MRP Planning, Processing and Results: MRP Work Order Recommendations

Recommendations List

Initially lists all Work Orders that MRP recommends up to the kitting date selected. Click to select and double-click to interact with ScratchPad and results review window.

Assembly part number

Parts Master. Part number unique identifier. {PTMFILE.PTMPTNO char 18}

Description

Parts Master. Part description. {PTMFILE.PTMDESC char 30}

Yield

Parts Master. Yield percent (default 100.00). If system preference MCDYIEU set Yield unit loss (default 0.00). {PTMFILE.PTMYIEL number 2dpShortnum}

Reference

When several lines are selected, any change will be applied to all selected lines.

Kit date

Work Orders. Latest kitting and start date. {WKOFILE.WKOLATE date date1980}

Planned completion date

Work Orders. Date of planned completion. {WKOFILE.WKOCDAT date date1980}

Quantity

Work Orders. Quantity ordered. {WKOFILE.WKOOQTY number 3dp}

Comment

When several lines are selected, any change will be applied to all selected lines.

Route…

Click to amend the route operations that will apply to the single selected Work Order. Unless amended, standard routes are applied to all work orders created. That is, operations marked as Alternative are omitted from the route.

This button control opens the Work Order Operation List Maintenance window to permit changes to the operational route for the single selected WO. After amendment, if the Apply To WO button is not clicked, the selected WO will have the assembly’s standard route of operations.

NOTE: Every time a Work Order is created on the system a copy of the operational Process Route is created and held against that specific Work Order. When the WO is cancelled or completed, the route is automatically deleted. Work History records the operational activity. At the time of creating the WO you can amend the standard route, that can contain alternate operations. Capacity Planning takes account of the stored WO-specific route. Shopfloor activity and Work History reflects the stored route rather than the design Process Route. When creating a WO you can even drop standard operations which have no alternates and add completely new operations specific to the particular WO. Once the WO has been created, it is independent of the design Process Route.

There are some rules and restrictions that apply:

• Any change can be made to the operations of a WO before it has been saved to the database.
• If the WO has not been kitted or backflushed, changes can be made to the operations.
• If any outwork operation has been placed on a Purchase Order or RFQ, that operation cannot have it’s operation number or work centre changed while it is still subject to a PO or RFQ.
• If some of the WO has been received, or Shopfloor data collected for the final operation, the final operation number cannot be removed or changed, nor can a higher operation number be added to the WO route. However, the details of the final operation, including Work Centre, can be changed.
• If an assembly has a Process Route, you cannot eliminate all operations for a particular Work Order. At least one must remain.

Toggle Backflush

To mark the entries selected in the list to be Backflushed WOs. Those already marked will be un-marked.

Toggle Fully Kit Now

To mark the entries selected in the list to be Fully Kitted when created. Those already marked will be un-marked.

Toggle List Kit on WO

To mark the entries selected in the list to List kit on printed WO. Those already marked will be un-marked.

Toggle To Print

To mark the entries selected in the list to be Printed after creation. Those already marked will be un-marked.

MRP Order Options

This menu of option functions for the window is also available by right-clicking anywhere on the window. See MRP Order Options Menu topic for functional details.

Create, Kit and Print WOs

Having prepared the list with the correct information, use to create, kit and print Work Orders in one process.

• Select Options
• MRP Order Options Menu