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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Closing production orders</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Production orders</Level1>
			<Level2>closing</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Closing production orders</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>If you close a production order, SSA ERP:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Calculates the financial result of the production order</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Posts the results to the general ledger</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Updates the history of the actual costing and of the hours accounting</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>After you close a production order, the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000021" role="glossary">order status</Link> becomes <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osta#closed" role="enum">Closed</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>When a production order has the order status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osta#closed" role="enum">Closed</GUIRef>, you cannot issue materials or account hours for the production order anymore.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>However, you can reset the order status of a closed production order to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osta#completed" role="enum">Completed</GUIRef>. See: <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000056" role="manual">Changing order status</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>How to close a production order</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can close a production order in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0201m000" role="session">Close Production Orders (ticst0201m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>Before a production order can be closed, the following conditions must be met:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The production order must have the order status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osta#completed" role="enum">Completed</GUIRef>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Allocated materials are issued</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Warehousing orders are completed</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/qm/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">Inspection orders</Link> are processed</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Hours entered are posted</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Subcontracting orders are processed</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Purchase invoices for subcontracting are approved</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Backflushing is performed</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>You must enter a valid closing date, before you can close a production order. See: <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000076" role="manual">Antedating</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Special functions</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cst/ticst0201m000" role="session">Close Production Orders (ticst0201m000)</GUIRef> session, you can also calculate the financial results of production order, without actually closing the production order.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>If you calculate the financial results of a production order without closing the production order, you can also choose whether you want to post the results to the general ledger, or only print the results.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000002" role="manual">Production order status</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000056" role="manual">Changing order status</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000076" role="manual">Antedating</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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