MFG/PRO 9.0 User Guide Volume 3: Manufacturing - QAD.com

Accessing and Modifying Joint Order Sets
Joint orders for co-products and by-products can be added or deleted from
a joint set when the status of the set is Exploded, Allocated, or Released.
Status codes determine when and how joint work orders can be modified
relative to each other. Status codes are always the same for all orders in a
joint set. The processing and restrictions applied are similar to those
applied to work order bills.
Table 5.4 describes how work order status codes affect joint work orders.
Code Status Description
P Planned MRP creates an imploded joint order set reflecting the base
product structure as of the order release date.
B Batch An order is created for a single co-product or base process item.
Orders are not imploded.
F Firm Orders are imploded to reflect the base product structure as of the
order release date. You can modify co-product/by-product
quantities and the base process quantity. All quantities are
automatically rescaled. When an MRP-planned order in a joint
order set is approved, all joint orders in the set are changed to
status Firm.
E Exploded The same as Firm, except you can modify quantities for co-product
or by-product orders without automatically rescaling other orders.
You can add or delete orders from a joint order set. Delete is not
allowed if quantities or costs have been received for an item on that
order.
A Allocated Same as exploded.
R Released Same as exploded.
C Closed When the status of a joint order set is changed to Closed, and
average cost method is used, updates are made to current AVG,
current LAST, and GL average costs.
Joint order sets can be created for regular work orders (where Type is
blank), but not for work order types such as Expense, Rework, Scheduled,
Cumulative, and Final Assembly. Joint orders can be added to or deleted
from a joint set when the status is Exploded, Allocated, or Released.
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Table 5.4
Effect of Work
Order Status Codes
Tip
A joint order set
must have only one
base process order
and at least one coproduct
order. If
you delete the base
process order or the
only co-product
order, the entire set
is deleted.