Create Shop Order from Chart

Explanation

Use this activity to create a new shop order for the part record selected in a chart. The shop order will be backward scheduled. The start date is equal to the need date minus the total manufacture time.

To perform this activity select one or more demand segment(s) in the Inventory Part Availability Planning chart and click New Shop Order.

Prerequisites

System Effects

As a result of this activity the system creates a new shop order for the selected part. When this happens, the system creates material requirements and schedules operations. It retrieves operations and structures according to the part, structure revision and alternative, and routing revision and alternative that you entered.

The shop order will be created with Revision/Alternate valid for the given supply date and the lot size entered.