The DOP header contains the following information:
Creating a DOP header is the first step towards creating a DOP structure. An inventory part with DOP as default supply type can be set up in three different ways in order to configure how a customer order line should behave during release. These are Manual DOP, Automatic DOP and Release DOP. This setting will be the default for the DOP connection when a DOP supplied customer order line is created, but can be changed on the customer order line prior to release. The above setting in the customer order line will be overridden to Release DOP if a capability check has been performed for a customer order line prior to release.
| Status | Description |
| Created | A DOP header has been created but does not yet have a DOP structure. |
| Unreleased | The DOP structure has been created for the DOP header. |
| Netted | The netting process has been performed on all or some DOP orders in the structure. |
| Released | Supply orders have been generated for all or some DOP orders in the structure. |
| Cancelled | The DOP header has been cancelled. There are no netted parts and no quantity to be delivered. |
| Closed | The DOP header has been closed. All parts have been delivered to the pegged customer orders and all underlying DOP orders are closed. |
When creating a DOP structure, the following settings are available for each DOP header:
- Netting - DOP orders with this setting can be manually netted or will be netted if a netting process is run for the order or for a parent DOP order.
- No Netting - DOP orders with this setting is not allowed to net excess quantities.
- Auto Netting - DOP orders with this setting will, apart from the functionality of netting DOP orders automatically get netted when they are released. When automatically initiated the netting processes on a DOP order, total branch of the DOP orders will also get automatically netted.
- Inventory - The netting process will reserve parts available in inventory.
- DOP Sourced Supply - The netting process will peg available quantities from existing shop and purchase orders with demand source DOP Order.
- Inventory Sourced Supply - The netting process will peg available quantities from existing shop and purchase orders with demand source Invent Order.
The Allow changes to created DOP structure setting is used to specify
whether it should be possible to manually add and remove components (both configurable
and not configurable) and operations within the DOP structure. If the top level
part is a standard part, the default setting is enabled and for configurable
parts it is disabled.
When configurable parts are added, a default configuration
is created based on the configuration defined in the DOP header. The configuration
is set to the Parked status and must be manually edited and set to the
Completed status. Right-click, point to Change DOP Structure and
click Add Branch to create the configured DOP branch. When editing a
configuration and a branch has already been created, the branch will be updated
directly when saved. There are no configuration alarms on individual DOP orders.
Note that if the configuration from the customer order demand or top level
DOP header is modified and the resulting configuration alarm is resolved, the
existing structure will be replaced with this configuration. Any manually added
components or configuration changes on components will be removed and replaced
by the configuration logic.
If the DOP header is connected to a project activity, the DOP orders in the structure will be tagged with the project ID and activity sequence. When releasing project specific pegged DOP orders, the system will generate project specific shop orders and/or purchase requisitions/orders dependent on the part type. These orders will be received into the project inventory.
DOP orders are the basic elements of the DOP structure. Each DOP ID may have a different product structure. A DOP order is a structure element equivalent to each part in the bill of material (BOM). A DOP order holds the data required to manage the acquisition of the part in question. The DOP order contains ordering information. This is information about how DOP deals with the requirements of each component part. When netting is not carried out, DOP orders correspond to actual shop/purchase orders, though not necessarily with a one-to-one match. For example, if additional shop/purchase orders are created as a result of increased demand quantity after release, more than one order will be pegged to this DOP order. In addition, when pegging is performed, the information on the pegging is also managed here. Project specific DOP orders will be tagged with the project ID and activity sequence to which they are connected.
The DOP header's settings are used as the default for netting parameters for the lower DOP order when you create a DOP structure using a standard BOM. In addition, a parameter corresponding to each existing DOP order is applied without any change when you create a DOP structure by copying another existing DOP structure. These parameter settings enable you to support a wide range of production types all from Engineer to order to Make to stock.
| Status | Description |
| Created | The DOP order has been added manually. The status will be changed to Unreleased once the order is planned. |
| Unreleased | The DOP structure has been generated, but no shop order or purchase requisition has been created to supply it why you can easily change date and quantities. |
| Netted | The netting process has been performed for the DOP order. |
| Released | Pegged supply order(s) has been created for the demand quantity of the DOP order. |
| Started | Work has started on at least one of the pegged supply orders. |
| Cancelled | The DOP order will not be used further and all quantities will be set to zero (0). |
| Closed | All supply orders has completed the quantity pegged to the DOP order, and all parts has been delivered to the parent DOP order/customer order/to stock, or unreserved from temp inventory. |
For the release process for DOP, you can specify the scope as follows:
The release can be done step by step from a lower level DOP order. This can minimize the impact of changes that are made after the release; changes made before the release can easily be handled.
A pegged purchase requisition or pegged shop order is created when a DOP order is released for the quantity remaining to supply after netting. These pegged purchase requisition lines/purchase orders/shop orders are called pegged orders or supply orders. When a pegged order is released, reservations from the lower components that are completed owned by the corresponding DOP order will also be transferred to the pegged order. Therefore, there is no need to reserve again for the pegged order.
Supply orders generated for parts with a scrap factor will be created with a quantity higher than the DOP order quantity to cover for the planned scrap.
Once the DOP order is released, you must be careful when it comes to changing the DOP structure. A DOP order can be changed until it is set to the Closed status. If the pegged order and the DOP order do not match concerning time or quantity, the user will receive an alarm. When the DOP order has a shortage, you can create a new pegged order manually from the DOP order as additional supply.
The DOP orders created in the DOP structure will inherit its setting from the DOP header setting as default, but it can be manually changed if required. The DOP order specific Create Pegged setting indicates whether pegged orders will be created for the specific DOP order or not, possible values are Pegged Order or No Pegged Order. The default value is Pegged Order.
There are two lists which indicate up to which status shop orders or purchase orders pegged to the DOP order are allowed to be updated. The defined value determines the highest status for the DOP pegged shop order or purchase order when quantity and date changes are allowed.
DOP Pegged SO Update - This value is inherited from the manufactured part settings on the Manufacturing tab on the Inventory Part page.
DOP Pegged PO Update - This value is inherited from the purchased part setting on the General tab on the Purchase Part page.
Both these values can be manually changed during the process.