Use the Enter Manufacturing Order Reliefs screen to signify completion of units against an MO, cost the units, and place them into inventory.

Reliefs are considered inventory transactions and relief IDs can be automatically assigned in the Transactions IDs subtask of the Manage Warehouses screen in Costpoint Inventory by selecting the Manufacturing Order Receipt description, and then selecting the check box in the Auto-Assign field.

In addition to completing a MO and relieving all open quantities, other types of reliefs can be created on this screen:

• Partial Relief: A partial relief is a positive quantity relief that does not complete or close a manufacturing order. The cost of the partial relief depends on the costing method selected on the Partial Relief Options subtask.
• Negative Relief: This increases the on order quantity and decrease the on-hand quantity of the build part. It also decreases the MO relief costs.
• Cost-Only Relief: Use this relief type to increase or decrease the MO relieved costs without affecting any quantities. In this case, the Relief Quantity field should be zero and the value entered in the Extended Cost field should be equal to the relief cost.

You can also use this screen to issue a completed part directly to another manufacturing order or to a sales order when relieving a manufacturing order.

If you are relieving a manufacturing order that is not a customer repair MO type, and you selected the Relieve Manufacturing Orders check box in the Configure Back Order Processing Settings screen in Inventory, Costpoint checks for outstanding approved reservations for the part, inventory abbreviation, and warehouse ID based on the Need Date for the MO and the Need Date Filter (Standard Calendar Days) in the Configure Back Order Processing Settings screen. Costpoint displays a warning message indicating the reservations that may be due or past due for this MO.

When loading a manufacturer order, Costpoint asks you if the MO requirements should be automatically loaded for the backflush parts or all required inventory parts, if they exist (if you have selected the Relief option for Backflush Timing in the Configure Production Control Settings screen). If you elect to autoload requirements, all applicable backflush components listed as MO requirements load if the backflush location is populated and the inventory reserved quantity is greater than zero.

If you selected the Allow Net Change MRP check box in the Corporate Settings subtask of the Configure Materials Requirements Planning Settings screen in Material Requirements Planning and the part's planning type is MRP (in the Manage Parts screen), or if the part's planning type is MPS and you selected the Plan MPS Part Requirements check box, the build part's Net Change Flag is set to Y when a positive or negative quantity relief is saved and/or the MO status is modified. If you delete or insert reservation lines, the same occurs for each reservation line in which the part is listed.

Use this screen as required to relieve manufacturing orders.

This screen has six tabs:

• MO Details: Use this tab to enter manufacturing order detail.
• Partial Relief: Use this tab to specify a partial relief costing option.
• Notes: Use this tab to enter text about this relief transaction.
• Allow Charges: Use this tab to view or modify charge flags for the relieved MO. If the MO status is changed to Closed or Completed in the relief, this tab defaults the settings you selected in the Default Restrictions for Closed/Completed MOs group boxes in the Configure Production Control Settings screen.
• Relief Info: Use this tab to enter relief information.
• Other Info: Use this tab to enter miscellaneous reference number and cost information.