MR-H  Print Order Action Report

Purpose of Program

Use this program to get a listing of MRP transactions that contain action  messages to be performed.  Action messages are MAKE, BUY, EXPEDITE, DELAY, or REVIEW

The report also shows the orders each transaction is egged?to, meaning the work order, sales order, or forecast that actually caused the requirement.

Column Heading Explanations

Item number

The item number of the inventory item that needs some action performed.

Description

The item's inventory description.

Order No

The work order number or purchase order number that needs some action performed.  Planned (suggested) purchase orders are identified with the word BUY.  Planned work orders are identified with a temporary number (regenerated each time MR-F  Generate Material Requirements is run) that has a prefix of "PL" followed by an up to five digit sequentially assigned number.

Start Dt

The current scheduled start date of an existing work order, or the suggested start date of a suggested (planned) work order.  On an existing purchase order, this is the order date.  On a suggested purchase order, this is the suggested purchase order date.

Due Dt

The current finish date of an existing work order, or the suggested finish date of a suggested (planned) work order.  On an existing purchase order, this is the receiving due date; on a suggested purchase order this is the suggested receiving date.

Quantity

The work order or purchase order quantity.  For suggested (planned) work orders or purchase orders, this is the suggested quantity to make or buy.

Action

The action to be performed, which is either MAKE, BUY, EXPEDITE, DELAY or REVIEW.

Pegged to

This column is used to identify the transaction that produced the requirement.  If it is an existing work order number (easily identified by the fact that it has a 6-digit prefix and 3-digit suffix) then it means that there is a work order for which this item is allocated in the work order's bill of material.

If the number begins with a prefix of "PL" followed by an up to 5-digit number, it is a planned (suggested) work order that does not yet exist.

If the number is a single number, it is a sales order number.

If the word FORECAST is printed, it is a  forecasted requirement that does not yet exist.

Vendor

For existing purchase orders, this is the vendor code of the vendor with whom this purchase order was placed.  On planned (suggested) purchase orders this is the primary vendor for the item entered in IN-B  Enter Inventory.

Req Dt

The required date of the Pegged to item.  In the case of work orders, this is the work order start date.  In the case of sales orders, this is the estimated ship date.  In the case of forecasts, this is the forecast date.

Quantity

The quantity of the Pegged to work order, sales order, or forecast.

General Program Operation

Enter the action type codes you want included in the report.  The values are: M=Make, B=Buy, E=Expedite, D=Delay.  If you press <Enter>, all codes are selected.

You can list the Order Action for all components at all levels through the BOM of an assembly by answering Y to Print BOM Components in which case you only enter the top assembly item number.  Otherwise, enter from/thru ranges of item number, start date, finish date, item class, and category.  Item numbers can be selected from a lookup window by pressing the F2 key (or clicking on the Lookup button).

For purchased parts you might want to restrict the report to a particular vendor so you can group your purchases together.  If so, enter a from/thru range of vendor codes, or select vendor codes from a lookup window by pressing the F2 key (or clicking on the Lookup button).