Material Lines Prioritizing Example

Suppose you have two production orders, PR001 and PR002, as shown in the following figure. Both production orders require component C as material.

  • PR001

    You need a quantity of material C in operation 15 and another quantity of C for operation 20.

  • PR002

    Material C is required in operation 12.
Two production orders that use the same material C

If you set this field to Material Allocation Date, this session processes the estimated materials in the order by which the materials are allocated:

  1. The materials for PR001, operation 15
  2. The materials for PR002, operation 12
  3. The materials for PR001, operation 20

If you set this field to Production Order Start Date, this session processes the estimated materials in the following order:

  1. All materials for PR001, because this production order is started first. These materials are ordered by estimated-material position, including the lines linked to operations 15 and 20.
  2. All materials for PR002, also ordered by estimated-material position, including the lines linked to operation12.