Collective Conversion of Planned Orders (CO41)
Purpose
Use this procedure to collectively convert planned orders into production orders.
Trigger
Perform this procedure when you have multiple orders to convert.
Prerequisites
•  Planned orders must exist:
Navigation Path
Use the following navigation path to begin this transaction:
•  Select Processes è Manufacturing è MRP è Planned Order è Collective Conversion of Planned Orders to go to the Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: Initial Screen.
Helpful Hints
The standard way of working is to create production orders from planned orders.
•  The system automatically copies the operation list from the routing and the required material components from the associated Bill of Materials (BOM).
•  If there is no valid routing or BOM, then the system will prompt you to resolve the relevant problem.
•  Planned orders exist only in the MRP system and may be changed or deleted during subsequent MRP processing if conditions change.
•  You use planned orders for planning and scheduling quantities and dates. Production is triggered only after you have checked and are satisfied with the planned orders.
•  To trigger production, you convert the planned orders into production orders.
•  A planned order release at one level creates a gross requirement at the next level.
Field Description Tables
The R/O/C column of each Field Description table indicates whether the field usage is:
R - Required in SAP.
O - Optional in SAP.
C - Conditional in SAP.
Procedure
1. Start the transaction using the navigation path.
screen  SAP Easy Access Main Menu
2. Double click on Collective Conversion of Planned Orders to go to the Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: Initial Screen.
screen  Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: Initial Screen
3. As required, complete the following fields:
• MRP controller
• Production plant
• Material
• Opening date
 
4. Click Image to convert orders of this type, if required.
Image You use the firming dates to prevent changes from automatically occurring to order proposals in the planning run in the near future. Order proposals are no longer changed automatically up until this date, which is set according to materials.
5. Click Image Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: List screen.
screen  Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: List
6. Click Image next to each of the orders you want to convert.
Note The list could be very large. To make it easier to work with, you could also use Edit è Delete line and Edit è Select all to deal with exceptions which you want to exclude from conversion.
7. Click Image to convert the orders.
Note A pop-up window like the one below may appear prompting you to enter the type of order in the Order type field.
screen  Check Order Type and Number
8. Enter PP01 in the Order type field.
9. Click Image to return to the Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: List screen.
screen  Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: List
Note The system displays the message, "Planned order xxxx was converted into production order xxxx."
10. Click Image to refresh the data.
11. Click Image to view the status of the planned orders and go to the Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: List screen.
screen  Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: List
12. Click Image to display details of the planned order.
screen  Details
13. Click Image to return to the Collective Conversion of Planned Orders: List screen.
14. Click Image until you return to the SAP Easy Access Main Menu screen.
15. You have completed this transaction.
Result
You have successfully completed the conversion. The next step in the production process is to release the production orders.
Reference Refer to the procedure Collective Release of Production Orders.