Manufacturing

We recently started scanning production tickets from operation to operation, in doing so we had some users who were incorrectly scanning operations in multiple times.ie. A production ticket called for 100 on operation 10 and 20 but say they scanned 500 in for operation 10 and 100 for operation 20 which would then complete the production ticket but also cause a variance (We are backflushing labor/overhead and materials and also Standard Cost on items) We’ve been running cycle counts to correct the raw materials but not sure what else we can do to fix this.We now have a very high balance in our WIP Variance Account which I believe is overstating our cost of goods. I can’t think of a way in the system to correct this since all of these production tickets are closed.I’m no financial guru so I may be thinking about this incorrectly. But our cost of goods the last 2 months have been extremely high. Looking for any help to sort this out. Thanks!

Hi there,a customer of us wants to have configurable articles. He also has variants of his articles which are machines. So each variant of a series can have configurations which are only decided on while producing the product. Now, I was wondering what happens if I use such a configuration article for MRP, e.g. since I want to have a safety stock of 10 machines. Will the MRP only consider the BOM part oder will it suggest to buy/ build the whole configuration possibilities? Or before clicking on order in the MRP screen, do I need to configure the article and then one type of configured article will be planned with 10 pieces? The question then is, how will acumatica know that I have this concrete instance 10 times in my stock and not the other possible variations? (machines with other configurations) I assume that it is not foreseen that acumatica works with configurations in stock?  Thank you very much in advance.Best Wi

Hi, We recently upgraded to 2022r2 build 211 and noticed when we use the scan materials on the mobile app, that it no longer asks to scan the lot/serial number. a majority of our items use lot/serial numbers so this is a big issue. This was working on our previous version 2021r1.Is anyone else aware of this or know a fix for this?

Hello.My company manufactures and distributes Gas Analyzers, Chromatographs and multiple spare/supporting parts. As you can imagine, we are using assemblies, sub-assemblies and multi-level BOM’s to build our production orders.Our boss tasked us with determining how many Analyzers and Chromatographs we can build (based off the parts in the BOM) with the current stock we have on the shelf in Inventory. Any ideas on how I can go about finding out that information? Can Acumatica calculate this for us?Please advise.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Very Best,

I am seeking assistance in configuring our inventory label printing process to generate labels based on item class or warehouse, rather than the current setup of printing labels by receipt.The use case behind this request is the implementation of handheld scanners for cycle counting purposes. In this context, it is imperative that bin locations are labeled with essential information such as item ID, warehouse, and location. We have modified the report to include barcodes for warehouse and location on these to facilitating efficient scan and count operations.Thanks!

Is there a list somewhere of fixes and/or added functionality going from 2022R2 to 2023R2?

We have recently updated our overhead rates on some of our Work Centers. when applying labor to a production order that was created before the update date the old rate is being used. If the production order was created after the update it is using the new rate. Is this a bug or a feature? if it is a feature is there a way to have the older production order use the new rate? 

The MRP whitepaper (which is excellent by the way) has the following diagramBut the paper doesn’t address which calendar is used for counting days. From my testing, it appears that MRP uses (regular) calendar days when looking at consolidating production orders. When looking at consolidating production orders:is that correct should it use the manufacturing calendar instead?

According to the help the BUCKET DAYS in the MRP Preferences and the DAYS OF SUPPLY in the stock item are doing exactly the same, even if they have different labels.If I only use the MRP Preferences (without overriding the days of supply in the item) nothing is consolidated!Only if I override the “days of supply” on the stock item, the demand of this item will be consolidated.Is there any purpose behind the “bucket days” in the MRP Preferences?My assumption was that this is the general set up for all “MRP-Items” & the field on the stock item is for overriding the set up for this specific item. 

Hey community ! Hope you are all doing well!I have a a production order which is completed but still has some material that has not been released.I am unable to release it now and the late assignment is not doing anything.The inventory is also showing up on allocation details as Production demand, wanted to clean this out before we start using MRP.Allocation DetailsCan someone please help in understanding how to fix this. Also, to avoid this in future, if I select do not allow in the following setting, this will not allow users to complete the production order until the material is issued/allocated to the production order correct?

Hi All,When I click on test configuration under product configurator in MFG module, then it’s giving below error. 

What are the use cases of Generic Inquiry ?

Hi all,I’m trying to do a disassemble order in production with serial numbers.  However we don’t build parts with backflushed serial numbers and I need to get a serial number back into inventory but its not allowing me to select an already used serial number.  ANyone ever have to do this?

