Firming Receipts 

Use

A receipt element of an order can be firmed for procurement planning. This PP-firming of the receipt element can be triggered manually by the user or automatically by the system. The system cannot change a PP-firmed receipt. Therefore, the system cannot change the receipt quantity or delete the receipt, even if the requirements have changed. However, you can manually change a PP-firmed receipt or undo the PP-firming under specific circumstances.

The receipts in an external procurement order with several schedule lines are always PP-firmed. You cannot undo the PP-firming.

It is also possible, with specific prerequisites, to reexplode the plan for an in-house production order with a PP-firmed receipt.

If a receipt from an order has the status PP-firmed, the system also automatically sets the PP-firmed indicator in the order header. The order also automatically acquires the order status Firmed output. Conversely, if the order acquires the order status Firmed output, the system sets the status PP-firmed for the order receipts.

There is a 1:1 relationship between the order status Firmed output and the receipt status PP-firmed.

Features

Manual PP-Firming

You can manually firm a receipt as follows:

·        By setting the Firmed output indicator for the order in the order processing view

·        By choosing  Set PP-Firming for the receipt in the product view or receipts view

Automatic PP-Firming

The system automatically sets the PP-firmed status for the receipt in an in-house production order or an external procurement order with a schedule line:

·        If it is a receipt from an SNP order that lies after the PP/DS horizon

·        If the availability date/time of the receipt lies in the planning time fence or reaches the planning time fence

·        If you manually change the receipt, for example:

¡        If you change the date/time, the quantity, or the source

¡        If you set the conversion indicator

·        If the order acquires one of the following firming statuses:

¡        Firmed output

¡        Firmed input

¡        Fixed date

These are order statuses, unlike the receipt status PP-firmed.

·        If the order has one of the following order execution statuses:

¡        Released

¡        Started

¡        Partially confirmed

¡        Finally confirmed

¡        Partially delivered

¡        Finally delivered

Resetting the PP-firming

In the following cases, you can undo the PP-firming of a receipt. The system can therefore change the receipt quantity of the receipt again or delete the receipt.

 

Firming reason	How to reset the PP-firming
The receipt is PP-firmed ·         Because you have manually changed the receipt quantity or the receipt date/time ·         Because you have set the Firmed output status for the order	You have the following options: ·         Delete the Firmed output indicator in the order processing view. ·         Choose  Undo PP-Firming in the product view or receipts view. After you have set the conversion indicator for an order, you can no longer reset the PP-firming.
The receipt is PP-firmed because you have firmed operations in the order with the DS function Fix. The order therefore has the status Fixed date.	Reset the firming of the operations in the production planning run or in the detailed scheduling planning board using the detailed scheduling function Undo Fixing.
The receipt is PP-firmed because the availability date/time of the order is within the planning time fence	Shorten the planning time fence. You define the planning time fence in the product master or in the product view.
The receipt is PP-firmed because the order is an SNP order outside the PP/DS horizon.	Convert the SNP order into a PP/DS order.