Hi Linda,

I’m not 100% sure where this sits in the levels of criteria - certainly should be after material line and SO header  - but you could certainly use shop order priority to distinguish between the two shop orders

https://docs.ifs.com/ifsclouddocs/24r2/Manufacturing/ActivitySetSOPriority.htm?StandAlone=true

You would need to add at least two shop order priorities in the shop order basic data area first and then these can be selected in the shop order header.

Thanks for the feedback, ​@WyrDavidB.  We will investigate Priority.  

It’s interesting, though, you are now the third person who has not been able to offer a definitive response as to what the sequencing is!  

I’m keeping my hopes up there’s someone out there who knows!  

Hi Linda,

When system selects the shop orders that it is going to be reserved in the auto-processing logic it orders by:

1. Adjustment factor in descending order - That is if the shop order is connected to any priority category it looks at the adjustment factor of that priority category in descending order
2. The Start Date of the shop order

As an example if you have shop order A with a start date in December 2024 without any priority category and another shop order B with start date in March 2025, with a priority category that has an adjustment factor of 10, system will reserve material to shop order B first.

If no priority category is attached to the shop order and hence no adjustment factor, then system will kind “think” that the adjustment factor is set to 0. 

So if we have two shop orders C and D without any priority category and the start date of both these “guys” are 24th of December, then it is random which order oracle picks.

In the code we have this order by expression:

“ORDER  BY adjustment_factor DESC, shop_order.revised_start_date;”

and that’s it!

So I can’t tell if C is going to be reserved prior D by the auto processing logic, or vice versa.

Best Regards,

Mats

Thanks, ​@majose … The answer cannot be “random”!!!  That’s appalling!

​@Richard Owen - not sure if a name check here is appropriate - but are you able to provide more information?

Hi ​@WyrDavidB and ​@PRODQ  

I’ve discussed this with ​@majose and have now logged an Idea for product enhancement which you can view here:

Shop Order Auto Reservation Process Sequence Improvements | IFS Community

Can you please take a look at this and add any thoughts or comments based on your business requirements?

Many thanks!