Auto Process Shop Orders
Explanation
Use this activity to automatically create, release and/or reserve shop
orders. This is a batch process. To perform it, you must enter a set
of parameters that specify how you want the system to perform the auto processing.
You can start auto processing immediately, or schedule it at a time and date in the future
that you specify.
All requisitions and orders that have had a shop order process type associated
will be automatically processed according to the process type rules. In the
case of requisitions, they will be converted to shop orders. In the case of
shop orders, they will be moved from Planned status to Released status, and
optionally, on to Reserved, according to the process type steps.
The following parameters are available:
- Offset From Normal Time Span, the number of
days that you want the system to offset from the shop order release date.
- Process Type, the shop order process type
that the system will use to perform this activity. If you leave this field blank the system will
consider all shop order process types.
- Planner, the planner that the system will consider when
performing this activity. If you leave this field blank the system will not
limit its processing to a specific planner.
- Site, the site that the system will use to perform this
activity. If you leave this field blank the system will not limit its processing to
a specific site.
- Part No, the part that the system will use to perform this
activity.
If you leave this field blank the system will not limit its processing to
a specific part.
Prerequisites
- Shop order process types must have been defined on the
Shop Order Process
Type page.
- To create shop orders, shop order requisitions connected to a
process type with a Process Event set to Create Shop Order
must exist. The parts must have a buildable structure.
- To release shop orders, shop orders connected to a process type with
a Process Event set to Release Shop Order must exist. The
parts must have a buildable structure.
- To reserve shop orders, shop orders connected to a process type with
a Process Event set to Reserve Shop Order must exist.
Adequate material must be available in inventory.
- You can connect a process type to the manufactured part on
the Manufacturing tab of the Inventory Part
page. Requisitions and shop orders created for a part with a connected
process type will inherit this process type.
System Effects
- The system creates, releases and/or reserves shop orders based on specified parameters.
- Shop orders with no shop order process type attached are not subject
to automatic order processing.
- When auto reserve process reserving material to a shop order where pegged
material line(s) exists, the automatic reservation will reserve the quantity
that is not pegged.