Now let's have a look what trigger points mean for your company.
Trigger points can trigger the following functions:
- Release succeeding operations
You can release all operations that follow the operation that has the trigger point assigned to it.
- Release up to stop indicator
You can release all operations up to, and including, the next operation for which the RelStop indicator is set.
- Release preceding operations
You can release all operations before the operation with the trigger point assigned to it.
- Create order by copying
You can create a new order without reference to a material by copying a reference operation set.
- Insert reference operation set
You can insert a reference operation set in an existing order. To do this, you must enter the operations between which you want to insert the reference operation set.
- Start workflow task
You can copy standard trigger points to create new trigger points. For example, send mail to users.
If you copy a standard trigger point to create a trigger point, the system automatically transfers all the necessary data from the standard trigger point to the trigger point you create. This reduces the time and work involved in creating a trigger point.
You can combine several standard trigger points into a trigger point group. If you copy from a trigger point group, the system automatically transfers all standard trigger points in the trigger point group to the operation. Using trigger point groups considerably reduces the time and work involved in creating trigger points. You can maintain trigger point groups in Customizing.