Firming Planned Order Data and Components 

Use

Firmed planned orders are no longer changed by the planning run. They can only be changed manually.

Features

You can firm just the planned order data or the planned order data together with the planned order components.

Firming Planned Order Data

The system proposes the firming indicator automatically when you add or change a planned order manually or when you schedule planned orders in the graphical planning table. If you do not want to firm the planned order, you can cancel this indicator.

If the planned order is firmed, the system can no longer adapt the quantities and dates of the planned order material. It can, however, adapt the components of the planned order material if the BOM has changed.

In the MPS menu, there is a collective transaction for firming planned orders. Starting from the MPS node, choose Planned order ® Firm.

Firming Components

Any manual changes that you make to the date or the quantity in the planned order are automatically passed on to the components by the system. If you want to ensure that no further automatic changes can be made to the components of the planned order material, you can set the firming indicator for components when processing the planned order. You can then no longer re-explode the BOM in the planning run.

The firming indicator is automatically proposed by the system when you manually change or create material components in the processing function of planned orders.

You can only firm particular individual components. The set the indicator for this in the screen for processing components.

The indicator for firming all components can only then be set if the planned order data is also firmed.

See also:

Process Components in Planned Order