Understanding the Ready for Production Screen in Mothernode
The Ready for Production (RFP) screen helps your team identify which orders contain line items that are eligible to move into production.
This article explains how the screen behaves depending on your filter settings, what the green check box means, and why some orders may still appear even when not every line item is ready.
Option 1: Filter Unchecked
When this setting is unchecked, the Ready for Production list can display a broader range of orders and line items.
In this mode, you may see orders that include line items in any of these states:
- Accept for Production
- Not Ready for Production
- Other line items on the order that may become eligible later
Why this happens
This behavior is intentional.
Some orders contain a mix of line items:
- some that are ready to be accepted now
- some that are not currently ready
- some that may be accepted later as the order progresses
Because of that, the RFP screen may still show the order even though not every line item is currently eligible for production.
In other words, when the filter is unchecked, the list is more inclusive and may contain orders with line items marked:
- Not Ready for Production
- Accept for Production
Option 2: Filtering the Data (Preferred Method)
This is the recommended setting.
When this box is checked, Mothernode applies filters so you only see the orders you truly want to focus on.
Scott indicated that this is the setting he uses, and it is the setting most users prefer.
What happens when this filter is checked
When enabled, you will not see orders in Ready for Production that only contain line items tagged Not Ready for Production, if neither of the other qualifying criteria exists within the record.
Instead, you will only see orders with one or more line items that can be accepted into production.
That is the key purpose of this filter: it narrows the list to records that contain something actionable now.
What the Green Check Box Means
The green check box indicates that the order has at least one line item that can be accepted into production.
That qualifying criteria is what gives the record the green check box.
Recommended Process
For day-to-day use, the best practice is to keep this filter checked.
Why this is the right setting
With the filter enabled:
- the list is cleaner
- only orders with one or more production-eligible line items are shown
- your team can focus on what is actionable now
From a practical standpoint, this also means you can largely ignore the green check boxes mentally, because every order you are seeing in the list already has at least one line item that can be accepted for production.
Bottom Line
Use the filtered view.
That is the intended process and the preferred method. It gives you a more accurate working list by showing only orders that contain line items that can be accepted into production.
