Confirmations in Process Orders

Use

A confirmation documents the processing status of orders, operations, phases and individual capacities. Confirmations thus serve to monitor process orders.

You can enter the following data using confirmations:

  • The quantity processed in a phase

    You can confirm the good quantity (yield) and the amount of scrap incurred

    In addition, you can subdivide the quantity fields Yield, Scrap, and Rework into further fields to enable the entry and evaluation of certain quantities on a targeted basis. Thus, for example, you can subdivide the Scrap field into several scrap fields (such as scrap due to bent parts, scrap due to scratched parts). See also: Enhancement of Quantity Fields .

    In connection with the entry of quantities, you can also set the system to automatically create a quality notification if a certain quantity type is confirmed. In this way, you can ensure that a quality notification is automatically generated when a scrap quantity is entered. See also: Automatic Generation of Quality Notifications

  • The activity required for a phase

  • The resource used for the phase

  • The person responsible for the phase

  • Shift

    You can specify that the system is to show the Shift field, enabling you to enter the confirmation in relation to a shift. See also: Shift-Related Confirmation

  • Customer-specific fields

    You can extend the confirmation by adding customer-specific fields in order to enter and evaluate certain values on a targeted basis. See also: Insertion of Customer-Specific Fields

Precise confirmations are important for realistic and exact production planning.

A confirmation can have the following effects:

  • Reduction in the capacity loading of a resource

  • Cost update using the confirmed data

  • Order update (for example, times or status)

  • Backflushes

  • Automatic goods receipt (for one phase per order only)

  • Update of expected yield from the order for material requirements planning