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Use

A production order specifies which material is to be produced, where it is to be produced, which operations are required to do this and on which date production is to take place. It also defines how the order costs are to be settled.

As described in this procedure, production orders can be created manually without being previously requested. Alternatively, they can be automatically created by converting a planned order. During requirements planning (MRP run), planned orders are created at every BOM level to cover requirements. For materials produced in-house, a secondary requirement is also generated when the BOM is exploded, which is necessary for producing the end product or assembly. For externally produced materials, an ordering transaction is initiated when a purchase requisition is generated.

Planned orders generated in the MRP run can be converted individually into production orders from the current stock/requirements list. They can also be grouped together by the MRP run and converted into production orders together. These production orders can be released together.

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:

  2. Menu path

      Logistics   Production   Shop floor control   Order   Create   With material  

    Transaction code

    CO01

  3. Enter the required data on the initial screen Create Production Order .

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    Field name

    Description

    R/O/D

    User action and values

    Comments

    Material

    Number of the material to be produced

    R

    Enter or select via matchcode

    Required field

    Production plant

    Number of the plant

    R

    Enter or select via matchcode

    Required field

    Planning plant

    Number of the plant

     

    Enter or select via matchcode

     

    Order type

    Order type according to usage

    R

    Enter or select via matchcode

    Required field

    Order

    Order number

     

    Leave blank or enter

    (in the case of external assignment)

     

    Reference order

    Number of the reference order

     

    Leave blank or enter if a reference order is to be copied

     
  5. Enter the required data on the General tab page.

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    Field name

    Description

    R/O/D

    User action and values

    Comments

    Total quantity

    Total quantity of the material to be produced

    R

    Change, if necessary

     

    Scrap portion

    Scrap quantity that occurs during production

    O

    Enter, if required, in the base unit of measure

    The system increases the order by this proportion

    Order finish date

    Date on which the required quantity of the material is available (requirements date)

    D

    Retain, if necessary

     

    Order start date

    Earliest date on which order execution can start

    D

    Retain, if necessary

     

    Scheduling type

    Key which specifies the scheduling type for detailed scheduling (backward, forward and so on)

    R

    Retain, if necessary

    Defines which date is entered by the user and which date is calculated by the system

    Priority

    Priority of an order, for information purposes

    O

    Retain, if necessary

     

    Scheduling margin key

    Key with which the system determines the required floats (opening period, float after production, float before production, release period)

    R

    Retain, if necessary

     
  7. To save the order, choose  ( ) .

To reduce the number of steps you have to work through, you can already release an order when you create it. To release a production order, choose  ( ) . In Customizing for Shop Floor Control (   Master Data   Define Production Scheduling Profile   ) you can set up automatic release to take place when an order is created.

Result

The order has the status CRTD (created) and cannot be executed (goods issue, receipt, completion) until it has been released.