When a supply plan is established through master planning and material requirements planning, it must be communicated to the respective Purchasing and production departments. This step consists mainly of initiating the planned supply orders, typically by auto-creating them with a function in the planning tools.
The following table describes a sequence of tasks, with links to the topics that describe them. These tasks are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.
| To | See |
|---|---|
Select the suggested supply orders that will be changed with the Carry Out batch job. | |
Transform and communicate planning worksheet lines into executable supply orders to the different departments: Purchasing, Production, and Warehouse. | |
Transform suggested planning lines in the Order Planning window into executable supply orders one item BOM level at a time. | |
Create purchase orders for subcontracted operations. | "Generating the Subcontract Purchase Order" in Using the Subcontracting Worksheet |
Move a production order to its next stage. | |
Release planned or firm planned production orders for execution. | |
Release multiple production orders with a batch job. | |
Print a list of the production orders that are ready to release. |