Manufacturing

Should CTP work with configured items?  The items are manufactured and have the BOM and Configuration ID included on the Manufacturing tab of the item.  The item’s source is Manufacturing.  When we try to process CTP from the sales order we get the error message, “Changing the source will delete the current configuration.  Are you sure you want to proceed?”, as seen below in the screenshot.  We would like to utilize this feature so the person keying the sales order can verify the item can be produced by the requested date while speaking with the customer.  

When looking at the MRP display, there is an item that is on there for a base qty of 5,000. I have a few questions in regards to it. There is a Sales Order for 5,000, however this item has no Safety Stock and no min/max order qty. There is also nothing on the replenishment tab. There is also nothing on the Vendor tab. So, how does Acumatica calculate this? I know it is demand based but if you do not want to carry 5,000 in a warehouse, how do you get this to not show up on the MRP display? Will a Purchase Order clear this?  

Is there a way to set up a hierarchy of locations within a BoM.Our company makes seed mixes and often times end up with a “partial” bag of a seed mix, for example 5 pounds remaining from a 50 pound bag. We often set this bag aside away from the retail location to use in the next seed mix.Is it possible to set up the BoM to say “use all that is in THIS location first, and then pull from a secondary location if needed”? I would like it to show up on the production ticket if an employee needs to pull product from 2 different locations.

Is the Blanket Purchase are calculated for the supply in inventory planning (MRP). I tried to do that but it is not working as expected. Can anyone have idea, will the Blanket purchase order calculated for MRP?

When issuing a sales order and the quantity on hand for one part in the BOM is zero.  Where is the notification that there is a parts shortage?   What report shows when you could expect to manufacture the item given purchase order lead time?  Can you go directly to the purchase order screen to order the part?

Client has many small parts they want to be included on the cost calculation but not show up on the traveler.  They would like to control only major parts by having a select few printed on the production ticket.  Any way to limit what is printed?

HI Acumatica users-Help!I would like to “explode” a Bill of material against a Parent (FG) quantity.    I have not found a way to do this- other requirements to run it through MRP.   My company uses contract manufacturers,   and we need to create scenarios on lower-level components. In Most ERPs systems this is a very basic function-so I am not sure what I am missing 

Hey everyone, I have looked at all of the online help regarding planning buckets and I still don’t have a good grasp as to what a planning bucket actually is and how I should set them up. Can anyone help further explain what they are for? Thanks!

What are the ISVs available for Advanced Material and Production Planning and quality control for manufacturing client?

Has anyone been able to create supply type purchase orders without creating production order?Example:You have a raw material (stock item) You send this raw material out to get modified by a vendor (let’s say adding color to it) They do whatever they need to do to modify it They send it back to you and you receive it in as a different stock item (for us it’s another raw material we will then use for a production order) I understand creating the bill of materials with the service and the raw materials, but creating a production order to do this does not align with what we are doing (that is suppliers responsibility to have a production order).  So this is creating additional work for something that is a rather simple process. We simply want to create a vendor purchase order, pick the material needed to the purchase order and then receive it in as another item. I can’t find a way to pick raw materials to purchase order to capture that cost and include the traceability

hi All, I am using configurator in my production order and I want the system to use this specific warehouse to issue the material from shed 2 if I select 1022 itemwhen I create the production order and I check the detail it is not assigning the one I had used on my configuration and instead used the warehouse on the finished good item. on the header of production order maintenance! why is that ? this is not what I am expecting based on the help.thanks for your help in advance Ghazal Warehouse This is the warehouse from which this material should be issued. If not specified, the warehouse from the assembly is used.  

