Authorize Material Request – A summary of the activity
The material requests that are already defined in the “Create Material Request” activity must be approved. The issue clerk issues the requested material only after the authorization of the material request. The stores supervisor or maintenance controller can authorize or even cancel the material request. Only material requests that are in the “Fresh” status can be approved or canceled.
The plan demand will get converted to a firm demand on the authorization of MR. If the “Hard Allocation Required” box is checked for the MR, the requested part will be reserved.
Getting familiar with the pages inside
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Material Request Selection |
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Authorize Material Request |
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Inquire Stock Availability |
Inquire stock availability |
Edit Stock Issue |
Modification of the Stock Issued against the MR |
Confirm Stock Issue |
Approval of the Stock Issue against the MR from the Warehouse |
View Coverage Details |
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View Stock Issue |
Viewing stock issue details |
What you can do in this activity
You can authorize the material requests that are in the “Fresh” status. You can also modify the material request details before authorizing.
Go to the “Material Request Selection” page.
Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark the material request for authorization.
Click the “Authorize Request” pushbutton to authorize the selected material requests.
You can cancel the material requests .
Go to the “Material Request Selection” page.
Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark the material requests for cancellation .
Click the “Cancel Request” pushbutton to cancel the selected material requests.