Should we use planned and/or firm planned production orders?

sjc01234

NAV 2009, classic client

Currently our scheduler creates new production orders only as Released orders. We have not been using any sort of "planned" status, but we are now wanting to implement a "Planned" Production Order. I notice there is both a planned and a firm planned. Which should I use?

I also notice on a released prod order the "change order status" function only shows Firmed Planned / Released / Finished as options. It does not show a "Planned" status. Is that because the function is only allowing me to change to Firm Planned from a Released order? Or is there something that is prevent us from using Planned in general? This may be a secondary question - but since I am wanting to implement "Planned" orders, and wasn't sure if I should use Planned or Firm Planned... noticing the missing Planned option here made me wonder if that will impact my decision.




One other option is to simply place a checkbox on the released prod order header that will allow us to designate an order as just "planned." Really, we are wanting to differentiate planned/vs confirmed production orders for our master scheduling system. Since that resides outside of Navision it may be easier to just use this option depending on how complicated it will be to implement planned prod orders.

sorenhinrup

the sequence for production orders are as following:
1. Planned
2. Firm Planned
3. Released
4. Finished

I normally tell my customers that the status can be translated as following:
Planned - we know we need to produce it, but not when
Firm Planned - we know wee need to produce it and we know the date. But we don't want to start production just yet.
Released - We are ready for manufacturing to start, and we have released it to the floor.
Finished - All items have been produced and consumed and we no longer expect further posting.

As default the production orders cannot change status backwards. And it is entirely up to you if you need both planned and firm planned options. It is just a question of your work processes.

sorenhinrup

the sequence for production orders are as following:
1. Planned
2. Firm Planned
3. Released
4. Finished

I normally tell my customers that the status can be translated as following:
Planned - we know we need to produce it, but not when
Firm Planned - we know wee need to produce it and we know the date. But we don't want to start production just yet.
Released - We are ready for manufacturing to start, and we have released it to the floor.
Finished - All items have been produced and consumed and we no longer expect further posting.

As default the production orders cannot change status backwards. And it is entirely up to you if you need both planned and firm planned options. It is just a question of your work processes.