Split Manufacturing Order

This document explains how you reduce the lead time for part of a manufacturing order (MO) by splitting the order.

For an MO that is created with an MO type containing an Aging parameter (AGIG) of 2, you can optionally specify a manual reclassification date (MREC) and time (MRCT) on the split MO.

Outcome

You have changed the original MO and created a new one for the remaining quantity.

The split is done in a specific operation. When the manufacturing order header is split, the bill of material, routings, reported transactions, and material allocation is also split.

Any shortage of resources, such as material or capacity shortage, can cause the need to split an order.

These system files are affected:

Manufacturing order headers stored in MWOHED
Manufacturing order operations stored in MWOOPE
Manufacturing orders materials stored in MWOMAT
Detailed load for rough-cut capacity planning stored in MCPSPE
Capacity/load per resource and week stored in MCPSUM
Planning group workload/year stored in MWLOAD.

Before you start

Splitting is only allowed on an MO:

With a status lower than 90
Where no picking lists are active
That is not order initiated.

Follow these steps

Start 'Manufact Order. Split' (PMS055).

An alternative is to start 'Work Center Schedule. Open' (PMS230) and select option 11.
Specify the product, MO number, and operation on the B panel.
On the E panel, specify the following:
- Order quantity
  The order quantity specified is the quantity to be kept on the original order.
- Start or finish date for the original order and for the new order
  If you specify a start date, the system will use forward scheduling, and if you specify a finish date it will use backward scheduling.
- Start or finish time
  Only if the facility uses shift planning.
- Priority for the new order, if necessary
  Use the default value in the priority for the original order.
Click F13 to finish.

The new order does not refer to the original order and vice versa.