Understanding Work Order Commitment Processing for Production-Controlled Items
A commitment is a reservation for the parts that are needed by a work order. You can define commitments by branch or work center. You can change commitments manually or through a batch program.
When you attach a parts list to a work order header, the system creates commitments for the required quantity of each component. The commitment reserves the material for a particular work order. The type of commitment that the program creates (hard or soft) depends on which commitment option you specified in the Manufacturing Constants program (P3009).
When you run the Order Processing program, the system performs commitments specific to the work order. Production-controlled items have no commitment-based functionality in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Shop Floor Management system. The system supports the standard process for commitments. The production number is used only to label inventory.
Although the system recommends inventory allocation based on production-controlled inventory, with no visibility to individual project commitments, the system can overcommit and make the wrong recommendations.