Release material

Unblock or release material in the warehouse is part of the material issue procedure. If material is released, the warehouse employees are notified to start the warehouse outbound procedure.

You can use the Direct Initiate Inventory Issue check box to specify wether the material must be released manually or automatically:

  • Automatically
    If you select the Direct Initiate Inventory Issue check box, LN automatically unblocks the warehouse order line for the material during production order release.
  • Manually
    If you clear the Direct Initiate Inventory Issue check box, you must release the material manually. To unblock the material's warehouse order line, you must either use the Initiate Inventory Issue (tisfc0207m000) session, or click Initiate Inventory Issue in the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session. LN now moves the material quantity from the To Issue field to the To Issue by Warehousing field.

The activated warehousing order line does the following:

  • Issues the requested quantity.
  • Increases the value in the Actual Quantity field by the issued quantity.
  • Subtracts the issued quantity from the To Issue by Warehousing field.
Set the Direct Initiate Inventory Issue check box

You can set the Direct Initiate Inventory Issue check box on three levels to determine whether the material must be unblocked manually or automatically:

  • In the Items - Production (tiipd0101m000) session, where you can set the default value for a specific item, or in the Items - Production Defaults (tiipd0102m000) session, where you can set the default value for a specific item group.
  • In the Estimated Materials (ticst0101m000) session, where a production planner can determine whether the material must be unblocked manually or automatically.
  • In the Material to Issue for Production Orders (ticst0101m100) session, where a person on the shop floor can determine whether the material must be unblocked manually or automatically.

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