Bill of Material. MRP, Production Management, Product Configuration
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When generating production order from sales order, the production order is created, but the production number does not show up on the Sales Orders details section. It's showing <NEW>. This happens on all production orders generated from sales orders. How do I fix this?Thanks!
We sell oil by the litre however we transfer to our warehouses by the bottle (5 litres/bottle). How do we set replenishment up so that it will transfer in 5 litre lots?
We’ve set up a sales order for a configurable product and put in a configuration for the item. When the production order is created, the details do not flow into the MRP. Is it something we’re doing wrong?
We have a product order that calls for Material Subassembly A. Subassembly A calls for Component Part B. We created the product order and also created linked child order for Subassembly A. MRP has a demand line for Component Part B coming from Subassembly A AND from the product order (MRP must have created this demand item by blowing through the BOM). MRP is not recognizing that Component Part B is already demanded on the child order, so now we’re doubling up demand for Component Part B.
We’re at the beginning stages of implementation as a manufacturing company. It’s being suggested that we set the Inventory I.D. for stock items, when applicable, to the original manufacturer part number instead of using our own internal part number (as the primary index). We will be creating our own part numbers for all inventory items regardless of if there’s a MPN. It has been our expectation from the outset that we’d set our internal number for the Inventory I.D. This seems to make the most sense to us, however we’re being told “the norm” is to use MPN’s.Is this the way others have set their system up? Can anyone help explain the rationale for why this is the norm and should be done?Thanks!
Hi All, I am currently working on a Business Event that creates a Transfer of Production Material when the Production Order is released. (basically imitating a Staging process that is currently not supported very well). The Business Event is not firing with my current Setup.Only for with Once for all Records which then doesn’t accommodate the Material Details I need for the Transfer.Business Event: Generic Inquiry it is based on: I am not quite sure why it is not firing but any ideas and help would be appreciated!The same Setup worked for me for creating automated Transfer based on a Released Purchase Receipt.
I read through the Acumatica MRP literature, and it clearly states that blanket sales order lines should be reflected in MRP as forecasted demand however I cannot seem to get this to work. Is anyone working with blanket sales orders for manufactured items and able to get them to show in MRP Display?
Hi All, I reviewed some articles and most of them couldn’t answer a very simple Use Case.In Manufacturing it is very common that more than just screw or other Components Parts are used as they break in the process or other things.This is technically Scrap that needs (for typical processes) to be logged as Scrap rather than Material Cost against the Production Order.I can’t seem to find a way to accommodate for that kind of Scrap. Scrapping the FG is just completely overstating and doesn’t let the User adjust.Utilizing a Scrap Factor just adds to Material Cost rather than considering it as actual Scrap Cost.I would be very surprised if we cannot accommodate for this at all?This is just so common. Scrap is not the actual Material Cost but separate from Raw Material Cost and needs to be logged - not only for the FG with Scrap write-off.
Hi All,I am looking for some guidance on timing for specific BOM items and other data to have it all feed into MRP appropriately to generate a production schedule. If anyone has experience with this and wants to give input on where to put different data points in or where to pull a schedule from, I am more than happy to have conversations about the process and best practices with using Acumatica. I am in the beginning of setting up the process and want to make sure this happens correctly the first time (or as close as I can get to correctly). Thanks!
Has anyone been able to create an inquiry that will allow you to see your expected quantity on hand by allocation date by WO? I’m essentially wanting to build a critical material but have it look at the entire demand rather than just that WO.
Hi All, Our client is currently looking for a digital Version of a Pick/Staging List.Basically, they stage Items once the Production Job is planned, yet some items have not arrived at the Warehouse yet.They would need a virtual mechanism to mark an Item as Staged/kitted for a Production Order and track which items are still missing. I would think they are not the only ones requesting a process for this.Any experiences or ideas out here on how to accomplish this?(Preferably without heavy Customization, but if needed we can explore that) Thank you in advance!
Hi, We are new to Acumatica and operate a Cow Hide processing plant. During the production process there is leftover flesh that accumulates in our warehouse. We typically send the excess to a nearby plant, however, that plant is not accepting the material. This byproduct is left over "trimmings" from the production process and there will not be a PO to a vendor because it is a waste product of the hides we purchased from vendor(s). I created a Non Stock item, that requires a shipment. The issue is in the GL Accounts section. My best guess is that I should leave the PO Accrual Account empty or connected to the expense account of the warehouse. Please let me know if there is a actual solution.
