The purpose of this program is to work with block orders. When this panel is first displayed, the block orders that are open (i.e. status is less than 60) are displayed.
Block orders are used for creating weekly or monthly manufacturing orders with default values. Using block orders you do not need to create separate manufacturing orders each time an item is to be produced. When the block order is created there are two interactive ways of creating manufacturing orders. You can either select the Create M-order option or click the Create orders function key. A batch function also exists from where manufacturing orders can be created. Clicking the Create orders function key only processes block orders that are defined with frequency 1, 2 or 3. Before each manufacturing order is created a selection prompt is displayed.
Options
| Create M-order | Select this option to create a manufacturing order. Start date is defaulted according to entered M-order start date. If an order already exists that refers to the retrieved day, week, or month, next period forward where an order does not exist will be defaulted as start date. |
| Close | Select this option to change the block order status to 60. This option is only valid if status is 40. |
| Enquire included orders | Select this option to view created manufacturing orders for the selected block order. |
| Reception | Select this option to start the manufacturing order reception function. |
Function keys
| All/Open orders | Toggle between viewing open block orders and all block orders. |
| Create orders | Process all block orders displayed on the panel. If no orders exist in the next frequency period, a prompt for creation of manufacturing orders will be displayed. |
Selection fields
- M-order start
- The manufacturing order start date. Today’s date is defaulted but can be changed. The manufacturing order start date is used as default start date in Create M-order option for creation of manufacturing orders. If the block order is defined with order frequency 1, 2 or 3, the manufacturing order start date is also used for controlling if a new order can be created for that period. If an order already exists that refers to the retrieved day, week or month, the period forward where an order does not exist will be defaulted as start date.
- Block order
- The block order number.
- St
- The code indicates the status of the block order.
Code Description 10 Ready 40 Order created 60 Closed
- Item/Description
- Whs
- Valid from
- The first possible date for creation of manufacturing orders.
- Valid to
- The last possible date for creation of manufacturing orders.
- Fr
- The code indicates the frequency with which manufacturing orders should be created.
Code Description 1 Day 2 Week 3 Month 4 Manual creation
- Order type
- The code from the Manufacturing order type table denotes the order type that is used for the manufacturing order creation.
- Order quantity
- The order quantity to be used for the created manufacturing orders. If this value is zero the proposal value will be one EOQ adjusted with multiple quantity at creation.
- Total quantity
- The total quantity to be produced. When created quantity is equal to or greater than this value, status is automatically set to 60.
- Created quantity
- The value of the total created manufacturing order quantity for all manufacturing orders connected to the block order.
- Produced quantity
- The total quantity that has been produced from the block order.
- Customer
- The customer that is connected to the block order.
- Last order
- The order number of the last started manufacturing order for the block order.