Order Processing View
Definition
Screen in Production Planning and Detailed Schedulingfor displaying and processing an order.
Use
In the order processing view, you can create, change, or delete an order. You create receipts for components for which you have defined manual planning in the product master. In the order processing view, you can display the order in its environment, which includes:
· Pegging information
· Status information
· Alternative procurement options
· Operations
Structure
The order tree is displayed on the left side of the order processing view. It consists of the order as the top node, as well as subnodes under which the actual order objects are listed.
Elements of the Order Tree
Subnodes |
Order objects |
Receipts |
Products of the order |
Requirements |
Components of the order |
Operations |
Operations and activities of the order |
By double-clicking an element of the order tree (node or order object), you control the content on the right side of the order processing view, as follows.
Content of the right screen area after double-clicking a node
Node |
Content of the right screen area |
Order |
Header data of the order such as dates, alerts, and status information The SAP APO system displays the status of the order according to the status change made in the integrated OLTP system (for example, released or confirmed). On this screen you can: · Set the conversion indicator to specify that the order is to be converted automatically after it has been transferred to the OLTP system · Fix the output of an order to specify that automatic planning cannot change the order quantity The SAP APO system automatically sets the Input firmed indicator when you manually change the quantity of a component. |
Receipts |
List of the receipts of the order with the detail data, such as the availability dates/times and quantities. |
Requirements |
List of the requirements of the order with the detail data, such as the requirements dates/times and quantities. In this requirements list, the requirements are numbered using item numbers. |
Operations |
List of the operations of the order with the detail data, such as dates/times and quantities. |
Content of the right screen area after double-clicking an order object
Order object |
Content of the right screen area |
Order product Component |
Product view, plus the following tabs: · The Pegging tab contains the pegging information for an order product or for a component. You can manually create fixed pegging relationships here. · The Alternatives tab contains the options for external procurement of the order product or the components. You can enter alternative quantities and availability dates/times for the procurement options here and have the system perform a product availability check. You can create orders for alternative procurement options. |
Operation |
Operation data, for example, resources being used, input and output products and relationships |
Activity |
Activity data |
Integration
Calling the Order Processing View
You can call the order processing view either:
· Directly in the Interactive Production Planning menu
· In the receipts view and in the product view by double-clicking an order
Detailed Scheduling Strategies
The system performs
detailed
scheduling for an order using the
detailed scheduling
strategy, which you have specified under Settings.
Alert Monitor
The display of alerts
for quantity and date problems is integrated in the order processing view. To
display further alerts, for example, for resource problems, you can call up
the
Alert
Monitor.
Plan Monitor
To display the
quality of the planning based on your own criteria, you can call up the
Plan
Monitor.
DS Planning Board
To display the
schedule of the orders in a Gantt chart, you can call up two differently
configured
DS
planning boards from the order processing view. Here you can manually
reschedule orders to different dates or resources or call the optimizer.