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Manually create a manufacturing order

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Several manufacturing order types exist. The manufacturing order type determines:

  • What order status the order will get.
  • If order network will be created. (See Create a manufacturing order network for information about order networks.)
  • How the reporting of material and operation is to be handled.
  • What shop floor documents are to be printed.
  • If the order should be included in the manufacturing order history after the production of the item.

For detailed information about the conditions defined by the different order types, see the Panel help for the Manufacturing order types enquiry.

  1. Select the Work with manufacturing orders menu item.
  2. You access Work with manufacturing order. Click Add to create a manufacturing order.
  3. You access Manufacturing order maintenance. You have two options from which to choose when defining the manufacturing order number. You can:
    • Manually enter a manufacturing order number that is outside the limits of the series for automatic numbering of manufacturing orders.
    • Leave the field blank. The system automatically retrieves the number next available number in the number series.

    The following fields are mandatory:

    Item
    Enter the item for which a manufacturing order should be created.
    Warehouse
    Enter the warehouse where the produced item will be stored. Tip: A default warehouse can be defined in Work with DC1 user profiles. If no warehouse is defined there, a default warehouse will be retrieved from the DIS control file.

    If the STKOWNER (Stock Ownership) function is activated in the Function control file, the warehouse entered must be classified as a normal or trade (logical) warehouse (i.e. the Warehouse characteristic flag in Work with warehouses must be set to 1 (normal) or 2 (trade). See About the stock ownership functionality for more information.

    Quantity
    Enter the quantity to be produced.
    Order type
    Enter the order type to be used for this manufacturing order. Tip: A default manufacturing order type can be defined in Work with DC1 user profiles. If no order type is defined there, a default order type will be retrieved from the MFG control file.
    Start date
    Enter a start date for the manufacturing order. The manufacturing order will be planned forward in time using the operation times in combination with the capacity of the work centres.
    Note: You can also enter the optional start time of the manufacturing order, along with the start date, when the order is planned to be started. This time textbox is only displayed if the MPL-TIME (plan operation by date and time) function is activated in the file.
    Completion date
    Enter a date indicating when the manufacturing order should be completed. The manufacturing order will be planned backwards in time using the operations.
    Note: You can also enter the optional completion time of the manufacturing order, along with the completion date, when the order is planned to be completed. This time textbox is only displayed if the MPL-TIME (plan operation by date and time) function is activated in the Function control file.
    Note: You must enter either a start date or a completion date.

    Click OK when you have completed all relevant fields.

  4. You access Manufacturing order maintenance, Header where you can add or change the item structure.
    • If a bill of material and a bill of routing exist in Basic data for the item, this information will be copied to the manufacturing order. The existing structure can be changed. Click Operations to change the bill of routing or Material to change the bill of material. See Change a bill of routing and Change a bill of material and for detailed information about how to change the item structure.
    • If no item structure exists for the item in Basic data this information can be added from this panel. Click Operations to add operations to the bill of routing or Material to add material to the bill of material. See Set up a bill of routing for a produced item and Set up a bill of material for a produced item for detailed information about how to set up the item structure.

Click Cancel twice to access the initial panel. Then exit the routine.

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