Order Rules

This group of rules determines what happens when the system releases shop orders and when orders are finished or closed on the shop floor (see Shop Order). These rules also determine SFC number statuses (see SFC Number).

System Rule	Description
Allow Re-Use of SFC Numbers on Import	If set to true, the system allows the reuse of an SFC number received with an imported shop order if this SFC number has no activity log records. Can override at: site, material
Create Shop Order BOM on Release	true: Automatically creates a shop order BOM for a specific shop order when the system releases it. The shop order BOM is a copy of the master BOM specified in the BOM field in Material Maintenance for the material record. false (default): Does not create shop order BOMs when the system releases shop orders. The master BOM specified in Material Maintenance is used for the shop order. Can override at: site, material
Create Subassys on Shop Order Release	true: Creates and releases subassembly shop orders when the parent shop order is released. The system determines the subassemblies to be created based on the shop order BOM. Ignores phantom components on release. false (default): Does not create any subassembly orders when the parent shop order is released. Can override at: site, material
Default Shop Order for Trackable SFC Numbers	Specifies the shop order with which the system associates trackable SFC numbers Can override at: site
Default Work Center for Release	The name of the default work center Recommendation Create work centers in Work Center Maintenance. You must also select the SFC Number Can Be Released to This Work Center checkbox in the default work center record in Work Center Maintenance and set the Force Release to Work Center rule to true. End of the recommendation. Default: blank; this value is required only when you set the Force Release to Work Center rule to true. Can override at: site, material Related rule: Force Release to Work Center
Display End Unit Number	If set to true, displays the End Unit Number field in Shop Order Maintenance, Shop Order Release, and the SFC Current Information section of the Shop Workbench plug-in.
Enable Order Type Check	true: Performs a validation for the routing against the material and shop order type as defined in Material Maintenance when a shop order is created false (default): Does not perform the validation
Force Release to Work Center	true: Releases the shop order and SFC numbers to the work center specified in the Default Work Center for Release rule false (default): Releases the shop order demand to the routing specified either in Material Maintenance, Shop Order Maintenance, or Shop Order Release Can override at: site, user Related rule: Default Work Center for Release
SFC Status on Shop Order Close	Determines the status that the system assigns to uncompleted SFC numbers in a shop order when the shop order is completed Default: 405, which corresponds to Done Users can also manually assign a shop the status Closed in Shop Order Maintenance Can override at: site, material
SFC Status When It Is Done	Determines the status that the system assigns to SFC numbers when they have completed all required steps on the routing, or have otherwise been marked as Done Default: 405, which corresponds to Done Can override at: site, operation
SFC Status When It Is In Queue	Determines the status that the system assigns to SFC numbers when it places them in queue at an operation Default: 402, which corresponds to In Queue Can override at: site, material
SFC Status When It Is In Work	Determines the status that the system assigns to an SFC number when an operator starts the SFC number. This action places the SFC number in the Work List of the POD the operator is using. Default: 403, which corresponds to Active Can override at: site, operation
Shop Order Requires Customer Order	Controls whether the Customer Order field is a required field when creating new shop orders true: Requires users to enter an existing customer and customer order in Shop Order Maintenance before releasing an SFC number for the shop order to the floor false (default): Allows users to release an SFC number for a shop order to the floor without entering an existing customer and customer order in Shop Order Maintenance Can override at: site, material
Shop Order Status When All SFC Numbers Done	Determines the status the system assigns to a shop order when all the SFC numbers in the shop order have the status Done Default: 503, which corresponds to Done Users can also manually assign a shop the Done status in Shop Order Maintenance Can override at: site, material