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Add manufacturing orders to a manufacturing group order

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The following describes how to add manufacturing orders to a group order to which no manufacturing orders have been previously added. Note: If you want to add manufacturing orders to a group order that already contains manufacturing orders, read steps 1, 2 and 5 in this task.

Manufacturing orders will only be added to the group order if the following is true:

  • The manufacturing order has the same warehouse as the group order.
  • The manufacturing order has the same manufacturing order type as the group order.
  • The manufacturing order header status is 10 (ready).
  • If the group order is connected to manufacturing order headers, the manufacturing order start and completion dates must be within the start and completion dates of the group order.
  • If the group order is connected to manufacturing order operations, the manufacturing order operation start and completion dates must be within the start and completion dates of the group order.

Tip: Use the Manufacturing order enquiry to verify that manufacturing orders meet these prerequisites exist.

Group order connection
Depending on the group order type the group order can be connected either to a manufacturing order header or operation.

  • If the group order is connected to manufacturing order headers, the entire life cycle of the manufacturing orders will be influenced by the group order. The status of the manufacturing order will be automatically updated from the group order.
  • If the group order is connected to an operation in a manufacturing order, it will only influence the manufacturing order status during that operation. When the connected operation is completed, the manufacturing order will continue its process in the manufacturing order life cycle.
  1. Select the Work with manufacturing group orders menu item.
  2. You access Work with manufacturing group order. The Type column displays a code denoting if the group order is based on the manufacturing order header (displays 1) or operation (displays 2). Select the applicable group order and click Change incl orders.
  3. You access Manufacturing group order maintenance, Selections.

    4. Use the selection fields on this panel to make a subset of all open manufacturing orders to be connected to the selected group order.

    Complete the following field:

    Mark as selected
    Indicate if the orders that are within the selected intervals should be marked as selected for the group order or if they should only be shown. For this task, set this field to YES. (Tip: Manufacturing orders can also be selected or deselected at a later stage).

    Click OK.

  4. You access Manufacturing group order maintenance, Select manufacturing order.
    5. S
    Displays YES or blank indicating if the manufacturing order is included in the group order.

    Select the manufacturing orders that you want to include in the group order or deselect from the group order and click Select/Deselect.

    Click Cancel.

  5. You access Manufacturing group order maintenance, Included manufacturing order.

    6. You have several options on this panel. You can:

    • Click Add to add more manufacturing orders to the group order. You will access the Manufacturing group order maintenance, Selections panel again (refer to step 2 in this task).
    • Click Maintain order to maintain the manufacturing order header and operations.
    • Click Deselect to deselect a manufacturing order from the group order.

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