Hi all,
We have a question about master planning and purchase orders, the scenario is as follows:
1. We have the Activate change management checkbox active, which allows purchase orders to be subject to the approval workflow.
2. Master plan has the Include inv. transactions checkbox active.
3. We created a sales order for a manufactured item and executed the requirements explosion, which creates a planned purchase order for the raw materials of the finished good we are selling.
4. We did not firm the planned purchase order derived from the sales order requirments' explosion, but created a new purchase order instead. The status of this purchase order is Draft. We skip the firming of the planned purchase order because we want the order to pass through the whole approval workflow, instead of beginnig from the Approved status that is set when the order is firmed.
5. We do not have On-hand inventory for the raw materials.
The question is, will master planning consider the Draft purchase order as a backorder, and therefore, when we run master scheduling again, not create a new planned purchase order for the raw materials for the finished good?
If not, what status does a purchase order should have in order to be considered as backorder?