Release Production Orders (tisfc0204m000)

Use this session to release production orders to the job shop. The production order status changes to Released.

A production order with the Released status indicates that production can start, for example, materials can be issued, and spent hours can be accounted.

LN performs the following actions when releasing a production order:

Warehousing orders are created in Warehousing. Through these warehousing orders, the issue of materials and receipt into inventory of end products are handled.
If the Use of Shop Floor Warehouses check box is selected and the Move Allocation to Shop Floor Warehouse in the Production Order Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session is At Release, allocations of materials are moved to the shop-floor warehouse.
If the Moment Freezing Estimates field in the Production Orders (tisfc0501m000) details session is During Releasing Order, the estimated order costs are frozen, and the estimated end-item unit costs are calculated.
If you use Quality, inspection orders are created.

Note: If the Printing Production Order Documents Mandatory check box in the Production Order Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session is selected, you can run the Release Production Orders (tisfc0204m000) session when the order status is Printed. Repetitive items can be released regardless of this parameter.

To release only the production orders for which the required materials are available, select the Check Shortages check box.

If the Check Material Shortages at Release check box in the Production Order Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session is selected, you can select the Check Shortages check box under Options to check the availability of the required materials. If that check box is selected, LN does not release the production orders for which the required materials are not available in time.

Field Information

Selection Range

Selection

Select how the production orders are chosen.

Allowed values

By Order
By Group

Site

site

Production Order

production order

Project (PCS)

project

Production Start Date and Time

This field refers to the production start date and time field in the Production Orders (tisfc0501m000) session.

Planned Delivery Date

delivery date

Item Group

item group

Warehouse

warehouse

Planner

The user name of the employee that is responsible for planning plan items.

Shop Floor Planner

Routing Group

Product Line

Product Class

Selection Code

Item Selection

Item From: item

Grouping Selection

Production Order Group

If this check box is selected, all the production orders in the JSC order group that you select are released.

If any production orders cannot be released (for example, the order documents are not printed and you have specified that they must be, in the Production Order Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session), LN prints an error report.

Work Center Selection

If this check box is selected, only the production orders with their first operation in the range of work centers you enter will be released.

Note:

The production orders must have operations defined.
You cannot use this selection for JSC order groups.

Work Center

Only the production orders with their first operation in the range of work centers you enter here will be released.

Note:

The Work Center Selection check box must be selected.
The production orders must have operations defined.
You cannot use this selection for JSC order groups.

Options

Check Shortages

If this check box is selected, the session checks for shortages of required materials before releasing the production orders.

This option is available only if the Check Material Shortages at Release check box in the Production Order Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session is selected.

Interactive

If this check box is selected, LN displays a list of production orders with an indicator that shows for which production orders a material shortage occurs. You can then select the production orders to release from this list.

Check

Determines what kind of check this session performs.

Allowed values

On Hand

Requirements for the component from anther production order is taken into account only if:

The production order has already been released.
The production order has not been released, but is contained in the selection range specified under Selection.

Planned Available

LN checks the projected available quantity, based on all planned inventory transactions, including scheduled receipts from all purchase orders and production orders. This check is not multilevel.

Note: This check is not multilevel. LN does not check whether materials supplied by other production orders are delayed because of material shortages for those production orders.

Multilevel

LN checks the projected available quantity.

If a material must be supplied by a production order, LN also checks whether the materials for that production order will be available in time.

LN recursively checks the availability of lower-level materials. For more information, refer to Multilevel material shortage check.

Scope

Determines from which warehouses LN takes the available inventory into account.

Allowed values

Current Warehouse Only
Take only the inventory in the warehouse of the material into account. The material's warehouse is displayed in the Warehouse field in the Bill of Material (tibom1110m000) session.
Planned Warehouses in Planning Cluster
Take the inventory into account in all warehouses in the same cluster as the material's warehouse. In general, nearby warehouses belong to the same cluster. However, LN excludes the warehouses for which the Include in Enterprise Planning check box in the Warehouses (tcmcs0503m000) session is cleared.
All Warehouses in Planning Cluster
Take the inventory into account in all warehouses in the same cluster as the material's warehouse, regardless of the setting of the Include in Enterprise Planning check box in the Warehouses (tcmcs0503m000) session.

If the Check field is Multilevel, this field is Planned Warehouses in Planning Cluster and cannot be changed.

Skip Blocked Inventory

If this check box is selected, LN does not take the inventory that is blocked into account for analyzing the production orders' material supply. Inventory can be blocked for inspection or for other reasons. Select this check box if you expect the material quality to be poor.

If the Check field is Multilevel, this check box is automatically set the same as the Inventory in Inspection Available for Planning check box in the Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000) session and cannot be changed.

Critical Items Only

If this check box is selected, LN checks only the materials for which the Critical for Inventory check box in the Item - Production (tiipd0101m000) session is selected.

Note: If you check multilevel, and a material that is not critical has lower-level materials that are critical, LN will check these lower-level materials.

Shortage Report

If this check box is selected, this session prints a shortage report identical to the one printed by the Print Material Shortages by Production Order (tisfc0419m000) session.