Hi Team,
In release products , Engineer - > default order settings we have an option under Purchase "Stopped" checkbox.
If we are enabling it, it blocks creation of purchase orders manually or from Master Planning and also open purchase order lines.
Customer is looking for a way to block purchase orders creation manually or from Master planning but it should not block open purchase order lines.
Business requirement:
It is basically used for pilot/trail batch production process where they release specific amount of qty to market and based on feedback they will further release and so they wanted to block the items procurement till then but doesnt want to block open purchase orders.
Suggested user to enable/disable stopped functionality but it doesnt work out as every time they wanted to do manually all the time as it lead to mistakes.
Beatriz Nebot Gracia (administrator) on 11/24/2022 3:45:04 PM
Thanks for your input! This is already posssible to be done by using the detailed business processes of the product lifecycle state.
You will need to enable the Engineering Change Management configuration key. When you do, in the form "Product lifecycle state" you will see a more controlled business processes. You can create your own lifecycle states and create one that does not allow purchase. When you assign this lirfecycle state to a proudct, it will prevent the product to be added to new purchase orders, but it will still allow the existing lines to be continued. You do not need to use any of the existing Engineering Change Management functionality.
There is an idea that is to make the product lifecycle state indpendent of the Engineering Change Management configuration key, and you can vote it if desired on: Microsoft Idea (dynamics.com)
Sincerely,
Beatriz Nebot Gracia