Can someone please explain how to use the sales order planning window in sales order. Basically I am not able to understand the functionality and to which practical scenario it will be used. Question like Is it to be used along with the order promising or should it be used independently. I am not able to find any document also. What I could make out is that this screen is use to check the availability of the sales item and if required create production order from sales order itself. Rgs
Hi Abhay This can be used for a variety of purposes - genreally around the OE interface with manufacturing. You can create a sales order and then from the planning window automatically create a production order either as an item or project (project only works in 3.70 I think [:)]). The sales order window then allows the interdependent tracking of the relationship - the needs replanning flag (hidden) indicates if changes to either the production order or sales order has affected the relationship. Field interactions exist in this relationship, for instance the expected delivery date of the sales order becomes the due date for production. Take MRP out of the equation at the parent level and the window can create relationships negating the top level MRP run. This field and the relationships are trialled and dealt with on the manufacturing course - which with all of your recent postings in this forum I strongly advise you go on.