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Firm 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.
Item Description | Posting Entity |
Finished items |
The posting entity is based on the Inventory Posting option on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.
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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 |
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Raw material |
The posting entity is based on the Inventory Posting option on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.
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Firm Planned Production Orders List
Use this page to review the list of firm 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:
Field | Description |
Entity Code | Displays the entity code for the line. |
Global Dimension Code | Displays an additional global dimension for the line. |
Firm Planned Production Order Card
Use this page to create, modify, and delete firm planned production orders. When working with a firm 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:
- The Item No. is restricted based on the Item Security, as set up on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.
- The work center, which is added through the action Lines > More option > Line > Routing is restricted based on the Work Center Security, as set up on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.
Card Fields
This page contains the following fields:
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:
Action | Description |
Action > Function > Copy Prod. Order Document |
When copying a production order, keep the following in mind:
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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:
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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:
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