Pick Release and Ship Configuration Orders
Once you have built a configuration for a sales order and completed it to inventory, you are ready to pick release the sales order.
Automatic Pick Release
Order Entry automatically holds pick release for all order lines that require shipment of items you are manufacturing on work in process jobs linked to that sales order. For example, Order Entry waits for work in process jobs to be completed any time you have a sales order for:
| ATO Model
| Unique configuration you assemble using a work in process job for that sales order.
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| ATO Standard Product
| Standard ATO product that you assemble using a work in process job for each sales order.
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| PTO Model including ATO Standard Product
| Pick-to-order configuration where one or more options are assemble-to-order products that you assemble using a work in process job for each sales order.
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| PTO Model including ATO Model
| Pick-to-order model that includes one or more assemble-to-order models, each of which you assemble using a work in process job for each sales order.
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If you have orders for several units of an ATO item or configuration, you can pick release as work in process completes partial quantities or wait until the entire quantity has been completed before releasing pick slips. You control this when you define your cycle action prerequisites for Pick Release. If you choose Manufacturing Release - Work Order Partially Completed, Pick Release releases any available completed quantity. When you choose Manufacturing Release - Work Order Completed, Pick Release does not attempt to pick the order line until work in process has completed the full quantity. If PTO options should ship proportionately with the ATO Models, then Ship Mode Complete must be set to Yes on the PTO Model.
Shipping Documents
Order Entry supplies standard pick slips and pack slips to manage customer shipments. All physical, shippable items appear on the pick slip. For example, if the order line is for an ATO model, the ATO configured item is listed on the pick slip, rather than the ATO model and options.
If the Bills of Material Include on Shipping Documents attribute is set to Yes, the option class and options print on the Pack Slip. For example, for an ATO model, it may be more reasonable to print the order lines, ATO model and options on the Pack Slip, instead of or in addition to the ATO configured item.
See Also
Delivery-based pack Slip Report
Delivery-based pick Slip Report
