Understanding Commitments
A commitment is a reservation for the parts that are needed on 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 that you specified in the Manufacturing Constants program (P3009).
A hard commitment reserves designated inventory in a specific location for a particular work order. A soft commitment enables you to commit the inventory at the primary location to a work order without designated inventory from a specific location. This inventory can be used for another work order. Soft commitments also enable you to compare the material that is needed for current work orders to available inventory.
The system enables you to use hard commitments or soft commitments in a work order, or you can let the system change the commitment from soft to hard when you process the work order. You can also set up the system to place a soft commitment at the creation of the work order and change it to a hard commitment when you run the Order Processing program (R31410).
If, at any time, the location that appears on the parts list is not the primary location, the system hard-commits that line item. Inventory remains committed until the system records the issues. Then, the system reduces the on-hand quantity and the committed quantities.
The Inventory Issues program (P31113) relieves commitments. When you issue or reverse material that you committed to a secondary location when you entered the parts list line, the system performs a hard commitment for this material. When you partially issue or reverse inventory to a different location, the system relieves the commitment from the old location and commits the remaining material to the new location.
If you use lot processing, the system creates commitments based on the commitment date method, the lot expiration date method, and the lot effectivity date, if applicable, as well as grade or potency ranges for the lot numbers. The parts list for the work order might specify a range of grade or potency values that can be used on the order. The system commits the lot of the grade or potency within the range that you defined for the item. The system can also search for inventory that you need for the order in a certain sequence. For example, you might want to search for inventory with a specific lot number, grade, or potency.
When you commit lot-controlled component quantities at the work center location, the system searches for available quantities in the lots that are available at the work center location and commits quantities from those lots based on the commitment method. When you use more than one lot, the parts list line is split. If more components are needed than are available, the system commits the remaining quantity from the primary location. This process applies only when you do not use the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management system.
Use the this table to identify the processing options available for both the Enter/Change Order (P48013) and Order Processing programs:
Program |
Function |
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Enter/Change Order |
Using the Enter/Change Order program, you can automatically generate:
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Order Processing |
Using the Order Processing program, you can specify either the work order effective date or the start date for effectivity checking. You can set up the system to perform these tasks automatically:
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