| # Closing production orders Closing production orders If you close a production order, ERP LN: Calculates the financial result of the production order Posts the results to the general ledger Updates the history of the actual costing and of the hours accounting After you close a production order, the order status becomes Closed. When a production order has the order status Closed, you cannot issue materials or account hours for the production order anymore. However, you can reset the order status of a closed production order to Completed. See: Changing order status. How to close a production order You can close a production order in the Close Production Orders (ticst0201m000) session. Before a production order can be closed, the following conditions must be met: The production order must have the order status Completed Allocated materials are issued Warehousing orders are completed Inspection orders are processed Hours entered are posted Subcontracting orders are processed Purchase invoices for subcontracting are approved Backflushing is performed You must enter a valid closing date, before you can close a production order. See: Antedating. Special functions In the Close Production Orders (ticst0201m000) session, you can also calculate the financial results of production order, without actually closing the production order. 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. Related topics Production order status Changing order status Antedating |