Restrict cancellations for work orders with material, resource, or operation transactions
Currently, users are able to cancel work orders even after materials have been issued or resources have been charged. Such cancellations may occur for several reasons, including last minute demand cancellations when production is near completion, unintended user errors, or other legitimate business-driven work order cancellations. Today, organizations rely on post-facto reporting to identify such cancellations. This approach can be inefficient, error-prone, and does not prevent the issue at its source. Allowing cancellations after transactional activity can create several downstream challenges, such as:
- Integration inconsistencies for customers using external systems, shop floor solutions, or extensions leading to data integrity issues.
- WIP clearance through variance or scrap accounts, introducing financial noise.
- Increased manual reconciliation effort during period close.
This update provides a configurable preventive control to restrict cancellation of work orders with open transactions through the Restrict cancellation of work orders with open transactions plant parameter. Only users with the Cancel Work Orders with Transactions privilege can proceed with the cancellation.
Work Order Cancel action
Error message displayed when the user doesn’t have the cancel privilege
New privilege required to cancel work orders with transactions
The plant parameter is not selected by default, which maintains the current behavior. Here are the possible combinations of the plant parameter and the new privilege:
- Plant parameter is not selected: All users can cancel a work order with transactions.
- Plant parameter is selected and the user does not have the new privilege: The user cannot cancel a work order with transactions.
- Plant parameter is selected, but the user has the new privilege: The user can cancel a work order with transactions.
Changes to FBDI: These restrictions also apply when the work order status is updated to Cancelled using the Import Work Order (FBDI) process.
Changes to REST: These restrictions also apply when the work order status is updated to Cancelled using the Update Work Order (workOrders) REST service.
The ability to restrict cancellations for work orders with transactions provides the following advantages:
- Reduces operational errors and prevents unintended cancellation of work orders with consumed materials or charged resources.
- Ensures better inventory accuracy, minimizes manual reviews, and improves efficiency during financial and operational period close.
Steps to enable and configure
Enable the feature using the plant parameter 'Restrict cancellation of work orders with open transactions'.
Set up the plant parameter to enable this feature:
- In the Setup and Maintenance work area, search for and open the Manage Plant Parameters task.
- Select the required inventory organization.
- In the Execution Configuration tab, select the Restrict cancellation of work orders with open transactions parameter.
Plant parameter
Tips and considerations
- This feature is not applicable for Contract manufacturing organizations.
- This feature is not applicable for system-driven work order cancellations (e.g., supply plan recommendations, Back-to-back work orders).
- The plant parameter and the new privilege aren’t applicable for work orders without transactions. The behavior stays the same for work orders without transactions.
Key resources
- Watch the Restrict cancellations for work orders with material, resource, or operation transaction demo.
- Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Refer to the Using Manufacturing guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
- Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Refer to the Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
Access requirements
Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains the following privilege can cancel the transacted work orders by overriding the plant parameter:
| Privilege status | Privilege name and code |
|---|---|
| New |
Cancel Work Orders with Transactions WIE_CANCEL_WORK_ORDERS_WITH_TRANSACTIONS_PRIV |