Program CMRO, Customer Contract Release, is used to create sales orders and production orders for the contracts entered in program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance.
Program CMRO, Customer Contract Release, accesses the release information entered in program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance, and displays the contract number, item numbers, forecast information, releases, sales orders, and productions orders. The program begins in Query mode.
In order to create a sales or production order, you must have released forecasts in program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance. You must enter a customer item number, a Unique ID, and a blanket purchase order number for the item in program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance.
Multiple customers can share a single contract, but once a contract has been shared, it can not be released with program CMRO, Customer Contract Release. The contract price will still be used in order entry for all customers who share the contract.
If the contract that is being released has product sales representatives assigned to the contract lines in program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance, the sales representatives will be copied to the released orders. If the contract has sales representatives assigned to the contract header in program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance, the sales representatives will not be copied from the header to the released orders.
1. The program opens in query mode.
2. Enter the contract for which you wish to create sales orders and production schedules. The program will pull the contract information from program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance. There must be a customer item number, a unique ID, and a blanket purchase order must be displayed. If they are not, you must return to program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance, and enter the missing information. Sales orders and production schedules cannot be created without this information.
3. You can use the [Releases] button to verify that forecasts have been released for the contract. If they have not, you must return to program CMCP, Customer Contract Maintenance, and release forecasts.
4. In the Create Orders pop-list, select the order types that you will be creating from the releases.
To create both sales and production orders from the releases, select Sales and Production.
To create only sales orders from the releases, select Sales Only.
To create only production orders from the releases, select Production Only.
5. Enter your initials.
6. Enter the lowest date in the released forecast range for which you want to create sales orders and production schedules.
7. Enter the highest date in the released forecast range for which you want to create sales and production schedules.
8. Press the [Create Orders] button.
9. The program will create orders for the indicated range and order selection.
10. If you receive any errors, press the [Show Errors] button to view the errors.
Press this button to create sales orders or production schedules for released forecasts.
Use this button to see which production schedules have been created for this contract.
Use this button to delete any errors that occurred while the sales orders or production schedules were being created.
Use this button to view the forecasts that have been released for this contract.
Use this button to see which sales orders have been created for this contract.
Use this button to view any errors that occurred while the sales orders or production schedules were being created.