By using this form, you can view or modify the settings and details of a production order, including the lists of operations, materials, and tools. To make changes, you need to put the production order on hold.
Before you start modifying the operations of a production order that has the In Process status (which means that some transactions have already been released for the order), you need to estimate how the changes would affect the order workflow and costs. For example, if you add materials to an operation for which other materials have already been issued, you need to issue the new materials as well to apply their cost to the order.
On this form, you can also view costs for each operation.
The form toolbar includes standard buttons and form-specific buttons and commands. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu. The form-specific commands can be shown as buttons on the form toolbar, as commands on the More menu, or in both places. These commands are listed in the following table in alphabetical order.
In this area, you can select an existing production order by its reference number to view its details on the form.
The table lists the operations included in the production order and their details. If the production order has a status that allows modifications, you can modify the operation details.
The table toolbar includes standard buttons and buttons that are specific to this table. For the list of standard buttons, see Table Toolbar. The table-specific buttons are listed below.
In this table, you can view and edit the list of operations in the production order. You specify the format of the time boxes in the Operation Time Format box of the BOM Preferences (AM101000) form. Regardless of the default format, you can enter the time as 0:00 (hh:mm).
Quantity to Produce (for the production order) - Quantity Complete (for the previous operation) - Quantity Scrapped (for the previous operation)
On this tab, you can view the list of materials for the operation selected in the Operations table.
You use this dialog box to allocate the item specified on the document line and to view the history of item allocations. Allocation is a wide term used to denote splitting the item quantity into smaller quantities with different subitems or lot numbers, splitting the quantity into separate units with serial numbers, or specifying quantities that should be reserved for the production order in different warehouses.
For a production order, you have to allocate the line item quantities by warehouse locations or lot or serial numbers.
Materials allocated to production orders are totaled on the Inventory Allocation Details (IN402000) form as Production Allocated and Inventory Summary (IN401000) form as Qty on Production Allocated.
You use this dialog box to link the selected material to a subassembly production order. This dialog box displays production orders for the item specified in the selected material line if they have the Planned, On Hold, Released, or In Process status and are not allocated to any other parent production order.
On this tab, you can view, add, or change the work instructions for the operation whose node is selected. You can print the instructions by using the Production Ticket (AM625000) report.
The table toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Table Toolbar.
On this tab, you can view and add the tools used for the operation. You define tools on the Tools (AM205500) form. You can add tools or change tool settings. The system includes tool costs in the cost of the item being produced.
On this tab, you can view a table showing the overhead entities required for the operation. You can remove overhead entities, add overhead entities that have been defined on the Overhead (AM202500) form, or edit the factor the system uses to calculate the cost of any overhead entity. The system includes the overhead costs of the operation in the cost of the item being produced.
This tab displays the planned, actual, and variance costs for each operation broken down by cost driver. The cost of the production order is calculated as the sum of costs for each operation. You can view the total cost of the production order on the Totals tab of the Production Order Maintenance (AM201500) form.
In this section, you can view the planned labor time, quantity, and costs of the operation.
In this section, you can view actual costs of the operation, that is, the costs that the system has calculated based on released production transactions for the operation.
In this section, you can view variances between the planned and actual labor time and costs of the operation.
Quantity to Produce - Quantity Complete - Quantity Scrapped
Plan Total - WIP Total
WIP Total - MFG to Inventory
On this tab, if the operation is outsourced to a subcontractor, you can view or modify the settings related to the outside process.
In this section, you can view if the operation is outsourced. You can also view information about the subcontractor.
In this section, you can view information about a purchase order created for the operation.
This section displays various item quantities of the operation.
By using the side panel, you can continue viewing the production order that you have opened on the form while simultaneously viewing information related to the production order.
The side panel has multiple tabs, each of which you can view by clicking the tab’s icon. These tabs are described below.