ENTER MANUFACTURING ORDER RELIEFS

Use this screen to signify completion of units against an MO, cost the units, and place them into inventory. Reliefs are considered inventory transactions and relief IDs can be automatically assigned in the Transactions IDs subtask of the Manage Warehouses screen in Costpoint Inventory by selecting the Manufacturing Order Receipt description, and then selecting the check box in the Auto-Assign field.

In addition to completing a MO and relieving all open quantities, other types of reliefs can be created on this screen:

Partial Relief — A partial relief is a positive quantity relief that does not complete or close a manufacturing order. The cost of the partial relief depends on the costing method selected on the Partial Relief Options subtask.
Negative Relief — This increases the on order quantity and decrease the on-hand quantity of the build part. It also decreases the MO relief costs.
Cost-Only Relief — Use this relief type to increase or decrease the MO relieved costs without affecting any quantities. In this case, the Relief Quantity field should be zero and the value entered in the Extended Cost field should be equal to the relief cost.

You can also use this screen to issue a completed part directly to another manufacturing order or to a sales order when relieving a manufacturing order.

If you are relieving a manufacturing order that is not a customer repair MO type, and you selected the Relieve Manufacturing Orders check box in the Configure Back Order Processing Settings screen in Inventory, Costpoint checks for outstanding approved reservations for the part, inventory abbreviation, and warehouse ID based on the Need Date for the MO and the Need Date Filter (Standard Calendar Days) in the Configure Back Order Processing Settings screen. Costpoint displays a warning message indicating the reservations that may be due or past due for this MO.

When loading a manufacturer order, Costpoint asks you if the MO requirements should be automatically loaded for the backflush parts or all required inventory parts, if they exist (if you have selected the Relief option for Backflush Timing in the Configure Production Control Settings screen). If you elect to autoload requirements, all applicable backflush components listed as MO requirements load if the backflush location is populated and the inventory reserved quantity is greater than zero.

If you selected the Allow Net Change MRP check box in the Corporate Settings subtask of the Configure Materials Requirements Planning Settings screen in Material Requirements Planning and the part's planning type is MRP (in the Manage Parts screen), or if the part's planning type is MPS and you selected the Plan MPS Part Requirements check box, the build part's Net Change Flag is set to Y when a positive or negative quantity relief is saved and/or the MO status is modified. If you delete or insert reservation lines, the same occurs for each reservation line in which the part is listed.

When in field mode, avoid clicking the Autoload button as fields are automatically populated. You can continue with the transaction after the error message is displayed.

Use this screen as required to relieve manufacturing orders.

This screen has six tabs:

MO Details — Use this tab to enter manufacturing order detail.
Partial Relief — Use this tab to specify a partial relief costing option.
Notes — Use this tab to enter text about this relief transaction.
Allow Charges — Use this tab to view or modify charge flags for the relieved MO. If the MO status is changed to Closed or Completed in the relief, this tab defaults the settings you selected in the Default Restrictions for Closed/Completed MOs group boxes in the Configure Production Control Settings screen.
Relief Info — Use this tab to enter relief information.
Other Info — Use this tab to enter miscellaneous reference number and cost information.

Location

Identification

Warehouse

This field displays the warehouse in which the MO is being built.

Relief ID

Enter the ID of the relief you want to add. You can automatically assign Relief IDs in the Transactions IDs subtask of the Manage Warehouses screen. If the Auto-Assign check box is selected for the Manufacturing Order Receipt description in the Transaction IDs subtask, leave this field blank.

Manufacturing Order

Enter, or click to select, the ID of the manufacturing order against which these parts are being relieved. MOs with a status of Planned or Firm Planned cannot be relieved.

Planner Org

This field displays the planner organization authorized for the logged-in user ID.

Transaction Date

Enter, or click to select, the date this transaction took place. The accounting period is derived from this date. This required field defaults to the current date but can be modified. This transaction date must fall within an open inventory period/subperiod.

Material Handler

Enter, or click to select, the employee ID of the person who performed this relief.

Subtasks

Subtask	Description
Accounting Period	Click this link to display information about the Accounting periods (fiscal year, period, subperiod, and ending date) to which the transaction is being charged.
MO Documents	Click this link to open the MO Documents subtask, where you can assign documents to the manufacturing order relief transaction.
Part Documents	Click this link to open the Part Documents subtask, where you can assign documents to the manufactured part.
Cost	Click this link to open the Cost subtask, where you can view inventory cost element information for the selected transaction line.
MO-Serial/Lot Info	Click this link to open the MO-Serial/Lot Info subtask and record or view serial and lot number information for the selected transaction line.
Back Orders	Click this link to open the Back Orders subtask to view back orders for the item.