Shop Order Release

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
RMA Number for an RMA shop order.

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
RMA Number for an RMA shop order
Customer Order
Customer

Prerequisites

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.

Rules

The following table describes rules and settings that you can change for this activity in Activity Maintenance:

Rule	Setting
CUSTOMER_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Customer field value NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Customer field value
CUSTOMER_ORDER_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Customer Order field value NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Customer Order field value
LCC_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the LCC field NO: Prevents the operator from changing the LCC field
PLANNED_BOM_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the BOM and Version field values NO: Prevents the operator from modify the BOM and Version field values
PLANNED_END_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Planned End field value NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Planned End field value
PLANNED_ITEM_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Planned Material and Version field values NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Planned Material and Version field values
PLANNED_ROUTER_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Planned Routing and Version field values NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Planned Routing and Version field values
PLANNED_START_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Planned Start field value NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Planned Start field value
PLANNED_WORK_CENTER_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Planned Work Center field value NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Planned Work Center field value
PRIORITY_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Priority field value NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Priority field value
RELEASE_QTY_REQUIRED	YES: The operator is required to enter a value in the Qty to Release field NO (default): Allows the operator to leave the Qty to Release field blank. In this case, the entire shop order quantity is released.
REWORK_SFC_RELABEL	YES (default): The name of the original SFC number is relabeled upon the Rework shop order release. Note For the serialized process, a new SFC number is generated based on the following numbering pattern: “planned material number-serial number”. If a serial number is not available, the Next Number Maintenance settings are used to generate a new SFC number name. End of the note. NO: The original SFC number is reused upon the Rework shop order release.
SCHEDULED_START_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Scheduled Start field value NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Scheduled Start field value
SCHEDULED_END_MODIFY	YES: Allows the operator to change the Scheduled End field value NO: Prevents the operator from changing the Scheduled End field value
RMA_SFC_RELABEL	This rule is related to SAP ME ERP Integration (see Integration of Service (RMA) Orders). It determines whether original SFC numbers found in SAP ME upon transfer of a service order from SAP ERP, can be relabeled for use with the corresponding RMA shop order when this shop order is released in SAP ME. YES: Allows the operator to enter values in the SFC Number column on the Serial/SFC & RMA tab page of Shop Order Maintenance. These new SFC numbers will be used when this RMA shop order is released. NO: Prevents the operator from entering values in the SFC Number column on the Serial/SFC & RMA tab page of Shop Order Maintenance. Original SFC numbers found in SAP ME for will be used when this RMA shop order is released. Note If the original SFC numbers are not found in SAP ME for this RMA shop order, the user can enter new SFC numbers in the SFC Number column. End of the note.

Note that by default all rules are set to YES except for the RELEASE_QTY_REQUIRED rule.

Fields

The following table describes fields requiring explanation:

Field	Description
RMA Number	A unique ID that identifies the return of product to the shop floor. This read-only field appears only if the shop order type is RMA.
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 (see Relaxed Routing Flow and Shop Order ID).
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