Recently observed scenarios among customers have highlighted the need for work tasks to be closed without requiring the closure, receipt, or cancellation of associated purchase orders.

For example, a technician adds a purchase requisition to a work task, but the part does not arrive in time to complete the task. Consequently, another part, perhaps taken from another structure, must be used. Since the purchase order is still in progress and will eventually be received, it cannot be canceled.

Currently, this situation prevents the work order from being marked as finished, blocking all downstream processes until the purchase order is received.

The current functionality suggests that you can change the state of a Work Task or Work Order after unpegging the material from the material line and receiving the Purchase Order. Although the Purchase Order number will still appear in the material line, you will be able to finish the Work Task.

If the Purchase Order is created as a separate order and has a line connected to the Work Order, you can close only that specific line by unpegging the material line and closing the Purchase Order line connected to the Work Order.

However, it is mandatory for the Purchase Order to be in the received state in order to finish the Work Task. This constraint limits the flexibility and efficiency of managing work tasks, as it requires the receipt of the Purchase Order before the work task can be marked as complete.