Hello,I am trying to tinker in the system to get project manufacturing working as it says it should (for my knowledge and understanding) but I feel like there is something I am missing. I am using standard sales demo snapshot and 23R1. Please see the below for steps I’ve taken to attempt to get project transactions generated through a production order. I am expecting both labor and materials to come through and am currently seeing neither.Create production order on project (‘Update Project’ is checked) Material and labor transactions created No corresponding project transactions created  

This new feature is a very useful one.  I assumed that it might take into account the corresponding vendor price breaks for different volumes but now I am not so sure.  The documentation does not mention this.I suppose that it would mean that the estimate pricing process would need to do an MRP look up, but anything is possible.  Also vendor pricing of materials by volume is one of the key factors in unit cost changes by volume.Does it ?ThanksJames  

I am trying to create a Selector Type Attribute, to use in a User Defined Field, in Cases.  The purpose is to select from a list of sold Serialized Items to track cases for warranty.  Any ideas?  I have tried various tables, but none provides a resulting list of serialized items.Thank you

When I go to close a production order I sometimes get an error that says there are open transactions that need to be released before the production order can be closed. This all makes sense but I find it very difficult to pin point which transaction (materials, labor, or move) isn’t released. In most cases it’s a second materials transaction that someone forgot they started and created a new one. Unfortunately the unreleased transactions do not show up on the events page of the production order (which also makes sense). How else can I track down what transaction is holding up the closing process?Thank you!

Hi,I'm encountering an issue with Manufacturing Backflush. I have a production order where all the component materials are set to backflush. The problem is that, despite having sufficient stock in the warehouse, the system is throwing an "out of stock" error during the move transaction. There’s plenty of inventory in the system, but it’s not being recognized during the move. Is there a specific logic that the system follows when selecting a location for backflushing? I’ve noticed that when there is stock in the location defined in the production header, the error doesn’t occur.  I believe the system should check all the locations within the warehouse that are set to "production allowed.

Wanted to make the community aware of a somewhat rare occurrence but meaningful.  We had an infrequent occurrence by our engineering team of naming a Component BOM in the Materials of a higher level BOM.  When this Component BOM was archived but NOT removed from the higher level BOM and demand elements drove the need to generate a production order, the entire MRP (inventory planning) job failed with an error “Inventory Planning Error…...specifies the BOM details…..The given key was not present in the dictionary.” In other conditions when a BOM is archived at the top level (Finished Good), MRP will complete the run and recommend a production order.  If executed, the production order will have no BOM ID in it (and thus no production content).  We have flags to identify this error.   I’m just surprised the entire MRP job fails. This seems like a problem; I’d rather the job complete with errors.  Fairly random occurrence but seems like something that should get fixed.  We are operating wit

I am attempting to create a kit BOM GI to send to our warehouse. Our warehouses uses our products alternate ID (in this case ISBN) to identify our products. Is there a way to return the alternate ID for the kit header as well as each of the components? Thanks,​​​​​

Hi all, I am creating a Production order using a configuration, I don’t have default warehouse nominated on my configuration lines. instead I am expecting the default issue warehouse on stock item or on item warehouse detail takes precedence of which warehouse the item should be issued from. by the look of the behavior it picks the warehouse attached to the work center instead. why is it behaving like this? we can’t ask a customer to override every line ! configurator setup item warehouse detail setup stock item setup the way it appears on the production line it should be picking shed 2 not the Fin Goods warehouse. not sure where is this going wrong?Thanks Ghazal 

Is there a way to update the Stock Item ID associated to a BOM, without deleting and re-creating the BOM?   Thanks!

Is there a way to set up a maximum production amount for a single production order?Example:We have a custom seed mix that we make in house. Our mixer can hold up to 450 pounds total. I want to be able to limit a single production order to 450 pounds or less being made.Thanks!

What benefits do you get from manufacturing data collection beyond the standard product?What additional functionality is provided?Are there any good references showing why a company would purchase this?

Is there a setting to allow using the same lot number for an item for multiple production orders?  I have a client that tracks the lot number of the component.  They usually create several orders to consume the component, but can’t use the same lot number across multiple production orders.  

Hi All,Wanted to get some opinions on the Manufacturing Data Collection module. What is your experience with it? Has it helped your operation? Is it worth getting? Would love to hear some scenarios where it helped.I was fond of the ‘Scan Material’ and ‘Scan Move’ functions, I definitely see that helping the team with minimizing manual data entry and all. Thank you!