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Planned Production Orders

Production orders are used to manage the conversion of purchased materials into manufactured items. For more information, see the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central documentation.

Posting Entity

The following table shows the posting entity used for the General Ledger entries when journal entries for the Manufacturing functionality are posted and when a production order status changes from Released to Completed.

Production Order Posting Entity Table
Item Description Posting Entity
Finished items

The posting entity is based on the Inventory Posting option on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.

  • If Entity from Location is selected, the posting entity is from the location.
  • If Entity from Item is selected, the posting entity is from the item.
Material variance/Capacity variance The posting entity is from the header of the production order.
Work in progress (WIP) The posting entity is from the header of the production order.
Capacity cost
  • The posting entity is from the work center.
    • Raw material

    The posting entity is based on the Inventory Posting option on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.

    • If Entity from Location is selected, the posting entity is from the location.
    • If Entity from Item is selected, the posting entity is from the item.

    Planned Production Orders List

    Use this page to review the list of planned production orders in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Only the records that belong to the entities to which you have access appear in the list.

    List Fields

    This list contains the following MEM columns: 

    MEM Fields
    Field Description
    Entity Code Displays the entity code for the line.
    Global Dimension Code Displays an additional global dimension for the line.

    Planned Production Order Card

    Use this page to create, modify, and delete planned production orders. When working with a planned production order, make note of the following: 

    • When Source Type is Item, the Source No. value is restricted based on the Item Security, as set up on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.
    • When Source Type is Sales Header, the Source No. is restricted based on the user-entity permission access.
    • The Location Code is restricted based on the Location Security, as set up on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.

    In the Lines area, make note of the following:

    Card Fields

    This page contains the following fields: 

    Production Order Fields Table
    Field Description
    General
    Entity Code

    Select the entity for the record. You can change the entity to any entity to which you have access.

    The default value is your default entity that you selected in My Settings. If you did not set up the default entity, the default entity is first entity in the list that you have access.

    Global Dimension Code Select the global dimension for the record.
    Lines
    Entity Code Select the entity code for the line. The default value is from the header. Required.
    Global Dimension Code Select the global dimension code for the line.
    Location Code

    Select the location code for the line. Available on released and finished production orders only.

    This value is required only when Inventory Posting is Entity from Location on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.

    Actions

    This page contains the following fields: 

    Production Order Copy Table
    Action Description
    Action > Function > Copy Prod. Order Document

    When copying a production order, keep the following in mind: 

    • A copied production order must use the same entity as the originating production order.
    • Only items to which you have entity access are copied to the new production order.
    Line > Components Opens the Prod. Order Components page, where you review the list of components for the selected line.
    Line > Routing Opens the Prod. Order Routing page, where you review the list of routings for the selected line.
    Process > Refresh Production Order

    Use this action to calculate changes made to a production order header without involving the production BOM levels. For more information, see Replan or Refresh Production Orders Directly .

    Changes are updated based on the Source Type selected: 

    • Item: Only items that have access to the header entity in the Source No. field are allowed.
    • Family: The production order lines are updated with only items that have access to the header entity.
      If any of the items do not have access to the header entity in the Family list, a warning message appears and the production order list is not updated.
    • Sales Header: Only sales headers that have access to the header entity in the Source No. field are allowed. Entities for the production order lines are from the sales lines.
    Process > Replan

    Use this action to calculate changes made to components and routings lines. For more information, see Replan or Refresh Production Orders Directly .

    When this action is executed with Plan set to One Level, the production order that is created has the entity assigned to it based on the Inventory Posting on the Multi-Entity Management Setup:

    • When Inventory Posting is Entity from Location, the entity of the location from Prod. Order Components page is assigned to the newly created production order. If the location is empty on Prod. Order Components page, the replan action fails.
    • When Inventory Posting is Entity from Item, the entity of the item is assigned to the newly created production order.