the warehouse where the produced item will be stored.
If the STKOWNER (Stock Ownership) function is activated in the Function control file, the warehouse entered must be classified as a normal or trade (logical) warehouse (i.e. the Warehouse characteristic flag in Work with warehouses must be set to 1 (normal) or 2 (trade). See About the stock ownership functionality for more information.
- Quantity
- Enter the quantity to be produced.
- Order type
- Enter the order type to be used for this manufacturing order. For this example, enter an order type with Create lower levels set to YES.
- Start date
- Enter a start date for the manufacturing order.
- Note: You can also enter the optional start time of the manufacturing order, along with the start date, when the order is planned to be started. This time textbox is only displayed if the MPL-TIME (plan operation by date and time) function is activated in the Function control file.
- Completion date
- Enter a date indicating when the manufacturing order should be completed.
- Note: You can also enter the optional completion time of the manufacturing order, along with the completion date, when the order is planned to be completed. This time textbox is only displayed if the MPL-TIME (plan operation by date and time) function is activated in the Function control file.
- Note: You must enter either a start date or a completion date.
- You access Manufacturing order network where you can view and maintain manufacturing orders that are included in the order network.
- Select the manufacturing order that you want to maintain or view and click Maintenance/Enquiry.
- Select the manufacturing order that you want to re-schedule and click Replanning.
The following fields are mandatory:
Click OK when you have completed all relevant fields.
When ready, exit the routine.
Related topics
- About manufacturing order creation/maintenance using the manufacturing order entry routine
- About creating manufacturing orders from other routines than manufacturing order entry
- Manually create a manufacturing order
- Copy a manufacturing order
- Change a manufacturing order
- Re-schedule manufacturing orders without critical resources
- Re-schedule manufacturing orders with critical resources (finite capacity)
- Change the item structure for a manufacturing order
- Define alternative products for a manufacturing order
- Tear down a manufacturing order
- Delete a manufacturing order