Confirm Picking for Selected Manufacturing Orders

Use the Manufacturing Order Picking Selection (MSS) program to select manufacturing orders for which you want to obligate components, create shipments, confirm component picking, and print shop paper in one-step. See Background and Road Map for more information.

The program displays these fields for manufacturing orders that are waiting to be obligated, picked, or have shop paper printed:

Field Name

Displays

Sel

A check mark indicates the order is selected to be obligated and picked

The management priority assigned to this order

Mfg order

The manufacturing order number

Parent item

The item to be manufactured

Due date

The date this manufacturing order is due to be completed

Start date

The date work should started so the order can be completed by the due date (i.e., due date backed off by the item's lead time)

Qty open

The open quantity

Demand type

Demand order type (if there is an associated demand order)

Dem order no

Demand order number:
S/O: Sales order
MFG: Manufacturing order for a subassembly
RMA: Return material authorization

Dept

Department that performs the first operation

Pck?

Picking status:

*	Shortage of a component
C	Shortage of a component that is identified as a Critical item on the bill of material
F	Fully picked; the order is listed so that you can print shop paper
P	Partially picked

Plnr

The item's planner code

Prod cl

The item's product class

Date rel

The date the order was released

Customer name

The customer name (displayed if demand is a sales order)

S/O wanted

The date wanted (displayed if demand is a sales order)

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Select an order	Click on the manufacturing order and click Select or double click the line. A check mark indicates that the line is selected. Selecting the order obligates components immediately. Clicking Sel again or double clicking the line (i.e., clearing the check mark) reverses obligation.
Review your options for this program	Click Prog opts. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries.
Display the associated demand order for a manufacturing order	Highlight the line and click Demand order. See Display a Summarized Sales Order or Display Components on a Manufacturing Order. Click OK to return to this program.
Display quantities of the parent item for a manufacturing order	Highlight the line and click Inv status. See Display Inventory Status. Click OK to return to this program.
Display the manufacturing order	Highlight the line and click Supply order. See Display Components on a Manufacturing Order. Click OK to return to this program.
Display component requirements	Highlight the line and click Comp avail. See Display Component Requirements. Click OK to return to this program.
Create shipments, confirm picking, and print shop paper for selected manufacturing orders	Click Process orders.
Enter the quantity of component sets to partially obligate and pick	Highlight the line and click Modify. The program prompts for the quantity to process. Enter a quantity less than the quantity open and press Enter. The order is selected.
Rebuild and display the picking selection	Click Refresh.
Exit the program	Click Exit. If you selected orders and did not click Process orders, the program prompts Process these orders? Click Yes to create shipments, confirm picking, and print shop paper for the selected manufacturing orders or click No to exit the program.