We are new to Acumatica and I am trying to get my head around whether certain items should be classified as stock or non-stock. What in my mind are stock items:The main manufacturing area of the business involves manufacturing mechanical / electronic products - usually from a series of subassemblies, each subassembly having it’s own BOM. The components are stored in a stock room in bins. They will then be sold and leave the system when a sales order is shipped. What I’m not sure about:Another area of the business runs courses to train people in virtual production. For the purposes of running the courses, some specialist equipment is purchased (e.g. cameras, tripods, batteries, switchers, recorders etc). We want to know/track what equipment we have, (and most of these items would be purchased via a PO which goes through an approval process), but the items are used in house to deliver the hands on courses - rather then getting sold directly to customers/sitting in a warehouse. Similarly,
We are wanting to use Acumatica’s ROP capability for our purchasing group. They are wanting to use EOQ function, so every time we need to order from our vendor it will suggest the EOQ quantity to order. I have watched some youtube videos and I believe I have the settings in stock items set correctly but still lumping the entire qty on 1 PO instead of multiple. Is there a way in Acumatica do this? Example - My EOQ is 4032 but my PO is 22,727. If we want 6 PO’s with the amount to be 4032 each?
Our client currently treats all Subassemblies as one Production Order, yet going forward they want to have more visibility and scheduling capabilities for each Subprocess and Assembly.So we run into the challenge of Data Conversion for open Production Orders right now & on how to convert one Parent Job to multiple Subassemblies in a clean way. Basically, Product X contains Subassembly A, B, C and D. Potentially Subassembly A consists of Subassembly E and F.This is currently treated as one Make-to-Order Production order.Going forward they want to have multiple Jobs for A,B,C,D,E and F that roll up into the final Assembly Job of Product X. (Product X and all Subassemblies have Bill of Materials behind them). Has anyone encountered a similar case within the implementation?We have some ideas with their Pros and Cons but want to see what is already proven or if other ideas are out there.
My production team has requested a daily production report/inquiry where they can compare production cost and sales price.Is there a way to link a Production Order cost and Sales Price?Some but not all of our Productions Orders are linked to a sales order, so I wasn’t sure if this was doable.
Hi Everyone, From what I’ve seen MRP can do it should be able to take a sales order or forecast of a finished good, create a PL type production order when regenerating MRP so that the component demand of that finished good shows up in MRP display. I can not seem to get the system to do this. I’ve only been able to get MRP display to show component demand after creating production orders manually through MRP Display for the finished goods, then the components show up on the display. I have default BOMs set to the finished goods stock item profile and the replenishment source is set to manufacture. This is from the MRP Acumatica sheet. This makes me think the regen process should create the planning orders for your demand which would then show component level demand so that you can purchase for production orders that will happen far in the future. Then every time you regen MRP it should wipe out all PL order types and recreate new ones according to the current demand/supply. Does this
Hello:We updated to Acumatica 2022 R2, and before i can create a WO without problem.Now The system shows me next message error: AM Error: The following error occurred when the system tried to copy the BOM: Error: An error occurred during processing of the field Location value MTYP2C Error: Location 'MTYP2C ' cannot be found in the system. BEST REGARDS
Is anybody aware of any way to calculate Overtime automatically? Having multiple Shifts and Calendars on the Work Center indicating this, does not work at all.On the Clock Entry the User needs to specify a Shift rather than the System identifying this Shift for the User based on the Calendar and current Time. From my findings, the User needs to Clock out at 5pm for example and clock in right after to the OT Shift. This is unusable when the system doesn’t detect this.There seems to be too much manual effort involved in getting Overtime costs right onto the Production order and also flowing towards Time Cards. It will all be presented as Regular time. Any ideas or solutions?
Hello,Does anyone have an experience of how to manage R&D items (i.e. components purchased for prototypes) in Acumatica, in the case of a manufacturing company with a very active R&D department? If we create non-stock items for R&D purchases (which seems correct, since they are an expense), what would we do when an item moves from the R&D phase and into production - if the item is already in the system as a non-stock item?It is my understanding that it isn’t currently possible to convert a non-stock item into a stock item in the manufacturing edition of Acumatica?Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
In a Manufacturing environment it can be helpful to have both Parent and Child Orders available for a reference.Where would I find the Child Order designation within Acumatica?Under references there is only the Parent Order available, yet when this is my Parent Order and I want to see the connected Subassemblies, is there way natively to see this?The anticipated Use Case in the end is to have this information printed onto the Production Ticket so the Operator knows where to get the Material from if it is physically not in the designated Locations.Either way, a View where I can see all the Child Orders to a Parent Order would be great.
Has anyone dealt with the following type of outsourced manufacturing and if so, how did you or how would you handle it in Acumatiça?Company purchases the primary raw material in volume and drop ships it to the outsourced manufaturing vendor (treated as a warehouse in Acumatica). When production orders are needed from that outsourced vendor, the outsourced vendor mixes additional raw materials not owned by the company with the raw material owned by the company and then packages the product (more raw materials) before shipping to the company and invoicing the company for those fully packaged items without the cost of the primary raw material. At this point, the product is coming into the system without the cost of the raw material. I suppose that we could have the items coming from the outsourced vendor be treated as a component item for a production order after the item arrives fully packaged into the warehouse. The needed raw material could then be transferred from the vendor warehous
