DOP Header and DOP Order

DOP Header

The DOP header contains the following information:

Individual information for each DOP ID
Cost information for the DOP structure
Information on pegging with customer order lines
Connections with project activities

Creating a DOP header is the first step towards creating a DOP structure. An inventory part with the DOP supply type can be set up in three different ways in order to configure how a customer order line should behave during release. These are, Manual DOP, Automatic DOP, and Release DOP. This setting will be the default for the DOP connection when a DOP supplied customer order line is created, but can be changed on the customer order line prior to release. The above setting in the customer order line will be overridden to Release DOP if a capability check has been performed for a customer order line prior to release.

Manual DOP - The DOP header must be created manually and later pegged to the customer order line.
Automatic DOP - A DOP header is automatically created when releasing a customer order line for the sales part connected to the inventory part.
Release DOP - A DOP header is automatically created and a default DOP structure is created and released when releasing a customer order line for the sales part connected to the inventory part.

Status

Status	Description
Created	A DOP header has been created but does not yet have a DOP structure.
Unreleased	The DOP structure has been created for the DOP header.
Netted	The netting process has been performed on all or some DOP orders in the structure.
Released	Supply orders have been generated for all or some DOP orders in the structure.
Canceled	The DOP header has been canceled. There are no netted parts and no quantity to be delivered .
Closed	The DOP header has been closed. All parts have been delivered to the pegged customer orders and all underlying DOP orders are closed.

Settings

When creating a DOP structure, the following options are available for each DOP header,

Allocate - Defines whether an excess part on a DOP order can be allocated by another DOP order.
Netting - Netting means reducing the demand of DOP orders by the inventory quantities available and excess parts on other DOP orders. The setting for netting indicates whether the supply for a DOP order should be made by dedicated orders or netting. Top DOP order will inherit the setting in the DOP Header. Other DOP Orders will inherit the setting from inventory part. Possible values are,

Netting (the default) - DOP orders with this setting can be manually netted or will be netted if a netting process is run for the order or for a parent DOP order.

No Netting - If the setting is set to No Netting, it is not allowed to net excess quantities.

Auto Netting - If the setting is set to Auto Netting, apart from the functionality of Netting DOP orders will automatically get netted when they are released.

The values defined for the parameters in the Netting Supply group define from where to net if netting functionality is used. Possible options are: Inventory, Net Same and Net Other.
Structure Depth - If the structure depth is set to DOP Parts, DOP orders should be created for DOP parts and their components having the inventory parts supply type set to DOP. If the structure depth is set to Full Level, the DOP order should be created for all parts.
Financial Integration - If Create Values or Auto Preposting is selected, a code part value is created in IFS/Financials when the DOP structure is created.
If auto preposting is enabled, the code part value is transferred to all DOP orders in the DOP structure.
Auto Release - If Auto Release is selected, pegged orders will be created automatically for all DOP orders when the DOP structure is created.

Note that the DOP orders created in the DOP structure will inherit these options by default, but they can be manually changed.

Allow Changes to DOP Structure

The Allow changes to created DOP structure check box is used to specify whether it should be possible to manually add and remove components (both configurable and not configurable) and operations within the DOP structure. If the top level part is a standard part, the default setting is enabled and for configurable parts it is disabled.

When configurable parts are added, a default configuration is created based on the configuration defined in the DOP header. The configuration is set to the Parked status and must be manually edited and set to the Completed status. Right-click, point to Change DOP Structure and click Add Branch to create the configured DOP branch. When editing a configuration and a branch has already been created, the branch will be updated directly when saved. There are no configuration alarms on individual DOP orders.

Note that if the configuration from the customer order demand or top level DOP header is modified and the resulting configuration alarm is resolved, the existing structure will be replaced with this configuration. Any manually added components or configuration changes on components will be removed and replaced by the configuration logic.

Project Connection

If the DOP header is connected to a project activity, the DOP orders in the structure will be tagged with the project ID and activity sequence. When releasing project specific pegged DOP orders, the system will generate project specific shop orders and/or purchase requisitions/orders dependent on the part type. These orders will be received into the project inventory.

