| Production orders - functional overviewA production order
comprises the order to produce an item and the conditions under which
manufacturing takes place, such as the routing that is used, the delivery date, and the order
quantity. A production order can be used for: Note If multisite functionality is active, production orders are
generated for one or more sites. Manufacture details may vary between sites. Origin of production orders Processing new production orders When a new production order is created, the master data for the product is copied from the
company level to the site where production takes place. For more information on item data with multisite activated
see: Item data Duplicating production orders Click Duplicate in the menu or the toolbar to duplicate the
production order, which means that the production header information is copied.
The production order's original material and operations are not copied for a number of reasons: - Some materials in the bill of material (BOM), or some operations may be invalid because of
engineering changes or changes in the planning cluster.
- The warehouses, item definition, standard cost, may have
changed, which can lead to inconsistent orders.
- Operation texts or drawings can be linked to the production
order. Note: LN cannot
determine which data must be copied because this can differ for every occasion. LN cannot make a
distinction between original and modified data.
- Production order costing can be different for the original
and the duplicated production order, the production order may be manufactured
at a different site in the same planning cluster, but linked to a different enterprise unit.
- All warehouse orders and related data must always be
regenerated.
Order status Production orders go through a number of order statuses,
such as: The order status determines which actions can be performed
on a production order. Estimated and actual costs The estimated costs
for a production order are based on the BOM and the routing (estimated costing).
During production, the hours that are actually spent and the materials that are
actually used are posted (actual costing). When the production order is closed,
the result of the production
order is calculated.
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