Processing production orders

Step 1. The relevant data from the Bill of Material, Routing, and Tools Requirement Planning modules is retrieved.

If the materials include a phantom item, the materials and operations of that item are also retrieved.

Step 2. The material costs are estimated. In the calculation of the required material quantities, the scrap and yield factors are taken into account.

If it concerns a rework order or a production order for an item with item type Purchased or Product, the materials estimate is filled with the item itself.

Step 3. The hours that are needed for each operation are estimated, based on the routing of the item.

Operations of phantom items are also taken into consideration. Exception: if it concerns a rework order or a production order for a purchased item, the hours are not estimated. In that case the hours must be entered manually.

Step 4. The tools requirements are calculated.

Step 5. The production orders are planned.

This implies that the start and finish dates and times of the operations are set, except for rework orders.

Step 6. If a production order has no operations, the order lead time defined for the manufactured item is used to plan the production order.

Step 7. Capacity utilization of work centers is determined, but not for rework orders.

Step 8. The planned inventory transactions in Warehousing are updated: allocations for materials and planned receipts for products are recorded.

Step 9. The calculation of the planned receipt date for the end product is made.

For more information see the To determine on order dates topic.

Step 10. Order-specific inspection data are generated in Quality Management.

Step 11. A workflow instance is created.