Deleting work orders

In Production Order, there are two ways to delete work orders. You can delete work orders using Work Order (WO30.1), or delete work orders and make them available for rescheduling using Delete for Rescheduling (WO21.1). The effects of each are different.

Form used Effect
Work Order (WO30.1)

The work order will not be rescheduled after it is deleted. Running Production Schedule (WO20.1) or Batch Work Order Creation (WO120) will not reschedule production.

Use the Delete action on WO30 if you need to delete the work order and want to manually create a new work order for the original demand.
Delete for Rescheduling (WO21.1)

The work order is available for rescheduling after it is deleted. You can view all the document demand to be rescheduled using Source Document Inquiry (WO83.1) and then run WO20 or WO120 to reschedule production.

On WO21, this information displays:

  • Planned quantity

  • Quantity to be rescheduled

  • Originating source application (OE, RQ, or WO)

  • Source document and line number

  • Demand and backordered quantity

  • Originally scheduled quantity from this source document

Note: Viewing all document demand beforehand is particularly useful if more than one work order is tied to the source document (customer order, internal requisition, or work order).
Note: You cannot delete work orders if doing so would cause the allocated quantity (on the original demand) to be less than zero (a negative quantity). This allows you to fill demand from another source.

With either method of deletion, the status of the work order changes to Cancelled when company setup uses automatic numbering and the work order status is greater than In Production. For information on statuses, see Different work order statuses.