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   <Header>
      <Title>Releasing production orders</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2413026">
         <Level1>Production orders</Level1>
         <Level2>releasing</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Releasing production orders</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>When you release a
		  production order, the production order gets the order status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osta#in.prod" role="option">Released</GUIRef>.
		  This means that the production can start: materials can be issued and spent
		  hours can be accounted.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>When you release a
		  production order, ERP Enterprise performs the following actions:</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListItem>Warehousing orders are
			 created in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehousing</GUIRef>. Through these warehousing orders, the issue of materials
			 and receipt into inventory of end products are handled.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Allocations of
			 materials are moved to the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#WIPWareho_ti" role="glossary">shop-floor</Link> warehouse.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Inspection orders are
			 created in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/qm" role="package">Quality</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0101s000#tisfc001.mfre" role="manual">Moment Freezing Estimates</GUIRef> field has the value <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/sfc.mfre#at.release" role="option">During Releasing Order</GUIRef>, the estimated order costs are frozen, and the
			 estimated end-item unit costs are calculated.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>How to release production orders</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can release
		  production orders by means of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0204m000" role="session">Release Production Orders (tisfc0204m000)</GUIRef> session. Production orders for <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#RepetiItem_ti" role="glossary">repetitive items</Link> can be released in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rpt" role="module">Repetitive Manufacturing</GUIRef> module.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.mnpo" role="manual">Printing Production Order Documents Mandatory</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000)</GUIRef> session is selected, the order status of a
		  production order must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osta#printed" role="option">Documents Printed</GUIRef> before you can release it. <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#RepetiItem_ti" role="glossary">Repetitive items</Link> can be released regardless
		  of this parameter.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000188" role="manual">Calculate estimated end item unit-costs of a production order</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>