Automatically Generating Planned Work Orders
Set preferences for the NetSuite planning process to generate planned work orders. When you let NetSuite generate planned work orders, you can see the resources and materials required immediately after a planning process run.
To set up preferences:
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Go to Setup > Manufacturing > Manufacturing Preferences.
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To define the default for supply planning work orders, select a Create Work Orders in Supply Planning option:
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Do Not Generate
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Generate in Firm Planned Status
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Generate in Open Planned Status
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Generate in Released Status
Your selection defines the default status of new work orders generated by a planning process run.
Note:If you generate orders and also use the Manufacturing Routing and Demand Planning features, you can define production scheduling methods on work orders. For more information, see Production Scheduling Methods Overview and Supply Planning and Routing.
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In the Default Work Order Status field, choose one of the following:
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Firm Planned
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Open Planned
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Released
Your selection defines the default status of new work orders you manually create.
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Click Save.