Manufacturing orders

This table contains the manufacturing orders of your supply chain, either proposed by frePPLe or confirmed.

This table is populated with new proposed manufacturing orders when frePPLe generates a plan. It is also possible to load manufacturing orders that are already approved or confirmed in your ERP system.

Field

Type

Description

reference

string
Unique identifier for the manufacturing order.
For approved or confirmed manufacturing orders that are imported from your ERP system this field should be populated with the identifier the ERP generated.
For manufacturing orders newly proposed by frePPLe, a unique numeric identifier will automatically be generated.

operation

operation

The operation to perform.

start date

DateTime

The date when the operation is starting.

end date

DateTime

The date when the operation is ending.

quantity

number

The quantity to manufacture.

quantity_completed

number
The quantity already manufactured.
It is only used when the status is “approved” or “confirmed”.

batch

string
Blank/unused for make-to-stock items.
Identification of the batch for make-to-order items.

status

non-empty string

This field should have one of the following values:

  • proposed:
    The manufacturing order is proposed by frePPLe to meet the plan (optimization output).
  • approved:
    The manufacturing order is present in the ERP system but can still be rescheduled by frePPLe (optimization input).
  • confirmed:
    The manufacturing order is confirmed, it has been populated in your ERP system (optimization input).
  • completed:
    The manufacturing order has been executed, but the stock hasn’t been increased yet (optimization input).
  • closed : The manufacturing order has been completed. It is ignored for planning.

expiry

datetime
This field is only active when the shelf life app is active (available on the Enterprise and Cloud Editions only).
Defines the date when the produced material will expiry.
When left unspecified, it is computed as the end date of the manufacturing order plus the item’s shelf life.

demands

list
The demand(s) (and quantity) pegged to the manufacturing order.
This is a read-only computed field.

end items

list
The end item(s) (and quantity) pegged to the manufacturing order.
This is a read-only computed field.

demand

demand
The field marks this manufacturing order as the shipment delivery of a demand.
This is only needed in very exceptional use case. 99% of frepple configurations to not require this field to be specified.

owner

number

In the case of a suboperation, the identifier of the operation calling this suboperation.

inventory status

number
The Inventory Status is a calculated field that highlights the urgency of the manufacturing order with a red/yellow/green visual indicator.
Sorting the manufacturing orders using the Inventory Status column (red ones first) allows the planner to immediately focus on the manufacturing orders that should be treated first.
More details can be found on Inventory status

feasible

boolean
Read-only boolean flag indicating whether the manufacturing order is violating any material, lead time or capacity constraints.
This is very handy in interpreting unconstrained plans.

criticality

number
The criticality is a read-only field, calculated by the planning engine.
It represents an indication of the slack time in the usage of the manufacturing order.
A criticality of 0 indicates that the manufacturing order is on the critical path of one or more demands.
Higher criticality values indicate a delay of the manufacturing order will not immediately impact the shipment of any demand.
A criticality of 999 indicates a manufacturing order that isn’t used at all to meet any demand.
Note that the criticality is independent of whether the customer demand will be shipped on time or not.

delay

duration
The delay is a read-only field, calculated by the planning engine.
It compares the end data of the manufacturing order with the latest possible end date to ship all demands it feeds on time.