FAQs for Picking Materials

Is there a setup to cancel all movement request lines created for a released work order? (OR) Can all the lines of a movement request for a work order be canceled together?

There's no option to cancel the movement request individually to prevent picking materials. When you cancel the work order, all the open movement request lines get canceled. The line status of work order shows Canceled by Source and that work order would be unavailable for the Confirm pick slip action. The allocations for the work order would get canceled.

While reporting material transactions for components issued to the work order, why is the user allowed to change the subinventory and locator from where it was staged by component pick to another subinventory/locator?

The component, which is allocated (made available) to the work order and moved to the subinventory/locator isn't reserved. The component that you pick for a specific work order and move to a specific subinventory/locator must be consumed only by the same work order from that subinventory/locator, which happens only if the material is reserved.

Is it possible to pick the components/materials required for a work order from specific sub-inventory?

You can't pick from specific sub-inventory or back order pick if the on-hand isn't available in specific sub-inventory. During work order components picking, the subinventory/locator (supply subinventory or sometimes referred as staging subinventory) details are provided to Inventory; and Inventory decides the (source) subinventory/locator from which the items are allocated and picked, based on the on-hand availability and the picking rules.

After you confirm the picking of items, one of the following actions are performed:

• The items are transferred from the source subinventory to the supply subinventory.

• The items are directly issued to the work order.

However, this action is based on the plant parameter and supply type of the specific component.

Why does "Print Movement Request Pick Slip Report" for moving work order components, doesn't display un-allocated or canceled picks?

The Print Movement Request Pick Slip Report plant parameter through Oracle Manufacturing would generate pick status for Open picks only. Hence, the canceled or un-allocated lines won't be recorded in the report.

What is the significance of plant parameter "Include pull components for pick release"?

The Include pull components for pick release plant parameter determines whether the components with supply types operation pull/ assembly pull are considered for picking. Check the value if the components need to be picked for supply type operation pull/ assembly pull. The pick is created even if the material is already available in the supply subinventory. Duplicate/excessive quantity isn't issued to the work order.

Why is the application not allowing work order completion of an operation for a component of supply type operation pull if the on-hand is less than required quantity?

The application doesn't allow work order completion of an operation for a component of supply type operation pull if the on-hand is less than required quantity because this is the designed application behavior. The application automatically pulls the required components driving on-hand negative to complete the operation.

Does component picking allow picking of substitute items defined for the component?

The work order picking only allows picking for the components defined in the work order. The substitute items don't show up at work order level. As an alternative, you need to manually delete the component and add the relevant substitute item and, make any changes for the component for example, change quantity.

How to pre-reserve material before pick-release a work order?

A reservation links a supply source (such as on-hand inventory or a purchase order or a work order) to a demand source (such as Sales Order, cycle count, or user-defined demand source), and guarantees allotment of material to the demand source. You can reserve material at the subinventory, locator, and if applicable, lot and serial number level.

In this case, the application always considers Work Order is Supply and Components are demand for Work Order. Reservation doesn't happen until pick release because application doesn't want to reserve until Material/Components moved to Supply Sub inventory/Shop floor work area from Raw Material Sub inventory. When you do the component pick release, after pre-reserving components of a work order then component picking honors prior reservations it creates picks for components from the subinventory, locator, lot or serial which is pre-reserved. The reservation for the work order components is carried forward to the destination subinventory after the pick slip confirmation when the picks for pre-reserved components are confirmed.

Can the component picks made for a work order be deleted or canceled?

There's no direct way to delete the pick release already created for Work Orders. You can follow one of the alternative approaches instead of deleting the picks created:

• Case 1: No transactions on the work order

  Change the status from Released to either Unreleased, or Cancel, or Closed, and save it.

  This action marks the movement line status as "Cancelled from Source" and deletes the picks created for a work order.

• Case 2: Partial transacted work order

  For a partially transacted work order and components picks against item not yet transacted.

  1. Navigate to the Operation for the component against which the movement request was created.

  2. Override the quantity to 0 or delete the component and save.

  3. Update the quantity back to original quantity and save the record.

     This action marks the movement line status as Canceled from Source.