Manufacturing backorders¶

In some cases, the full quantity of a manufacturing order cannot be produced immediately. When this happens, Odoo Manufacturing allows for the manufacturing of partial quantities of the order and creates a backorder for the remaining amount.

In the Manufacturing app, creating a backorder splits the original manufacturing order into two orders. The reference tag for each order is the tag used for the original order, followed by a hyphen and then an additional number to indicate that it’s a backorder.

Example

A company creates a manufacturing order with the reference tag WH/MO/00175, for 10 units of Product X. After starting work on the manufacturing order, the employee working the production line realizes there are only enough components in stock to produce five units of the product.

Instead of waiting for additional stock of the components, they manufacture five units and create a backorder for the remaining five. This splits the manufacturing order into two separate orders: WH/MO/00175-001 and WH/MO/00175-002.

Order 001 contains the five units that have been manufactured, and is immediately marked as Done. Order 002 contains the five units that still need to be manufactured and is marked as In Progress. Once the remaining components are available, the employee returns to order 002 and manufactures the remaining units before closing the order.

Create a manufacturing backorder¶

To create a backorder for part of a manufacturing order, begin by navigating to Manufacturing ‣ Operations ‣ Manufacturing Orders. Select a manufacturing order with a quantity of two or more or create one by clicking Create.

If a new manufacturing order is created, select a product from the Product drop-down menu and enter a quantity of two or more in the Quantity field, then click Confirm to confirm the order.

After manufacturing the quantity that is being produced immediately, enter that number in the Quantity field at the top of the manufacturing order.

screenshot: manufacturing-backorders-quantity-field

menu: Manufacturing app --> Operations --> Manufacturing Orders (open an MO)
shows: The top of an in-progress MO form, "Quantity" field edited to a value lower than the demand shown to its right.
highlight: The "Quantity" field.
data: Demo company "YourCompany"; MO for 10 units of "Product X", quantity set to 5.
module: mrp
notes: English UI, light theme, 1440px width, crop to the header.

Next, click Validate, and a You produced less than initial demand pop-up window appears, from which a backorder can be created. Click Create Backorder to split the manufacturing order into two separate orders, with the reference tags WH/MO/XXXXX-001 and WH/MO/XXXXX-002.

screenshot: manufacturing-backorders-create-button

menu: Manufacturing app --> Operations --> Manufacturing Orders (open the MO) --> Validate
shows: The "You produced less than initial demand" pop-up window, with "Create Backorder" and "No Backorder" buttons.
highlight: The "Create Backorder" button.
data: Demo company "YourCompany"; MO for 10 units of "Product X", 5 produced.
module: mrp
notes: English UI, light theme, 1440px width.

Order 001 contains the items that have been manufactured, and is closed immediately. Order 002 is the backorder that contains the items that have yet to be manufactured, and remains open, to be completed at a later date.

Once the remaining units can be manufactured, navigate to Manufacturing ‣ Operations ‣ Manufacturing Orders, and then select the backorder manufacturing order. If all of the remaining units are manufactured immediately, simply click Validate to close the order.

If only some of the remaining units are manufactured immediately, create another backorder for the remainder by following the steps detailed in this section.