Order Combination in WIP Batch Management

Use

You can also generate WIP batches for combined production and process orders and the related original orders. However, there are a few factors that need to be taken into consideration if you do this, and these are discussed here.

For further information on order combination, see Combining Production and Process Orders .

Integration

You can only post goods receipts for original orders. You cannot post goods receipts for combined orders.

In WIP batch management, the system does not support automatic goods receipts for original orders from the combined orders.

Recommendation Recommendation

We recommend that you post goods movements for orders with WIP batches using the transaction Goods movement (MIGO).

End of the recommendation.

Features

Combination by order

If you have combined a production order by order, you confirm all operations for this order using the combined order. Unlike production orders, which can be combined by order or by operation, the only way to combine process orders is by order.

In the combined order, you create WIP batches, edit them, and assign them to items.

In the last operation requiring confirmation in the combined order, you must assign the WIP batches to the original orders. As order combination is not allowed for operations with co-product items, the system is able to uniquely assign the WIP batches to an order item in the original orders.

You can also assign goods receipt batches to the WIP batches. The system then proposes these goods receipt batches in the transaction Goods movements (MIGO) if you want to post goods receipts for the original orders.

Combination by operation

If you combined a production order by operation, you confirm the combined operations via the combined order, and the non-combined operations via the original orders.

The WIP batches of the original order are transferred to the combined order as follows: The system automatically transfers the highest-level WIP batches that are not yet assigned to an item from the original order to the combined order. However, WIP batches that were created for an operation that comes after the last combined operation are not transferred to the combined order.

The WIP batches of the combined order are transferred to the original order as follows: The WIP batches that you assigned to this original order in the combined order are transferred from the combined order to the original order. An assignment to the original order is created by assigning a WIP batch to an order item. The system automatically transfers the WIP batches from the combined order to the original order.

Once the last operation requiring confirmation has been combined, the system automatically assigns the WIP batches to the order item in the original order. In this case, you can also assign a goods receipt batch to a WIP batch. The system then proposes these goods receipt batches in the transaction Goods movements (MIGO) if you post goods receipts for the original order.

If the last operation requiring confirmation in the original order is not combined, you must assign the WIP batches to the order items manually in the original order.

Constraints

The following constrains must be taken into consideration when using WIP batch management together with order combination:

  • Operations involving co-product items cannot be combined.

  • You can only delete a WIP batch in the order that you created it for.

  • In the combined order, WIP batches can only be created with reference to an input batch or without reference. They cannot be created with reference to an order item.

  • In the last operation requiring confirmation in the combined order, the WIP batches must be assigned to an order item. After you have saved, the assignment cannot be removed. The reason for this is that, when you save, the assigned WIP batches and the confirmed quantities are automatically transferred to the original orders. If you want to remove the assignment, you must reverse the confirmation for the combined order.