We’ve set up a sales order for a configurable product and put in a configuration for the item. When the production order is created, the details do not flow into the MRP. Is it something we’re doing wrong?
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HI
Do you have the item marked for an MRP item? If so, what are the other settings you have marked? What steps are you taking for the item?
hi , Thanks@kandybeatty49
The items were set as MRP items already. They worked well in the whole workflow without product configurator.
For my SO with items configured from product configurator, they worked fine as well if production order was generate directly from SO.
But if the production orders were generated from MRP based on these SO, the values I have configured in SO wouldn’t bring forward in RO.
Did you check MRP Detail Inquiry screen and also any MRP Exception messages?
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@idali04 - I can double check but I believe you MUST create the production order from the Sales Order in order to capture the configuration Bill of Materials from the selected features/options. If you create the Production Orders from MRP for the configured item - it doesn’t know the options that were chosen.
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As Debbie states, once you create the Production Order form the Sales Order - the Production Order details will be considered by MRP - meaning MRP will recommend supply actions for demand of the sub-assemblies / raw material of the Production Order.
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We’ve set up a sales order for a configurable product and put in a configuration for the item. When the production order is created, the details do not flow into the MRP. Is it something we’re doing wrong?
How are you creating your production order? Since it’s a configurable product, MRP doesn’t know what to do with it until the production order is created from the sales order for that specific item at that moment.
You’ll configure the product, then create the production order directly from the sales order. The item should be marked for production. Actions>Production Orders
To check and see if your allocations are working properly, head over to the Inventory Allocation Details screen (IN402000) and see if your items are being properly allocated.
You’ll want to look for the Production for SO quantity to see if that is reflecting your newly created demand.
| Production for SO | The quantity of the inventory item listed on production orders created for sales orders where the production order has a status of Released or In Process. |
If it’s showing up there and all items are marked for MRP, go ahead and run MRP again. Check to see if MRP captures those items now.
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