Linking Production Orders for Pegged Supply Components in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

[Editor's Note:  As the fourth of a four-part article, Dr. Hamilton examines one variation of linked orders in common S&OP scenarios, and also summarizes the series of articles.  Dr. Hamilton will be covering these topics as part of his speech at Convergence 2014 in Atlanta.]

A make-to-order component is typically employed in a make-to-order production strategy, where the production order for the component is closely linked to the parent item's production order.  This linkage supports automatic synchronization of production orders for make-to-order components after updating the parent item's production order.  Within Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, you designate the make-to-order component with a line type of Pegged Supply in the BOM or formula infor...

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