Modifying Production Order Status
You can manually change production order status to accomplish scheduling goals.
For repetitive environments, a production order can have a P, E, or C status.
For discrete environments, a production order can have a P, F, R, or C status.
You cannot change the status of an order with issued materials or reported production.
To modify production order status:
1 In the Schedule Grid, select an order and modify the order by changing quantity, date, and so on.
If the discrete order status is P, MSW sets the status to F.
If the repetitive order status is P, MSW sets the status to E.
MSW updates all workbench calculations. Color adjustments are made.
2 Click the Save button to save your changes.
Note: You can also change the order status using Production Order Maintenance within MSW and update QAD EE records.
Auto-Firming Orders
In many businesses, MRP output is the starting point for master production scheduling. You can use the auto-firm function to quickly adjust orders and expedite your scheduling tasks. For discrete orders, you no longer need to approve planned production orders to change the status to F; for repetitive orders, you no longer need to approve planned production orders to change the status to E. Auto-firming is based on the order due date.
You cannot auto-firm these item types:
• Purchased (items with a P code in Item Master Maintenance (4.1.1)
• Configured
• Routable
• Phantom
You can run the auto-firm process daily in batch mode to avoid missing orders that require a status change.
You can auto-firm orders using programs that are external to the workbenches. The programs firm planned orders for your work centers and production lines for a specific horizon or a range of dates. The program can run in batch mode nightly.
Use the following procedure:
1 Use Batch ID Maintenance (36.14.13) to define a batch ID.
2 Use Batch Request Processor (36.14.13) to run the batch ID you created, or you can use the qpsbatch ID that is supplied with the system.
Note: To run the batch daily, ensure that you set Repeat Processing to Yes.
3 Use any of the following to auto-firm planned orders:
• Set Process All Planned Orders in Scheduling Horizon to Yes in Auto Firm Planned Orders (22.13.3).
• Optionally, set a date in the Last Auto Firm field.
Note: You must set Auto Firm to Yes in both Production Line Maintenance and Work Center Maintenance if you auto-firm for production line and work center resources. If Auto Firm is set to No in these programs, the system does not firm any planned orders. You can see the Auto Firm field status and the date of the last auto-firm in work center and production line browses in QAD EE.
4 View the firm orders in MSW.
Planned production orders for items scheduled on production lines display as firmed on the primary production line once you auto-firm them. For discrete production orders, that status changes to F. For repetitive production orders, the status changes to E.
Changing Firm Orders Back to Planned
When you change the status of planned order to firmed and then decide that the resulting effect on the schedule is not as expected, you can change the status back from F(irm) to P(lanned) so long as you did not save. The system restores the whole record.
When the order has been firmed and split, you cannot undo the changes. You must delete the order in this case.