9997 Create a purchase order for external operation when there is an internal operation previously

I think that it would be better permit the purchase order creation without expecting the end of previous internal operation.

Can you add a check in Configuration Wizard similar to “Confirm at most previous quantity” but that works only for external operations?

Actual behavior is the following:

I have an item structure like this, with an internal operation and then an external operation.

I create a work order for this item.

I have not created time receipt for operation 10 yet, but purchasing department wants to create a purchase order for external production. I can’t because line is grayed and button “pre-assign” doesn’t do anything.

If I try to write something (for example 1 piece) in field “Quantity”…

... I see this message:

In configuration wizard actually there is this setting:

I change configuration in this way:

Now I try to create a purchase order for external production again. Line is NOT grayed (as I expected), but button “pre-assign” doesn’t work anyway! This time, if I try to write something in field “Quantity” and I click button “Order” , I create purchase order correctly.

The problems of this behavior are 3:

1. If I use the second configuration (no flag in “Confirm at most previous quantity”) it is also influenced the behavior with a sequence of internal operations! There could be errors in time receipts registration. Customer prefers not modify this flag, to avoid errors during time receipts.
2. Even if customer decide to use the second configuration, button “pre-assign” doesn’t work: I must insert quantity manually and it is unpleasant, especially if there are many orders.
3. If I keep actual configuration (for reason at point 1), purchasing department must wait for the end of previous internal operation to create a purchase order. Clearly, Be.as wants that I complete time receipts for previous operation before proceeding in purchase order creation, but it isn’t logical and coherent with the behavior of any company! I can understand if Be.as doesn’t permit to generate Provision until previous internal operation is closed, but purchasing department must have the possibility to create an order when they want, because the order must be approved from supplier and the process can take time! The purchasing department needs to anticipate without waiting for the end of the previous operation.