Scenario: A sales order is entered for qty 100 of a manufactured item. A production order is created for all 100 pieces to drive the material requirements.Only 5 pieces are going to be produced and shipped this week, but when the RELEASE MATERIALS action is selected, Acumatica always puts the total material for the whole production order (unless there are shortages) and the user has to adjust every single line so that material is only released to cover the 5 units being produced (there could be hundreds of line items): Is there a way to select the quantity to be produced off of the production order, and have Acumatica calculate the required component quantity automatically so that each line doesn’t have to be manually adjusted?The work around I have them using right now is to export this list from the Material Wizard

Our product has certain components that trigger a hardware bag that goes into a kit box for on-site installation by the End Customer.  For instance, if a Door is included in an order, the kit box will contain a Door Hardware Kit Bag.  That kit bag will contain:(6 EA) Carriage Bolts - CARRBOLT (6 EA) Wing Nuts - WINGNUT (6 EA) Nylon Acorn Nuts - ACORNNUT (6 EA) Washers - WAHSEREach of the above-listed Items are Stock Items with Inventory IDs Contained in a BOM (let’s say the BOM’s Inventory ID is HDW-DOOR, and the above-listed items are are in that BOM).Is there a way of extracting the BOM Contents of HDW-DOOR and exporting the contained Stock Items & Quantities to a Hardware Bag Label for printing to a Print Job via Bartender to a a Zebra Printer?It would look something like this (preferably with a header containi

I am trying to create several planning BOMs using the current visual BOM for our products that we manufacture.  When generating the visual BOM there are several sub-assemblies that do not have their parts listed underneath them.  When I check their BOMs everything is active in them and nothing is on hold. In the below example the assembly RPH1-01000-03 should have an exploded view with all the parts associated with it underneath it. 

Hi,Is there any option to define a scrap factor for a finished good item or subassembly. This factor should be considered in MRP in deciding the material requirement.  Thanks,Nadeeka

We build-to-order a configurable subassembly (that is linked to its parent) that we would like to pre-assign a serial # to.  When the shop floor employee does the final Move on the configurable subassembly, they will assign a serial # (system should auto-populate the pre-assigned serial # if qty = 1, but that’s a different subject).At this point, the system should know which serialized configurable subassembly goes with the parent production order (via the references tab of the production order), and I wish I could backflush the configurable subassembly into the parent production order (by the way, the reason I have to make the serial class issue method “User Enterable” is because one configurable subassembly in inventory might cost $1,000 more than another configurable subassembly with the same Inventory ID).  But when I attempt to backflush, it says I cannot because the issue method is “User Enterable”.If I type in the serial # that was assigned for the Move (when co

We start with 60x288 raw sheets of metal and cut them down to 60x248 (just as one example) in high volumes.  The 60x248 makes the primary part #, the 60x40 is a usable drop/remnant.  I would like to inventory these 60x40 “drops” (by-product) and give them value, because we’ll use them later for plasma cutting small parts.When creating the BOM for the primary part #, I am consuming the entire 60 x 288 material, and then adding the by-product (60x40) as a negative quantity.  This works great for inventory tracking purposes, because the by-product is added to inventory each time we do a Move on the primary part #.My concern is costing.  We use average costing, so do not revalue our inventory (as you would in a standard costing environment).  The value of steel fluctuates widely, and therefore the theoretical cost of that 60x40 drop should change relative to the cost of the 60x288 raw sheet.  However, in order to accomplish this, I have to manually do calculations for a 60

Hi,Could you please anyone explain how can we set an expiration date for the item produced when we report the production through production order? Best Regards,Dulanjana

Hey Everyone, If I have a stock item, HHH000BX0001, and there are multiple artwork version created (physically), how can I differentiate those versions in Acumatica while still keeping only 1 ID? I’d like to avoid using the LOT/PO function if possible.  Being able to use only 1 ID will allow to track cost under only 1 ID version having to filter and consolidate multiple ID’s. 

Looking for a way to show a list of Sales Orders where the Production Orders tied to it all have a Status of completed. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to group/sort this? 

Does anyone have any experience with scrapping a part number in a production while including the serial number?  i tried to move a production order with a scrap of 1 and qty of zero but it won’t let me put a serial number in the field.

Is there a purpose for the selected checkbox on the Cost Roll Process screen? I thought this would be what to check or uncheck for the parts that I want to update the pending cost on, but this does not work that way. All stock items listed get the pending cost imported when I select the “Update Pending” whether or not the check box next to the item is marked. 

I am trying to create production orders from a sales order, but I keep getting this message:Creating production orders: At least one item has not been processed.I have done this hundreds of times, but I have never had this difficulty before.  What am I missing here?