Overview
Production orders are only planning elements in material requirement planning or detailed scheduling. For the actual manufacturing to start, the production orders must be broken down into production stages.
All production stages are created for the entire production order.
A production stage describes production of batches (materials) for serial production or service provision. It is generated based on information in the BOM and contains all the information specified during the production planning.
Production stages are used to:
- Plan quantities, dates, and resources of the manufacturing process.
- Control the execution of the production stage.
- Specify rules for account assignment and settlement of costs incurred.
During the process, the BOM is exploded and the items are transferred to the production stage.
The stage generation options allow you to:
- Specify demand or even make reservations for the BOM items held in stock.
- Set capacity requirements for work centers.
- Set purchase requirements for items that are not in stock and for externally processed operations.
Create production stages in make-to-stock scenario flowchart
Paths
| Path | Manufacturing → Production scheduling and controlling → Production order queue management |
|---|---|
| In-app link EN code |
e1cib/command/CommonCommand.ManagementOfProductionOrderQueue
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| In-app link RU code |
e1cib/command/ОбщаяКоманда.УправлениеОчередьюЗаказовНаПроизводство
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How to generate production stages
1. Go to Manufacturing and click Production order queue management under Production scheduling and controlling.
2. The workplace shows the list of production orders with the Queued status only.
Note
Production orders with the Created status are excluded from the workplace because they are not confirmed for production scheduling yet.
Click Orders being generated to view the list.
Note
Production orders with the Completed status are excluded from the workplace as the order is completed and no further actions are required.
Click Closed orders to view the list.
3. Set the Pending release for production filter.
4. Select an order and click 
.
5. In the Generate stages menu, select the Do not produce if available at warehouse check box and leave all the other check boxes cleared.
Note
Select these check boxes if you need to speed up the business process and perform several automatic functions in background mode:
- Select the Reserve at warehouse and Replace with substitutes check boxes to start them in background mode. Read more about these automatic functions on the Control material availability for production page.
- Select the Calculate production schedule check box to start it in background mode. Read more about this automatic function on the Schedule production orders page.
- Select the Release stages check box to start it in background mode. Read more about this automatic function on the Release production orders page.
6. Сlick Generate.
7. The system will automatically:
- Generate stages based on the BOM.
- Generate stages for the production of intermediate products.
- Assign a unique number with mask МС00-1.36.1, which includes:
- МС00-1 is a short production order number
- 36 is a sequence number of the production order list
- 1 is a sequence number of a stage
- Manufacturing stage description, which is copied from the BOM. To change it, click the Main tab and enter a new value in the Description field
- Set the status to Active if there are no errors.
How to save production stages
1. Set the Revise stages filter.
2. Select an order and click 
to see stages with errors in data.
3. Open the stage and set the status to Created.
4. Post the document.
5. The system will automatically:
- Perform standard checks on whether the required fields are filled and their values are correct.
- Indicate an error kind.
- Provide recommendations on how to fix the error.
In the table below, you can see the most common errors and actions required to fix them:
| System message | User action |
|---|---|
| Supply scheme is not set for the material item | Manage procurement strategies and supply schemes |
| The warehouse is not specified for the material | Open the required stage and specify the warehouse |
| Required field is empty | Open the required stage and specify the information |
6. Make the necessary changes and post the document again.