You use this activity to release shop orders to the shop floor. You have to release a shop order to send it to the production area for constructing the appropriate number of materials. A partial quantity release enables an amount less than the total build quantity to be sent to production. Shop orders are released in specified amounts until the total build quantity or the planned production date is reached. For more information, see Shop Order.
If needed, you can modify some elements of the shop order before release. For an unreleased shop order, you can change all values except for the values in the following fields in Shop Order Release:
Status
Order Type
Build Qty
Ordered Qty
Available Qty To Release
For a released shop order, you cannot change values in the following fields in Shop Order Release:
Status
Order Type
Planned Material and Version
BOM Type
Planned BOM and Version
Planned Routing and Version
Build Qty
Ordered Qty
Available Qty To Release
Customer Order
Customer
You have set up required system rules (see Order Rules).
Note that phantom components ignored on release if the Create Subassys on Shop Order Release system rule is set to true.
The following table describes rules and settings that you can change for this activity in Activity Maintenance:
Rule | Setting |
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CUSTOMER_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Customer field NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Customer field |
CUSTOMER_ORDER_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Customer Order field NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Customer Order field |
LCC_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the LCC field NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the LCC field |
PLANNED_BOM_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the BOM and Version fields NO: Prevents the operator from modify the BOM and Version fields |
PLANNED_END_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Planned End field NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Planned End field |
PLANNED_ITEM_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Planned Material and Version fields NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Planned Material and Version fields |
PLANNED_ROUTER_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Planned Routing and Version fields NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Planned Routing and Version fields |
PLANNED_START_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Planned Start field NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Planned Start field |
PLANNED_WORK_CENTER_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Planned Work Center field NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Planned Work Center field |
PRIORITY_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Priority field NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Priority field |
SCHEDULED_START_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Scheduled Start field NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Scheduled Start field |
SCHEDULED_END_MODIFY | YES: Allows the operator to modify the Scheduled End field NO: Prevents the operator from modifying the Scheduled End field |
Note that by default all rules are set to YES.
The following table describes fields requiring explanation:
Field | Description |
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Planned Material | The material this shop order is requiring the floor to build |
Planned BOM | The bill of material (BOM) used to build this material |
BOM Type | The type of the BOM (Master, Shop Order, SFC) |
Planned Routing | The routing used to build this material Use the conventions of your shop floor. Note When defining a shop order with order types other than Production, you must assign the appropriate routing for that order type. If you leave this field blank, the system uses the routing for the Production order type, defined in Material Maintenance. End of the note. |
LCC | The labor charge code for this shop order The system assigns this LCC to each SFC number generated on release of this shop order. Leave blank to use the default LCC. You can change the LCC for any shop order that has Releasable SFC numbers. Note that you can use it only with Labor Tracking (see Labor Charge Code). |
Planned Work Center | The work center used to build this material |
Priority | The importance of the shop order The higher the number, the higher the priority. |
Build Qty | The quantity of the material to be built for this shop order May be higher than the value in the Ordered Qty field to allow for defects. |
Available Qty to Release | The remaining unreleased quantity of the material It equals the build quantity value minus the quantity already released. |
End Unit Number | This field is visible only if the Display End Unit Number system rule is set to true. |
Require Serial Number Change | If selected, this checkbox indicates that the material requires a serial number change to occur before the production order can have a status of Done; otherwise, a serial number change is not required. Note that this checkbox appears only if you select Production in the Order Type field and the Display End Unit Number system rule is set to true. |
Collect Parent Serial Number | If selected, indicates that the Installation order should collect parent serial number for the parent production order; otherwise, the collection is not required. Note that this checkbox appears only if you select Installation in the Order Type field and the Display End Unit Number system rule is set to true. |
Qty To Release | The quantity of the material to be released to the shop floor To release partial quantity to the floor, enter a number in the Qty to Release field that is less than the number in the Available Qty to Release field. If you do not enter a value in the Qty to Release field, the system releases the entire available build quantity. |
Add To New Process Lot | If selected, creates a process lot number to group SFC numbers together |
Planned Start | The expected starting date and time for this shop order |
Planned End | The expected completion date and time for this shop order |
Scheduled Start | The expected starting date and time for this shop order if you are using a third party scheduling application |
Scheduled End | The expected completion date and time for this shop order if you are using a third party scheduling application |
Customer Order | The customer order the system has to associate this shop order with |
Customer | The name of the customer related to this shop order |