Hi we're looking at a make-to-order production process. We're creating sales orders; running master planning; and firming the planned production orders with marking so that the sales order and production order receipt are marked, and we see the production order reference on the sales order, and the sales order reference on the production order. So far so good, and this process has been in place for a while, and the users don't like the idea of the alternative option which is to create the production order from the sales order lines (they want to keep all of the production planning on one form).
So, we have just noticed that when you firm the production order with marking, the components also get marked. For instance, in the condition that there isn't any stock on hand, but there is an incoming purchase order; or all of the existing stock on hand is pegged to other demands, the production order line gets marked to a purchase order line, and its status is set to 'Ordered reserved'.
I can't see why the marking should extend to the production order components - has any one else ever noticed this? Is there a fix or a parameter I've over-looked?
Thanks
Tim
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