Order release

In order to start orders, they must first be approved. Approvals can be reset to the Planned order status.

Requirements

• The bill of material can be retrieved for the order using the settings in the Admin Settings menu.

  Admin Settings menu

• The order to be approved has the order status Planned.

Procedure

1. Open the Order Overview menu.
2. Filter by orders in the Orders window, if necessary, or click to retrieve an order from an external system.

   Filtering a table

3. Where necessary, refresh the data using in the header.

   The order is displayed.

4. Click on in the toolbar.
5. Right-click on the desired order to open the context menu and select Approve.

The order is approved and can be viewed in the Orders window.

• To stop displaying completed orders, deselect this as described under View finished orders.
• To start production of an order, continue with Activate order.

Activate order

In order to complete orders, they must first be activated.

One or more orders can be active on each line. To activate several orders at the same time, in the Admin Settings > Parameter Type: Line > Line type menu, select the value Manual (multiple active orders).

Requirements

• The order to be activated has the order status Approved.

  Order release

Procedure

1. Open the Order Overview menu.
2. Filter by orders in the Orders window, if necessary, or click to retrieve an order from an external system.

   Filtering a table

3. Where necessary, refresh the data using in the header.

   The order is displayed.

4. Right-click on the desired order to open the context menu and select  Activate.

The order is active.