SFC Place Hold

You use this activity to place an immediate hold or a future hold on one or multiple SFC numbers. An immediate hold affects the current status of the SFC number at its current operation. A future hold affects the SFC number when it is placed in a queue at the future hold operation.

Place a hold when you notice an issue with one or more SFC numbers and want to prevent them from being completed until the hold is released. Additionally, a hold may be placed on a material, routing, or shop order to prevent additional SFC numbers from being released until the issue is resolved.

For more information, see Placing a Hold on SFC Numbers.

To be placed on hold, an SFC number must have one of following statuses:

New
Active
In Queue

For more information, see SFC Number.

Note Note

You can place multiple holds and future holds on the same operation by assigning a reason code (see Reason Code). The activity will also assign default reason codes when putting SFC numbers on hold or when assigning future holds, if one is not selected.

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Rules

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

Rule	Setting
`ALLOW_FHOLD`	`YES` (default): Determines whether the future hold is available in the activity `NO`: Prevents SFC numbers from being placed on future hold
`HOLD_COMMENT_REQ`	`YES` (default): Requires a comment when placing SFC numbers on immediate hold or future hold. `NO`: Does not require a comment when placing SFC numbers on immediate hold or future hold
`SIGNOFF_SFC`	`YES` (default): Places SFC numbers that are Active when placed on immediate hold back In Queue `NO`: Does not place SFC numbers that are Active when placed on immediate hold back In Queue

Rule

Setting

ALLOW_FHOLD

YES (default): Determines whether the future hold is available in the activity

NO: Prevents SFC numbers from being placed on future hold

HOLD_COMMENT_REQ

YES (default): Requires a comment when placing SFC numbers on immediate hold or future hold.

NO: Does not require a comment when placing SFC numbers on immediate hold or future hold

SIGNOFF_SFC

YES (default): Places SFC numbers that are Active when placed on immediate hold back In Queue

NO: Does not place SFC numbers that are Active when placed on immediate hold back In Queue

Fields

The following table describes fields requiring explanation:

Field	Description
Hold Type	Immediate: Immediately changes the status of the SFC number to Hold to prevent further processing Future: Changes the status of the SFC number to Hold when it is placed in a queue at the selected future operation. Note If the `ALLOW_FHOLD` activity rule is set to `No`, or if the retrieved SFC numbers are not on the same routing/version, the Immediate hold type is the only value listed. End of the note.
SFC/Process Lot/Shop Order	Specifies the SFC number, process lot number, or shop order number you want to place on hold and allows you to use additional criteria to retrieve a list of SFC numbers to be placed on hold
BOM/Vers.	Indicates the BOM and version used to assemble the material.
Hold ID	If the SFC number is on hold or has future holds assigned to it, this indicates the hold identifiers, regardless of the hold type An identifier is a link to the Hold Report, opened in a new window.
Hold Material	If selected, changes the status of the material associated with the SFC numbers to Hold This checkbox is available only if all the SFC numbers you selected belong to the same material. Note When a material is placed on hold through this activity, the status will be dimmed in Material Maintenance only for the material and version of the SFC numbers that were retrieved. This status cannot be modified in Material Maintenance. The hold ID must be released through SFC Release Hold (see SFC Release Hold). End of the note.
Hold Routing	If selected, changes the status of the routing associated with the SFC numbers to Hold when you place the hold on the identified SFC numbers. This checkbox is available only if all the SFC numbers you selected belong to the same routing. Note When a routing is placed on hold through this activity, the status will be dimmed in Routing Maintenance only for the routing and version of the SFC numbers that were retrieved. This status cannot be modified in Routing Maintenance. The hold ID must be released through SFC Release Hold. End of the note.
Hold Shop Order	If selected, changes the status of the shop order associated with the SFC numbers to Hold when you place the hold on the identified SFC numbers. This checkbox is available only if all the SFC numbers you selected belong to the same shop order. Note When a shop order is placed on hold through this activity, the status will be dimmed in Shop Order Maintenance and must be released through SFC Release Hold. End of the note.
Future Hold Operation	Specifies the routing operations associated with the SFC numbers This field is available if SFC numbers are on the same routing and if hold type is future hold.
Reason Code	Specifies the defined Hold reason codes that can be associated to the hold ID Note Only one hold ID is assigned to multiple reason codes for a hold type at the same operation. A reason code is assigned only to SFC numbers rather than to a material, routing, or shop order (see Reason Code). End of the note.
Description	Describes the reason code to help you identify it later Note This field is displayed only if the reason code is selected through the browse and only one reason code has been selected. End of the note.
Hold Status	Indicates the status applied to the SFC number when placing it on hold Unless your administrators customized your system, Hold is the only status available.
Expected Release Date/Time	The date and time you estimate the hold will be released Note Leaving the field blank means that there is no expected release date. If multiple reason codes have been selected, the date/time applies to all the assigned reason codes and hold IDs. End of the note.