The aim of direct production is to jointly consider scheduling and costs for the finished products, assemblies, and components within a BOM structure.
In direct production, the components are directly produced for the higher-level assembly, that is, they are not placed in the warehouse and no goods receipt or goods issue postings are made for components that are produced directly.
If a material is to be produced directly in general for a particular component, this is entered in the material master for the component. If direct production is only to be used for a particular BOM, you enter this in the respective BOM item. This entry overwrites the entry in the material master.
The system flags the dependent requirement for components that are produced directly. It creates a direct production segment for the components to be produced directly in the MRP list and the stock/requirements list.
When the planned order for the finished product is converted into a production order, the system also converts all planned orders for lower-level components to be produced directly into production orders.
The system adapts planned orders for direct production to changes in date and quantity in the higher-level assembly, even if they are firmed, so that the collective order remains consistent. Manual changes are reversed.
When firmed planned orders for direct production are changed, the system automatically sends the MRP controller a mail with the data for the change.
If direct production is allowed for a material, the material is treated as a material to be produced directly in all bills of material.
You can use the indicator "No direct production" in the explosion key to switch off the direct production for individual BOMs.