Sub Production Update On Time Change - Company setting (CSV)
The purpose of this setting is to provide the option of increasing the quality and accuracy of the production plan by updating critical production dates due to changes in Sales orders (COA). Enabling this setting will ensure that changes made to a Sales order dates (COA) are connected all the way down to the lowest level of the sub productions.
Company setting | Description |
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Sub Production Update On Time Change | If this setting is 'ON' - Sub Production Work Order will be updated when changing production startdate or enddate. |
Important
The following text only applies if the Company setting (CSV), Sub Production Update On Time Change is enabled.
Changing the Requested delivery date in a Sales order (COA) by forwarding to a new Sales order (COA)
If the Sales order (COA) is registered, meaning Status 2 - Pending purchase or production or higher, the user can forward a Sales order item (COAITEM) by selecting the context menu option, Forward to sales order.
This will open the popup Forward to sales order where the user can change the Requested delivery date.
Result: The Scheduled start date and Scheduled completion date will be updated for all Production work orders (PWO) which are linked to the Sales order (COA).
Various scenarios
But what if multiple Sales orders (COA) are linked to a single Production work order (PWO)?
The Requested completion dates in Production work orders (PWO) are updated to reflect the Sales order (COA) with the earliest Shipping date.
But what if a single Sales order (COA) is linked to multiple Production work orders (PWO)?
If a single Sales order (COA) is linked to multiple Production work orders (PWO), the Requested completion dates in all the Production work orders (PWO) are updated to reflect the Requested delivery date from the Sales order (COA).
But what if there is a need to change the dates in the top level Production work order (PWO) in the Production work order (PWO) application?
If the Company setting (CSV) - Sub Production Update On Time Change is enabled, changing the dates for a top level Production work order (PWO), examples being Scheduled start date or Scheduled end date, will also update the dates for the linked sub Production work orders (PWO).
Associated setting
Company setting (CSV) | Description |
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Reschedule production work order when sales order delivery is reconfirmed | Setting ON: Register sales order (COA) will calculate scheduled shipping date and the production work order (PWO) that is assigned to the sales order item will be rescheduled to earliest required delivery if the PWO is not released for production. |