Prepare and Release Planned Manufacturing Order

This document explains how you check the availability of material, tools and production capacity for a planned manufacturing order so that you can release one or several planned manufacturing orders.

Outcome

Material, tools and capacity are accessible and planned manufacturing orders are released; that is, they are accessible for production. Other planned manufacturing orders may also have been rescheduled.

A manufacturing order has been created with lowest preliminary order status (10=preliminary, 20=definite). The order category has changed from 100=planned manufacturing order to 101=manufacturing order.

Uses

  • The production department can perform the operations on the manufacturing order. Start with 'Work Center Schedule. Open' (PMS230).
  • The planning department can check material availability on the manufacturing order in 'Manufact Order. Check Comp Availability' (PMS040).
  • The planning department can optimize the resources in 'Work Center Schedule. Open' (PMS230) by:
    • Sequencing the operations; for example by making sure that operations that demand the same machine settings will occur after each other
    • Rescheduling the operations by minimizing the production reduction when there is, for example, a broken machine or materials shortage.
  • You can follow a manufacturing order in M3 forward to delivery in 'Work Center Schedule. Open' (PMS230).

You can see how the system is affected by the release of planned manufacturing orders in Creating Manufacturing Order.

Before You Start

There must be a planned manufacturing order that does not have any database errors (lowest status=05). Manufacturing orders are created in 'Customer Order. Open' (OIS100), 'Config & Simulation. Open' (PDS605) and 'Product Structure. Open' (PDS001).

Follow These Steps

  1. Start 'Planned MO. Open' (PMS170/B).

  2. Select which planned manufacturing order you want to display by filling in one/several of these fields:

    • Responsible
    • Release date
    • Suitable selection field in the view you selected.

  3. To check material availability:

    1. Click on shortcut 'Update PMT' (option 17) to view possible materials shortages for the order from the materials plan.

      PMT is short for Purchased, Manufactured components, Tools.

    2. Double click on the current, planned manufacturing order to reach the E panel.

      You can also use a view where the 'Mtrl shrtg P/M' field is displayed.

    3. Check the 'Mtrl shrtg P/M' field. The first number shows the shortage on purchased components and the second number shows the shortage on manufactured components.

      Example: If 13 is listed in the field, that means that 1 purchased and 3 manufactured components are missing. If 99 is listed, that means that at least 9 components of every type are missing.

      The PMT value is updated against the materials plan.

    4. If the is component shortage, you can select one of these measures:

      • Obtain the components that are missing.

        Move allocated components from other manufacturing orders. Use 'Allocation. Perform' (MMS120) to redistribute the components.

        Retrieve components from other warehouses. Use 'Req/Distr Order. Open' (MMS100) to open a distribution order.

        Purchase the components that are missing. Use 'Planned Purchase Order. Open' (PPS170) to open a purchased order.

      • Change the planned manufacturing order to a purchase order; that is, purchase the finished product instead of manufacturing it.

        Use 'Planned Purchase Order. Open' (PPS170) to open a purchase order.

      • Release with shortage.

        You must mark the 'Release with shortage' field on the P panel.

    5. Mark the planned manufacturing order for which you want check material availability on the B panel in 'Planned MO. Open' (PMS170).

    6. Start 'Component Availability. Check' (RPS010/B1) to check the availability of material.

      Use the 'Check component availability' shortcut (option 12).

    7. Check material availability in one or several of these ways:

      • Check the on-hand balance with 'On-hand. Display Summarized per Itm/Whs' (MMS200/E).

        Use the 'Item/warehouse' shortcut (option 14).

      • Check receipts and deliveries with 'Material Plan. Open' (MMS080/B1).

        Use the 'Material plan' shortcut (option 15).

      • Check all warehouses with 'Availability. Display All Warehouses' (MMS081/B1).

        Use the 'Availability all warehouses' shortcut (option 16).

    8. If there is a material shortage, you can select one of these measures:

      • Obtain the material that is missing.

        Move allocated material from other manufacturing orders. Use 'Allocation. Perform' (MMS120) to redistribute the material.

        Retrieve the materials from other warehouses. Use 'Req/Distr Order. Open' (MMS100) to open a distribution order.

        Purchase the materials that are missing. Use 'Planned Purchase Order. Open' (PPS170) to open a purchased order.

      • Change the planned manufacturing order to a purchase order; that is, purchase the finished the product instead of manufacturing it.

        Use 'Planned Purchase Order. Open' (PPS170) to open a purchased order.

      • Release with shortage.

  4. To check capacity:

    1. Mark the planned manufacturing order for which you want check capacity on the B panel in 'Planned MO. Open' (PMS170).

    2. Start 'Load. Display per Product' (CPS110/B1) to check that there is sufficient capacity to fill the manufacturing order.

      Use the 'Capacity check' shortcut (option 16).

    3. Start 'Load. Display Detailed' (CPS105/B1) to check the detailed capacity.

      Use the 'Detail load' shortcut (option 15).

      The shortcuts for 'Work schedule' and 'Reschedule operation' (options 18 and 21) can only be used for released manufacturing orders.

    4. If there is a capacity shortage, you can select one of these measures:

      • Increase the capacity in these ways:
        • Reschedule the capacity by means of 'Work Center Schedule. Open' (PMS230) and 'Manufact Order. Reschedule' (PMS010), or M3 SWB.
        • Increase accessible capacity with, for example, shift work by using 'Work Center. Change Capacity' (PDS015) or 'Work Center. Connect Shift' (PDS014).
        • Subcontract the manufacturing. Use 'Planned Purchase Order. Open' (PPS170) to open a purchase order.
      • Change the planned manufacturing order to a purchase order; that is, purchase the finished product instead of manufacturing it.

        Use 'Planned Purchase Order. Open' (PPS170) to open a purchase order.

      • Release with component shortage.

        You must mark the 'Release with shortage' field on the P panel.

  5. To check tool availability:

    1. Mark the planned manufacturing order for which you want check the tool availability on the B panel in 'Planned MO. Open' (PMS170).

    2. Start 'Tool Availability. Check' (RPS020)/B1 to check that there are sufficient tools available to fill the order.

      Use the 'Tool availability check' shortcut (option 18).

    3. If there is a tool shortage, you can select one of these measures:

      • Obtain the tools that are missing.
        • Move allocated tools from other manufacturing orders. Use 'Allocation. Deallocate Tool' (MMS127).
        • Retrieve tools from other warehouses. Use 'Req/Distr Order. Open' (MMS100) to open a distribution order.
        • Purchase the tools that are missing. Use 'Planned Purchase Order. Open' (PPS170) to open a purchase order.
      • Change the planned manufacturing order to a purchase order; that is, purchase the finished product instead of manufacturing it.

        Use 'Planned Purchase Order. Open' (PPS170) to open a purchase order.

      • Release with tool shortage.

        You must mark the 'Release with shortage' field on the P panel.

  6. To release the planned manufacturing orders you checked, go back to 'Planned MO. Open' (PMS170/B1).

  7. Release planned manufacturing orders in one of these ways:

    • Mark the planned manufacturing order(s) that you want to release and select the 'Release' shortcut (option 11).
    • Release all planned manufacturing orders on the screen by pressing F16='Release all.'

    When a planned manufacturing order is released, a manufacturing order is automatically created in the production database. The order category is changed to 101=Released manufacturing order.

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