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Use this window to specify general information for a new production order, or update the fields for a production order created automatically from MRP.

To access the Production Order window, choose   Production   Production Order  .

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This topic documents fields and other elements in this window that either are not self-explanatory or require additional information.

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Production Order General Area Fields
Type

Choose one of the following Production Order types:

  • Standard (default) - to produce a regular production item, using a Production Bill of Materials

  • Special - to produce and repair items that could be any inventory item

  • Disassembly - to dismantle a parent item to its components, using a Production Bill of Materials
Status

Choose a production order status as follows:

  • Planned - initial Production Order status

  • Released - you release the Production Order to the shop floor for work; status at which receipts and issues are transacted

  • Closed- you close the Production Order when all transactions have been completed.

  • Cancelled - Production Order is removed from the list before the production process starts
Product No.

Enter the parent item for the Standard and Disassembly production orders.

Choose Tab to display the parent list of the Bill of Materials.

Choose New to define a new Bill of Materials.

For the Special production order type, select the item from the items list.
Planned Quantity

For manual production orders, enter the planned quantity of the finished product. The default value is 1.

When the production order is the output of the MRP run, the planned quantity is already displayed in the field. However, you can update quantities for planned and released production orders.
UoM Code, UoM Name

Displays the inventory Unit of Measurement (UoM ) for the product.
Warehouse

Displays the warehouse that receives the finished product.
No. Series

Choose the system object that represents sequentially numbered Production Orders.

The production number is an automatically assigned, sequential system number.
Order Date

Date on which the Production Order is created. The current date is displayed by default.

Due Date

Enter the planned completion date of the Production Order. You can change the date until you close the Production Order.
User

Specify the employee responsible for the production order.

The employee must be defined as an existing user in the application.
Origin

Indicates how the Production Order was created:

  • MRP – a result of the MRP report recommendation

  • Manual – entered by an authorized user

  • Sales Order – created automatically based on a sales order
Sales Order

Displays the number of the sales order that is related to the production order. The production order may have been created using the procurement confirmation wizard or may have been created manually.

If there are several sales orders related to the production order, choose the arrow to display the list of related sales orders.

If you create a production order manually, you can relate the production order to a sales order. To do so, choose the arrow and select a sales order from the list.
Customer

Choose the customer code to which the Production Order is linked. When you enter the Sales Order number, the customer number is entered automatically.
Project

Specify the project that you want to relate to the production order. By default, the field displays the project defined in the corresponding Bill of Materials window.
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Seq. Name

Specify a sequence from the drop-down list. The system generates the sequence automatically.

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This field appears only for documents that are assigned a sequence.

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Location

Specify a location for the item:

  • For item type, you may not choose a location whose value comes from the location of the item's warehouse.

    One document can contain items stored in multiple warehouses, as long as these warehouses are within the same location.

  • For service type, you must choose a location; the default value comes from the Sequence Name field.

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If you change a location, a non binding warning message is displayed. You can not change a location after a relevant, final accounting document, such as an A/R invoice, is created.

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