Understanding Order Creation for a Project

In response to planning messages, you can generate replenishment orders (purchase orders and work orders) for project-specific items. Subassembly work orders that you create for a project-specific item are automatically placed on the work breakdown structure. You can also attach existing work orders to a project task.

Depending on business processes, you can create project-specific purchase orders from the parts list line for a project specific item. You can also create a purchase order in the Purchase Orders program (P4310) and then use the Work Order Parts List program (P31P201) to search for the item that requires a purchase order.

In addition to purchasing material for project work orders, you can procure items that are not consumed by work orders but are resold directly to the customer as part of the project deliverables.