| We have recently developed
a new method for handling production. It is based on a
Work Order / Production Run relationship that works similar
to the Sales Order to Shipment/Invoicing process, or the
Purchase Order to Inventory Bill process. |
- It is a Work Order Back Order Production system
- There are separate screens for Work Orders (F Runs)
and Production Runs (D Runs)
- You get more control over what remains on back
order (still remaining to be produced) and how the
raw materials are determined.
- It allows you to edit a Work Order (F Run), without
re-posting the already posted Production Runs (D runs)
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| To schedule your production,
you would enter the item(s) that you wish to produce as
a Work Order. This works very similar to setting up an
"F" production run, whereby you are setting
up what you plan to make, and committing the raw materials
required, etc. Once saved, the Work Order is assigned
a Work Order Number, and the appropriate documentation
is printed (basically whatever documents are currently
printed will continue to print). |
Once you have completed (all or a portion of) your Work
Order, you can enter your completed Production Run. This
is similar to entering a "D" status production
run. The system will ask you which Work Order you are
entering the production for. Once you have selected the
work order number, the Enter Production Run screen will
appear, and looks similar to this: |
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| As you can see, similar to
entering a shipment/invoice, or entering an inventory
bill, there is now a Quantity Ordered (Q. Ord) column
(based on quantities entered on the Work Order), a Done
column, and a Quantity Produced Column (Qty). These columns
work like the standard back ordering procedures that you
are familiar with. You key in the quantity that you actually
produced into the Qty column, then indicate in the Done
column whether or not the production is complete. So,
in the above example, the SUBASSEM line item has 8 units
complete out of 10. The Done column is not checked, therefore
the original Work Order will remain open for a quantity
of 2. The FINISH-PRD line item does not have any complete
as of yet, and is not checked as Done, therefore the entire
quantity of 10 will remain open (scheduled but not yet
produced) on the original work order. |
There is a new RBOC column. RBOC is an abbreviation for
Raw Material Back Order Calculation. This flag identifies
how the back order of raw materials for the indicated
item will be determined. We have identified three possible
values for this flag: |
- S specifies a subtraction calculation. This mechanism
calculates the back order raw materials as the amount
remaining after the current production run is processed.
- P specifies a proportionate calculation. This mechanism
calculates the back order raw materials as the amount
that would be needed if exactly the same per unit
amount of raw material was needed to make the remainder
as was used for the quantities made on the production
run.
- R specifies a recalculation. The system will build
each back order as if it was creating a new order
from the variable portion of the bill of material
file.
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When this production run is saved, it will be assigned
a unique Production Run number that is different from
the original Work Order Number. This method allows you
to have a many-to-one relationship of Production Runs
against Work Orders, with each Production Run assigned
its own run number, due date, etc. As part of this upgrade,
there are also several reports that are updated to report
on the new information. |
If you would like more detailed information, or a quote
on implementing this new production method into your current
system, please do not hesitate to contact us. |
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