Release Planned Orders

Use the Order Release Selection (MRR) program to select planned orders and requisitions for release and change an order before releasing it. See Background and Road Map for more information.

Notes

Previously released orders are listed if you selected the Program option to include them.
Workorderless items will not appear for selection as they do not require manufacturing orders.

The program displays these fields for orders selected the last time you ran the Order Release Preparation program.

Field Name

Displays

Rel

A check mark indicates the order is selected for release

Seq

The sequence number for the order

Type

The order type:
PLN: Planned manufacturing or purchase order for an item
REQ: Requisition for a manufacturing order
S/O: Sales order for a configured product

Plnr

The code of the planner for this item

Buyer

The code of the buyer for this item

M/B/K

Whether this is a make, buy, or kitted item:
M: Make item
B: Buy item
K: Kitted item

Item number

The item number associated with the order

ECL

The engineering change level

Qty planned

The quantity ordered or planned

Start

The start date for this order or requisition:
For a make or kit item: Due date - (Order prep LT + Manufacturing lead time + Put-away LT)
For a buy item: Due date - (Order prep LT + Intransit LT + Put-away LT)

A make item can be listed multiple times with the same start date based on the Max order qty field in the parent item's record in the Routing Maintenance (RTM) program. For example, if you entered a planned order for 500 and the maximum order quantity is 100, the item is listed 5 times.

Firm

F: This order cannot be rescheduled or cancelled.
N or Blank: This order can be rescheduled or cancelled.

Rl?

Blank if this order can be released with no shortages or a two-character release status:

First Character	Description
C	A shortage exists of a component that has the Critical item? field selected in the Bill of Material Maintenance (MPS) program.
S	A component shortage exists in on-hand, floor stock, and/or consignment inventory
Y	This order has been released You selected the Display previously released orders? Program option. Selecting the order again does not create a duplicate order.

Second Character	Description
A	The order can be released even though a shortage exists because you selected the Allow short? field in the Order Release Preparation (MPR) program.
N	The order cannot be released due to a shortage of a component because the Allow short? field in the Order Release Preparation (MPR) program was blank. If you want to release the order, see Change an Order before Release.
R	The order will be released as the components become available.

Shortages can develop while you are selecting orders when there are not enough components to fulfill all the orders. The program does not display the shortage indicator when the start date is in the future.

Pend ECO?

Blank indicates that there are no ECOs pending for the item number. A Y indicates that one or more pending ECOs exist. You can drill to ECOs By Item Inquiry (ECOI) to see details by selecting a line and then clicking the ECO inquiry button.

Qty in MRB

The quantity of the item awaiting disposition in the material review board.

Demand order

The source of the demand for the item

Demand line

The source of the demand for the item

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Review your options for this program	Click Prog opts. See step 2.
Select/deselect a line for release	Highlight the line and click Select or double click the line to select it. A check mark in the Rel column indicates the line is selected for release. If you highlight and click Select or double click a selected line, it is deselected (i.e., the check mark is cleared from the Rel column).
Display the quantity of components available	Highlight the line and click Comp avail. See Display Component Availability. Click OK to return to this program.
Display an item's demand and availability, peg demand, and peg supply	Highlight the line and click Pln profile. See Display an Item's Demand and Availability. Click OK to return to this program.
Display an item's pending ECOs	Highlight the line and click ECO inquiry button. See ECOs By Item Inquiry. Click OK to return to this program.
Print the Order Release Selection Report	Click Report. See Order Release Selection Report for a list of what prints. Note The reports prints immediately if the option Allow device override? in the Date-Output Device Maintenance (ZE) program is not selected. If this option is selected, the program prompts Output device. Accept the default device that displays, which is specified in the Date-Output Device Maintenance program, or enter the name of a different device. If the program cannot release an order, the Order Release Exceptions report prints. See Print Order Release Exceptions.
Enter a range of orders to select/deselect	Click Range. See step 3.
Release the selected planned orders and requisitions	Click Release. See step 4.
Change the due date, lead time, quantity, allow short, and firm fields	Click Modify. See Change an Order before Release.
Select/deselect all line for release	Click All.
Exit the program without releasing the selected orders	Click Exit.

(Optional) Click Options to review your options. To change them:
1. Click the Runtime tab to set runtime options. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries for more information.
2. Click the Sort tab to set sort order.
3. Click the Selection tab to select specific records.
4. Click the Program tab to set these program specific options:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Display previously released orders?	Optional	Select to list previously released orders or leave blank to exclude them.

Click Save to save these options for future use.
Click Refresh to redisplay current options.
Click OK to apply these options or click Cancel to exit without applying them.

When you click Range, enter one of the following fields:

Note
If you enter multiple fields, the program selects only the orders that satisfy all criteria.

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Sequence	Optional 5 alphanumeric	Accept 0 or enter the lowest sequence number in the range in the Beginning column. Accept 99999 or enter the highest sequence number in the Ending column.
Planner	Optional 3 alphanumeric	Select the first planner code in the Beginning column or leave blank to begin the range with the first planner code alphabetically. Accept ZZZ or select the last planner code in the Ending column.
Buyer	Optional 3 alphanumeric	Select the first buyer code in the Beginning column or leave blank to begin the range with the first buyer code alphabetically. Accept ZZZ or select the last buyer code in the Ending column.
Start dt	Optional 10 date	Accept 01/01/1900 to begin with the earliest start date or select the first start date in the Beginning column. Accept 12/31/9999 to end with the latest start date or select the last start date in the Ending column. You can enter a date shortcut for either.

Select one of the following:

Select the specified range to be released? to select the range of orders for release
OR
Select the specified range to be cleared? to deselect the range of orders
Click OK to confirm the range or click Cancel to exit without selecting a range.

When you click Release. The program prompts for the following fields:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Release planned mfg orders?	Optional	Select if you want to release this type of order or clear if you do not.
Planned PO orders?	Optional	Select if you want to release this type of order or clear if you do not.
Configured product orders?	Optional	Select if you want to release this type of order or clear if you do not.
Mfg requisitions?	Optional	Select if you want to release this type of order or clear if you do not.
Release to a remote branch?	Optional	Select if you want to release this type of order or clear if you do not.
Remote branch	Conditional	If you are releasing orders to a remote branch, select the branch.

Click OK to release the selected order types or click Cancel to return to the list of orders.

If any of the order selections have an SN or CN release status, review your options to view and/or print the Order Release Exceptions report. See Print Order Release Exceptions. Click Exit to return to the program.

If you selected to release a planned order and the purchase order firewall (maintained in System Options Maintenance - Purchasing Options) is:
- down, a purchase order is created.
- down if there is a matching vendor item record, a purchase order is created. If there is no matching vendor item record, a purchase requisition is created.
- up, a purchase requisition is created.
Purchase requisitions must be released by Purchase Requisition Maintenance or when you enter a purchase order line.

1. Set your options for the Order Release Report.
  1. Click the Runtime tab to set runtime options. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries for more information.
  1. Click the Sort tab to set sort order.
  2. Click the Selection tab to select specific records.
  3. Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Review the report on the screen before printing	Click View. See Background for a list of what displays.
Print the report	Click Print. See Background for a list of what prints. Note The report prints immediately if the option Allow device override? in the Date-Output Device Maintenance (ZE) program is not selected. If this option is selected, the program prompts Output device. Accept the default device that displays, which is specified in the Date-Output Device Maintenance program, or enter the name of a different device.
Save these options for future use	Click Save.
Exit the program	Click Exit. The program displays the message: The Planned Order Release has completed; [number] orders were released Click OK to acknowledge the message and exit to the menu.