DOP Order

DOP orders are the basic elements of the DOP structure. Each DOP ID may have a different product structure. A DOP order is a structure element equivalent to each part in the bill of material (BOM). A DOP order holds the data required to manage the acquisition of the part in question. The DOP order contains ordering information. This is information about how DOP deals with the requirements of each component part. When netting is not carried out, DOP orders correspond to actual shop/purchase orders, though not necessarily with a one-to-one match. For example, if additional shop/purchase orders are created as a result of increased demand quantity after release, more than one order will be pegged to this DOP order. In addition, when pegging is performed, the information on the pegging is also managed here. Project specific DOP orders will be tagged with the project ID and activity sequence to which they are connected.

The DOP header's settings are used as the default for netting and allocating parameters for the lower DOP order when you create a DOP structure using a standard BOM. In addition, a parameter corresponding to each existing DOP order is applied without any change when you create a DOP structure by copying another existing DOP structure. These parameter settings enable you to support a wide range of production types all from Engineer to order to Make to stock.

DOP Order Status

Status	Description
Created	This status shows that DOP orders have been added manually. The status can change the status to Unreleased.
Unreleased	This status shows that a DOP structure has been generated for the part, but with no shop order or purchase requisition created for its components. You can still change information without affecting other DOP orders in the same structure. If you change lot size or due date, the information is transferred down through the structure. You can only change the due date of the part on the highest level in the structure.
Netted	Parts have been netted to the DOP order.
Released	When demand is generated for any DOP order in the structure, the the parent part is set to the Released status.
Started	When some of the parts are received in inventory, the order is set to the Delivered status. The order automatically receives this status when the first delivery is made or when any reporting is made on pegged orders.
Canceled	The DOP order will not be used further and all quantities will be set to zero (0).
Closed	For a DOP order to receive this status, all material must be received into inventory and all underlying orders must be complete. If an underlying order has status Released or higher, you will receive a warning.

Release DOP Order

For the release process for DOP, you can specify the scope as follows:

Full Structure - By selecting a DOP header or the top DOP order, you can perform release for the DOP orders of the entire DOP.
Branch - By specifying an arbitrary DOP order, you can perform release for the specified order and its lower orders.
Specific Order - For an arbitrary DOP order, you can perform release for the selected order only.

The release can be done step by step from a lower level DOP order. This can minimize the impact of changes that are made after the release; changes made before the release can easily be handled.

A pegged purchase requisition or pegged shop order is created when a DOP order is released. These pegged purchase requisition lines/purchase orders/shop orders are called pegged orders. When a pegged order is released, reservations from the lower components that are completed owned by the corresponding DOP order will also be transferred to the pegged order. Therefore, there is no need to reserve again for the pegged order.

Once the DOP order is released, you must be careful when it comes to changing the DOP structure. A DOP order can be changed until it is set to the Closed status. If the pegged order and the DOP order do not match concerning time or quantity, the user will receive an alarm. When the DOP order has a shortage, you can create a new pegged order manually from the DOP order as additional supply.

DOP Order Excess

When you perform a DOP order, excess may be created. Excess can be defined as the total number of parts on pegged supplies that are not required by the DOP order, not assigned to other DOP orders and not unreserved from the temp inventory. If an excess quantity can be pegged to DOP orders in other structures depends on the setting of the allocate flag. Excess quantities can also effectively be used for in the netting process.

Settings

The DOP orders created in the DOP structure will inherit its setting from the DOP header setting as default, but it can be manually changed if required. The DOP order specific Create Pegged setting indicates whether pegged orders will be created for the specific DOP order or not, possible values are Pegged Order or No Pegged Order. The default value is Pegged Order.

Update Flags

There are two enumerations which indicate up to which status shop orders or purchase orders pegged to the DOP order are allowed to be updated. The defined value determines the highest status for the DOP pegged shop order or purchase order when quantity and date changes are allowed.

DOP Pegged SO Update - This value is inherited from the setting of the manufactured DOP part on the Inventory Part/Manufacturing tab.

DOP Pegged SO Update - This value is inherited from the setting of the manufactured DOP part on the Purchase Part/General tab (for purchased DOP part).

Both these values can be manually changed during the process.