Entering Production Schedule Releases

A production schedule release is the quantity of a finished-goods item you plan to produce on a specific day. You must create a release schedule for each finished-goods item on the production schedule.

You can add a release manually or generate multiple releases at one time:

Note: Before you can release an item, you must use the Roll Current Cost to Standard Cost form to roll the item's current operations and materials to standard.

About Quantity WIP

When the status of a Production Schedule Release is changed to Released, the Quantity WIP for the parent item is updated to reflect the additional quantity on the Production Schedule Release. The system keeps this quantity up to date with changes on the Production Schedule Release (for example, transactions that complete pieces, Changes to the quantity released, etc.). This update occurs during any of the following:

Add or update a production schedule release with a status of Released (all PS materials' Alloc to Prod values and Quantity WIP values are updated).
Add, update, or delete a PS material (takes into account all releases with a status of Released).
Delete a PS operation (all PS materials' Alloc to Prod and Quantity WIP values are updated).
Generate production schedules with a status of Released on the Generate Production Schedules utility (all PS materials' Alloc to Prod and Quantity WIP values are updated).
Change a production schedule status from Planned to Released (all PS materials' Alloc to Prod and Quantity WIP values are updated).